Southampton vs Ipswich Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Southampton play big to Ipswich Town connected Tuesday nighttime looking to determination to wrong 1 constituent of their second-placed opponents successful the Championship table.

However, the Tractor Boys marque the travel to St Mary's knowing that triumph would efficaciously unafraid promotion backmost to the Premier League.

Match preview

When Finn Azaz curled a wonderment extremity into the acold country to enactment Southampton up against Manchester City connected Saturday evening, the Saints were dreaming of a daze quality successful the FA Cup final.

However, Man City rallied precocious connected to secure a 2-1 victory successful the semi-finals, leaving Tonda Eckart and his players to absorption connected trying to execute promotion to the Premier League.

Although Southampton managed to widen their unbeaten tally successful the Championship to 17 matches past week, a 2-2 gully against Bristol City has near achieving 2nd spot retired of their hands.

Southampton indispensable triumph their past 2 games and anticipation that Ipswich neglect to flooded Queens Park Rangers successful bid to debar going into the playoffs.

A full of 43 points person been accumulated from their 22 games astatine St Mary's, Southampton besides conceding the slightest goals (17) successful location encounters.

As for Ipswich, they person won conscionable 4 of their past 10 Championship encounters to permission the promotion contention going until the past week.

Nevertheless, Saturday's goalless gully astatine West Bromwich Albion has near the Tractor Boys successful a presumption wherever they lone request 1 triumph to decorativeness runners-up, a effect of their extremity quality being importantly amended than Millwall who are successful 3rd position.

Despite the disappointment of lone earning a constituent astatine The Hawthorns, Kieran McKenna's squad person recorded 11 points from their astir caller six distant matches successful the 2nd tier.

Ipswich besides posted conscionable their 3rd cleanable expanse successful 8 games. However, they person each been connected their travels, the different 2 coming astatine Sheffield Wednesday and Norwich City.

Meanwhile, Ipswich person gone 8 games without scoring much than doubly successful a azygous fixture.

Southampton Championship form:

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Southampton signifier (all competitions):

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Ipswich Town Championship form:

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Team News

With Eckart apt to revert to a backmost 4 and the three-day turnaround, changes volition inevitably beryllium made to his Southampton XI.

Shea Charles, Kuryu Matsuki and Cyle Larin are each successful enactment to beryllium recalled, but Flynn Downes is suspended.

Jack Stephens volition beryllium assessed arsenic helium continues to woody with a calf issue.

Meanwhile, McKenna is apt to marque alterations to his Ipswich starting lineup, including bringing successful the likes of Marcelino Nunez and Jaden Philogene.

George Hirst could get the motion implicit Ivan Azon, portion Dan Neil is an alternate successful cardinal midfield if caller legs are required.

Leif Davis remains a large uncertainty courtesy of a hamstring injury.

Southampton imaginable starting lineup:

Peretz; Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Manning; Downes, Charles; Matsuki, Azaz, Scienza; Larin

Ipswich Town imaginable starting lineup:

Walton; Furlong, O'Shea, Kipre, Greaves; Matusiwa, Taylor; Philogene, Nunez, Clarke; Hirst

We say: Southampton 2-1 Ipswich Town

With the stakes truthful precocious heading into this evenly-matched contest, it is hard to foretell a scoreline. Much whitethorn beryllium connected however Southampton shingle disconnected the disappointment of losing to Man City, but they inactive get the motion with us, possibly netting the decisive extremity during the closing stages.

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