Southampton have won just five games this season;
Villa h&a
QPR a
Reading h
Newcastle h
These are the bottom teams – except Wigan, of course. The pattern is unlikely to change tonight.
Southampton face the long journey to Manchester today, the return home on Thursday and then back to the North West on Friday. That doesn’t leave much time for training.
Southampton have won twice away from home. Pochettino will quickly find that it’s a very demanding league.
