Wolves v Southampton: match preview

Southampton showed by beating Newcastle and stretching their unbeaten run to six games that they are a force to be reckoned with even without Danny Ings, who is expected to be missing for at latest another month after undergoing knee surgery. But the outcome against Wolves could be determined by the fitness of Ryan Bertrand and James Ward-Prowse, since Bertrand will need to be at his best to subdue their wide attackers, and Ward-Prowse has the set-piece prowess to exploit the weakness that Jacob Murphy capitalised on when Newcastle drew at Wolves in October – if it has not been addressed in training. Paul Doyle

Monday 8pm Sky Sports Premier League

Venue Molineux

Last season Wolves 2 Southampton 3

Odds H 11-8 A 2-1 D 9-4

Referee Andre Marriner

This season G4 Y8 R0 2 cards/game

WOLVES

Subs from Ruddy, Kilman, Aït-Nouri, Moutinho, Otasowie, Traoré, Silva, Vitinha, Buur, Hoever

Doubtful Aït-Nouri (knock)

Injured Jonny (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Discipline Y7 R0

Form LWWDWL

Leading scorer Jiménez 4

SOUTHAMPTON

Subs from Forster, Gunn, Valery, Vokins, Slattery, Tella, Obafemi, Jankewitz, Ferry, Stephens, Long, Diallo, Smallbone, Djenepo

Doubtful Smallbone (match fitness), Ward-Prowse (hamstring), Bertrand (hamstring)

Injured Ings (knee, Dec), Salisu (match fitness, unknown)

Suspended None

Discipline Y12 R0

Form WWDWWW

Leading scorer Ings 5