Southampton v Hull
Venue: St. Mary’s Stadium
Kick off: 3PM
Hull will have striker Oumar Niasse available as they look for a long-awaited away win against Southampton on Saturday (today).
Niasse was shown a straight red card in last weekend’s win over Watford, but it was subsequently overturned following an appeal from the club.
He is now set to lead the line as Hull seek their first away win since August to boost their survival hopes.
The Tigers have won four of their last seven games, all at home, to move two points clear of the relegation zone.
“We need to play with the same confidence that we do in our home games,” said manager Marco Silva. “The mind has to be looking at this as one game, it doesn’t matter where it is.
“We have to keep our focus and respect the plan we have for the game all the way through.”
Southampton were beaten 4-2 at Chelsea in midweek but can still finish in the top eight. They trail seventh-placed West Brom by four points with a game in hand.
While Niasse is available, Hull defender Omar Elabdellaoui remains absent with a back problem and may not play again this season. Ryan Mason, Moses Odubajo and Will Keane remain absent with long-term injuries.
Southampton has won four of their previous five Premier League matches against Hull City, although they did lose last time out in November.
Saints have won their last four home games against Hull, scoring two or more in each clash.
Southampton has lost only one of their last 12 Premier League home games against sides in the bottom half of the table coming into the fixture.
Since Marco Silva was appointed Hull City manager, the Tigers have won 20 points from 14 Premier League matches.
However, only one of these points (5 per cent) has come away from home.
Southampton Possible XI: Forster, Soares, Stephens, Yoshida, Bertrand, Davis, Hoejbjerg, Ward-Prowse, Tadic, Redmond, Gabbiadini.
Hull City Possible XI: Jakupovic, El Mohamady, Ranocchia, Maguire, Robertson, N’Diaye, Clucas, Markovic, Goebel, Grosicki, Niasse.