The most recent Southampton injury updates prior to Sunderland’s Championship visit to St Mary’s this coming weekend.
Prior to Saturday’s Championship match at St Mary’s against Sunderland, Southampton will not be able to use three injured players, and one player is questionable.
The Saints were scheduled to play at home against Sunderland on Saturday and host Preston on Wednesday night. However, the Preston game has been rescheduled “after consultation with the local authorities and emergency services following a fire near the ground,” according to a club statement.
Due to the postponement, Southampton is still eight points behind Ipswich in second place in the Championship standings, with one game remaining. Although Russell Martin’s team defeated Birmingham 4-3 last weekend, they have now dropped their previous three league games.
Here, nevertheless, we examine the most recent injury updates pertaining to The Saints:
Kyle Walker-Peters, a former Tottenham defender, was doubtful for the game against Preston North End that was postponed and missed the victory over Birmingham City. Prior to this weekend’s match against Sunderland, Southampton will be keeping an eye on the player and is optimistic about his potential return.
Martin remarked on Tuesday afternoon, “Tomorrow may be too early; he was back on the grass today.” “That most likely will be. However, we expect to see him again on Saturday.
Due to an Achilles tendon injury, Ross Stewart left Sunderland for Southampton, paying an estimated £10 million for the transfer. He played as a substitute for the Saints twice in November, but he hasn’t played since. With less than half of the season played, his career is all but done.
“I think we need to be really honest about Ross and realistic—we probably won’t see him again this season,” Russell Martin recently stated. We will suffer short-term, but in the long run, Ross needs to play throughout the entire preseason.
“It seems a little ridiculous to then risk him for maybe three or four weeks of this season, but it depends on the circumstances. I don’t want to come out here and lie and say that he might be fit, so I believe it’s a big plus if we say he won’t be here this season and then you do see him later on.”
After suffering a “severe” hamstring injury in September, Juan Larios has also been sidelined from the match against Sunderkand and has been recovering in his home country of Spain. He hasn’t participated in the 2023–24 season and hasn’t in over a year.
“He is here, he is back in the building, and it has been lovely to have him back for the last few weeks,” stated Russell Martin on February 20. To get there, he has a lot of work ahead of him. Although we genuinely like Juan and are glad to have him, we are really disappointed with him.
Ryan Fraser, a Newcastle United loanee, departed St Mary’s versus Millwall on crutches and will be sidelined for a month due to a knee injury. On Tuesday, Martin declared, “Wee Man will remain the same.” He’s glad the Leicester game is postponed since it means he’ll miss one fewer game. We hope to see him return for Middlesbrough. It will be the next game if he isn’t.”
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