Southampton vs Wigan - Match Preview

Southampton take on Wigan in the first Premier League match at St. Mary's in six years this afternoon.

Southampton take on Wigan in the first Premier League match at St. Mary's in six years this afternoon. Kick-off is at 3pm and the match won't be screened live on television in the UK. Here's the team news ahead of the game; Jack Cork is the Saints' only injury concern as the Team GB Olympics star continues to recover from the ankle knock he picked up in pre-season. He will miss today's game. Tadanari Lee could be involved after playing 70 minutes for the development team this week as he recovers from a foot injury. Manager Nigel Adkins has been coy as to whether he would be involved today. For Wigan, boss Roberto Martinez is monitoring the fitness of three players ahead of the trip south. Winger Jean Beausejour has a soft tissue injury that forced him to miss last week's home defeat to Chelsea. Fellow midfielders Shaun Maloney (dead leg) and James McArthur (back) picked up knocks in that game and may not feature. Ahead of the game, Latics star completed his move to Chelsea and won't be called upon. Line-ups from; Southampton (from): Davis, Gazzaniga, Richardson, Butterfield, Clyne, Fox, Shaw, Hooiveld, Fonte, Seaborne, Stephens, Chambers, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Cork, Chaplow, De Ridder, Lallana, Schneiderlin, Puncheon, Hammond, Davis, Lambert, Lee, Rodriguez, Sharp. Wigan (from): Al Habsi, Kone, Alcaraz, McCarthy, Caldwell, Jones, Crusat, Watson, Di Santo, Maloney, Moses, Pollitt, Gomez, McManaman, McArthur, Boyce, Boselli, Fyvie, Ramis, Beausejour, Stam, Lopez, Figueroa, Miyaichi. source - teamtalk
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