Our prediction for this FA Cup match:
Swansea
Match Time & Date:
08/01/2022
11:30 AM
Prediction: 1-2
Southampton
There will be fireworks when Swansea City and Southampton go head to head at Swansea.com Stadium in the FA Cup last 64. The Swans are on a three-game losing run in the Championship, with the team conceding eight goals in total in those defeats. Defender Ethan Laird, who limped off with injury in the loss to Forest, misses the FA Cup game, but he should be the only absentee in the home team.
The Saints, on the other hand, aim to kick off their FA Cup campaign in style, and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach against Swansea. Defender Mohammed Salisu is banned for the match, while Mossa Djenepo is on international duty. Anyhow, Southampton have been in a much better form of late than Swansea, and we predict that the Premier League side will prove their worth on the field.
Highlighted Player (Korey Smith):
After spending his youth career at Norwich City, Korey Smith made his first-team debut for the Canaries in January 2008 in the FA Cup clash against Charlton Athletic. Smith played 67 league games for Norwich City and he scored 4 goals for the club, but in 2013 he signed a two-year deal with Oldham Athletic.
The midfielder who was born on 31 January, 1991, scored one goal in 42 appearances for the club in the 2013/2014 campaign and on 27 June, 2014, he joined Bristol City for an undisclosed fee. It has to be noted that he won Johnstone’s Paint Trophy with the Robins in his first season with the team.
Korey Smith was born in Hatfield, England and he has two younger sisters, Alice and Harriet. Smith is a defensive midfielder, but he is capable of operating as central midfielder and right back as well. The Bristol City footballer also represented the likes of Barnsley and Yeovil Town (on loan) in the past.
Highlighted Team (Southampton):
Southampton are an English football club that have been playing their home games at St Mary's Stadium since 2001. The Saints were based at The Dell in the past and the capacity of Southampton’s new stadium is 32,505. Southampton wear red and white striped shirts and the colour of the team’s away kit is navy and green.
The Saints have yet to win the Premier League trophy, but they did well to clinch the FA Cup title back in 1976, while participating in the final of the prestigious competition in 1900, 1902 and 2003. Southampton outplayed Manchester United in the 1976 FA Cup final and that is probably the club’s greatest victory ever.
The club are well known for their football academy and Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale is one of the players who began their football carrier at the St. Mary’s Stadium outfit. Southampton’s fiercest rivals are Portsmouth and the two teams square off against each other in the South Coast Derby.
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