Wrexham vs Southampton - prediction, team news, lineups

Southampton volition beryllium targeting a 3rd consecutive triumph erstwhile they instrumentality connected Wrexham astatine the Racecourse Ground connected Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Red Dragons volition beryllium hopeless to assertion their 2nd Championship triumph of the play successful their last outing earlier the planetary break. 

Match preview

After narrowly missing retired connected a playoff berth past term, Wrexham's latest bid to unafraid Premier League shot has got disconnected to a rocky start.

The Red Dragons person mustered conscionable 1 triumph successful their 7 league matches, which besides produced 4 draws and 3 defeats.

One of those losses took spot their caller travel to the London Stadium, wherever they slumped to a dense 6-0 decision against precocious relegated West Ham United.

In summation to his team's mediocre antiaircraft show successful the English capital, Wrexham brag Phil Parkinson volition beryllium acrophobic that his squad person netted conscionable erstwhile successful 3 games since their 3-0 distant triumph implicit Millwall astatine the commencement of September. 

The Wrexham brag volition besides beryllium disquieted by the information his squad are 1 of six clubs yet to triumph a Championship location crippled this play (D2, L2).

If they are to extremity their hold connected Saturday, the Red Dragons volition request to bushed Southampton for the archetypal clip since signaling a 1-0 distant triumph successful the 5th circular of the 1973-74 FA Cup.

Southampton, meanwhile, are sitting successful ninth spot and 3 points amended disconnected than their hosts, contempt starting the run with a four-point deduction pursuing past season's Spygate scandal.

After starting the run with a constrictive nonaccomplishment to Watford, the Saints person bounced backmost with a six-game unbeaten league run, including comfy location wins successful their past 2 outings.

Tonda Eckert's broadside saw disconnected Swansea City by a 3-1 scoreline earlier they hammered Bristol City 4-1 successful past Saturday's clash astatine St Mary's, acknowledgment to a Cyle Larin brace and goals from Kuryu Matsuki and Finn Azaz.

The Saints volition beryllium keen to instrumentality that winning signifier connected their travels, having failed to triumph immoderate of their 3 Championship roadworthy trips this play (D2, L1).

They person won 4 of their past 5 league games against Wrexham, including a Championship treble successful the 2025-26 campaign.

In fact, they made airy enactment of the Red Dragons connected their past travel to the Racecourse Ground successful April, erstwhile they scored 3 second-half goals successful a ascendant 5-1 victory. 

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Team News

Wrexham are incapable to telephone upon guardant Nathan Broadhead, who has been forced to retreat from the Wales squad with a thigh injury. 

The Red Dragons whitethorn besides beryllium without the services of Max Cleworth, Liberato Cacace, George Thomason and Ollie Rathbone. 

In affirmative news, midfielder Ben Sheaf has recovered from wounded and is present successful contention to marque a matchday squad for the archetypal clip this season.

As for the visitors, Caspar Jander is closing successful connected a instrumentality from a hamstring injury, though it remains to beryllium seen whether helium volition beryllium acceptable for Saturday’s distant trip.  

Midfielder Flynn Downes is expected to beryllium acceptable to commencement contempt being forced astatine fractional clip successful the triumph implicit Bristol City.

The Championship’s starring scorer Cyle Larin volition beryllium looking to adhd to his seven-goal tally erstwhile helium leads the enactment astatine the Racecourse Ground.

Wrexham imaginable starting lineup:

Patterson; Vyner, Hyam, Doyle; Kabore, Dobson, Whiteman, Ekomie; O’Hare, O’Brien; Moore

Southampton imaginable starting lineup:

Peretz; Bree, Wood, Schlotterbeck, Manning; Ward-Prowse, Downes; Matsuki, Azaz, Scienza; Larin

We say: Wrexham 1-3 Southampton

Southampton whitethorn beryllium winless connected the roadworthy successful the Championship this season, but they volition beryllium afloat of assurance aft back-to-back wins astatine St Mary's, and with Wrexham reeling from a dense defeat, we deliberation the Saints volition consciousness an accidental to assertion their archetypal distant victory.

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