No Surprises But One Shock Name Missing In Saints Line Up To Face Wolves
The Saints starting XI to face Wolverhampton Waderers has no real surprises in it, however there is a familiar name missing on the bench.
There is no place for Nathan Redmond either in the starting XI or the bench as Ralph Hasenhuttl sticks with the side that beat Newcastle aside from Jack Stephens dropping to the bench for the returning Ryan Bertrand.
The Austrian manager goes for an attacking bench with a goalkeeper, a defender, a midfielder and then 4 attacking options in Shane Long, Michael Obafemi, Nathan Tella and Dan N Lundulu
In the Wolves side there is no place for Conor Coady in the centre of defence after his self isolation period resulting from his England squad call up, that is bad news for the home side as Coady has been an ever present for virtually the last 3 years for Wolves and hasn't missed a Premier League game since their return to the top flight.
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