Football. ua presents preview of the match of the 5th round of the Premier League between Crystal Palace and Southampton.

Crystal Palace - Southampton Saturday, 14:30, London, Selhurst Park. Live broadcast on the channel Football 1.

Approximate compositions:.

Crystal Palace: Hennessy - Fosu-Mensa, Dunn, Ridevald, van Aanholt - Milivojevic, MacArthur - Townsend, Pancheon, Schlupp - Benteke.

Southampton: Forster - Cedric, Huth, Yosida, Bertrand - Romeu, Lemina - Tadic, Davis, Redmond - Gabbiadini.

Do not play: Sako, Zaa, Wickem, Suare - ... In doubt: ... - Van Dyck.

Scorers: ... - Gabbiadini, 1.

Judge: Robert Madley.

In the last round, Crystal Palace showed a good game and only bad luck prevented the team then still Frank de Boer to score three points. Nevertheless, the patience of the club management came to an end, and with it - and the end of the work of the Dutchman at Crystal Palace. It is rumored that the reason for the dismissal were not only deplorable results, but also strained relations of Frank with a number of players who have influence in the locker room.

Now the "eagles" are led by Roy Hodgson. The change of coach should shake the team, and the victory for it is simply vital - after all the matches are expected against Man City, Manchester United and Chelsea. The prospect of being from 0 points after eight rounds is quite real.

Southampton is also not impressed by the leadership of Mauricio Pellegrino. The team could not score in three of four matches - did the bosses of the club count on that, changing Claude Puel to the Argentine?.

Interesting Facts:.

- Crystal Palace won only 2 of the 16 Premier League matches against Southampton (H4 P10).

- Pelas could become the first team in the history of the Premier League, which started the season with 5 defeats without goals scored.

- If the "eagles" do not score in the first 78 minutes, they will beat Newcastle's anti-record for the duration of the dry series at the beginning of the season (438 minutes).

- Christian Benteke scored 5 games in the last 5 games of the Premier League against Southampton.

The trainers say:.

Roy Hodgson, Crystal Palace: "If in my childhood I was told that I would not be good enough to play for Palas, but I can train this team - I would have agreed!".

Mauricio Pellegrino: "Every single match is an opportunity to become better. Sometimes the defeats are good - I hope that in the last round it was just such a ".

forecast 0: 1 Evgeni Music, Football. ua Author: Евгений Music.