Southampton vs Athletic Club: Southampton faces Athletic Club in their final pre-season clash on Saturday as they look to make it four wins in a row.
LIVE LINK to watch Southampton vs Athletic Club:
https://www.southamptonfc.com/
Match Details:
Teams: Southampton vs Athletic Club
Date: Saturday 7th August, 2021
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton, Hampshire
🚨 Asteburuko lehen lagunartekoa lehoientzat!
🆚 @SouthamptonFC
🏟️ St. Mary’s Stadium (Southampton)
🕓 16:00etan
📺 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜#SaintsFCAthletic #AthleticClub 🦁 pic.twitter.com/ux78tKXV12— Athletic Club (@athletic_eus) August 7, 2021
MATCH PREVIEW:
Southampton will look to win their final pre-season match on Saturday as they face Athletic Club.
Warming up for 2021/22 🔋
Let’s have your score predictions for today’s pre-season finale, #SaintsFC fans? 👇 pic.twitter.com/j3VhYJfdHP
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) August 7, 2021
The Saints have won their last 3 matches in pre-season against Cardiff, Swansea and Levante.
Also read: Due to this, they look in rich form and will eye another win before the season kicks off next week.
Walker Peters scored in the impressive 1-0 win over Levante to give his side a third successive win.
On the other hand, Athletic Club were defeated by Union Berlin 2-1 in their last match.
Berenguer opened the scoring for the Spanish side but second half goals from Haraguchi and Baumgartl in the space of six minutes ensured a loss.
This was a first loss for Athletic Club after 2 matches. Hence, they will look to get back to winning ways.
The Spanish side faces Liverpool on Sunday in their final pre-season match before their La Liga campaign begins vs Elche.
Southampton and Athletic Club faced each other last in 2016 as part of a club friendly match, where the Saints secured a 1-0 win.
Shane Long’s first half goal was enough to secure the win for the Premier League side.
Line-ups
Southampton:
McCarthy, Valery, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Perraud, Walcott, Armstrong, Romeu, Djenepo, Obafemi and Long
🚶🏴#SaintsFCAthletic #AthleticClub 🦁 pic.twitter.com/4icLHZ0DA2
— Athletic Club (@athletic_eus) August 6, 2021
Athletic Club:
Agirrezabala, De Marcos, Alvarez, Martinez, Balenziaga, Williams, Sancet, Vencedor, Morcillo, Garcia and Villalibre
Prediction: Southampton 2-1 Athletic Club
Southampton look in better shape and form coming into this one although they have to deal with the loss of Ings as he departed from the club.
But still the Saints should have enough firepower in the tank to go through.
Athletic Club’s inconsistencies could hamper their progress in this match. As a result, we do not see the Spanish side going through.
