A quite obvious pick here for an in-form Southampton to make easy work of relegation bound Norwich. Visitors have shown some improvement under Dean Smith after he took over earlier in the season from Farke and have cut the handicap on teams ahead of them in the table. However, as they head into the Friday match they sit bottom of the league after back to back defeats.

Failure to pick points up from the last 2 rounds is totally understandable, however, as they were up against monsters Man City and Liverpool. In the latter game (1-3 defeat) Norwich looked fine for an hour only until Klopp men switched into the process.

Despite some positive results over the last 1.5 months, Norwich remain firm relegation candidates together with Watford.

They are pretty poor on the road in the current campaign having picked up just 8 points from 12 trips; + Norwich’s lost 4 of their last 5 games on the road.

I’ve watched Southampton's last 3 games and have to admit they’ve left a very strong impression, especially against Man United (1-1) and Everton (2-0). Inspired attacking football with constant pressure in the final third - all those basics that their manager Hassenhuttl has been preaching since joining the club.

I don’t see why Soton would not be able to continue their current run of strong form, especially against one of the league’s worst travelers.

Feels like this is going to be a cagey 1-0/2-0 affair, where Norwich will defend in numbers for 90 minutes but eventually concede.

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对于状态良好的南安普顿来说，这是一个很明显的选择，可以轻松地在即将降级的诺里奇完成任务。客队在Dean Smith的带领下取得了一些进步，他在本赛季早些时候从Farke手中接管了客队，并减少了在积分榜上领先的球队的障碍。然而，当他们进入周五的比赛时，他们在连续失利后排名垫底。

上两轮失利是完全可以理解的，因为他们面对的是怪兽曼城和利物浦。在最后一场比赛(1-3落败)诺维奇看起来很好，只有一个小时，直到克洛普的人切换到过程。

尽管在过去的1.5个月里取得了一些积极的成绩，诺维奇和沃特福德仍然是保级候选。

在目前的竞选活动中，他们在路上的表现相当糟糕，在12次旅行中只获得了8个百分点;+诺维奇在最近的5场客场比赛中输掉了4场。

我看了南安普敦最近的三场比赛，不得不承认他们给人留下了非常深刻的印象，特别是对曼联(1-1)和埃弗顿(2-0)。在最后三分之一的比赛中不断施加压力，激发球队的进攻能力——所有这些基本点都是他们的主教练哈森胡特尔自加盟俱乐部以来一直在宣扬的。

我不明白为什么索顿不能继续保持他们目前的强劲状态，尤其是面对联盟中最糟糕的旅行者之一。

感觉这将是一场谨慎的1 / 0/2 / 0的比赛，诺维奇将在90分钟内防守，但最终败北。