In-form Southampton will visit Wolverhampton for both sides' second Premier League game in 2022. These two teams are in great form, as Wolves picked a 3-0 win over Sheffield United in the FA Cup, while the guests arrive from a 4-1 triumph against Brentford. Southampton is unbeaten in its last five matches, losing just one of the previous eight. The Wanderers opened the year with a 1-0 away victory vs. Manchester United. They were great in December last year, losing only 1-0 to both Liverpool and Man City, while managing a 1-0 win over Brighton and a 0-0 tie against Chelsea. The Saints also had a solid last month, playing 2-2 vs. Leicester, 1-1 against Brighton, 1-1 vs. Tottenham, while also managing a 3-2 away win over West Ham.

Injuries could be a concern for both squads, as the hosts miss Yerson Mosquera, Pedro Neto, Jonny, Hwang Hee-Chan, Willy Boly, and Romain Saiss, while the visitors are without Valentino Livramento, Moussa Djenepo, William Smallbone, Kyle Walker-Peters, and Alex McCarthy.

Wolves are having a nice few seasons in the English top-flight after their promotion from the Championship in 2018. Wolverhampton finished thirteenth last season, and is currently eight-placed with some of the best defensive football in the league. Bruno Lage's men are phenomenal at defending, conceding just fourteen goals so far, which is only one more than the title defenders Manchester City. However, his team is the second-worst offensive side in the Premier League, finding the net just fourteen times, with the only club that scored fewer goals being the last-placed Norwich.

The Saints entered 2022 with big news, as the club got new owners who will be keen to invest in an even better squad next season. Ralph Hasenhuttl's team has been the standard mid-table side for the last few years, and it is looking like they will finish the campaign similarly once again, currently being eleventh on the ladder.

I expect the guests to earn at least a point here, considering everything mentioned above. Good luck!

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状态良好的南安普顿将在2022年造访伍尔弗汉普顿，观看双方的第二场英超比赛。这两支球队状态都很好，狼队在足总杯中以3-0战胜谢菲尔德联队，而客人们则在4-1战胜布伦特福德后抵达。南安普敦在过去的五场比赛中保持不败，在之前的八场比赛中只输了一场。流浪者队以1-0客场战胜曼联开局。在去年12月的比赛中，他们表现出色，仅以0- 1输给利物浦和曼城，并以1-0战胜布莱顿，0-0平切尔西。圣徒队在上个月也表现出色，2-2对莱斯特，1-1对布莱顿，1-1对热刺，同时客场3-2战胜西汉姆。

伤病可能是两支球队都担心的问题，因为主队将错过耶森·莫斯凯拉、佩德罗·内托、约翰尼、黄希赞、威利·博利和罗曼·塞斯，而客队将缺席利夫拉曼托、穆萨·杰内波、威廉·斯莫本、凯尔·沃克-彼得斯和亚历克斯·麦卡锡。

在2018年获得总冠军后，狼队在英格兰顶级联赛中度过了美好的几个赛季。伍尔弗汉普顿上赛季排名第13，目前排名第8，是联盟中防守最好的球队之一。布鲁诺·拉格的球队在防守方面表现非凡，迄今只丢了14个球，只比卫冕冠军曼城多一个。然而，他的球队是英超联赛进攻第二差的球队，只进了14个球，唯一进球更少的球队是排名最后的诺维奇。

圣徒队迎来了2022年的大新闻，因为俱乐部有了新老板，他们将热衷于在下赛季投资打造一支更好的球队。拉尔夫·哈森胡托的团队在过去的几年里一直是标准的中桌队伍，看起来他们将再次以同样的方式结束竞选，目前排名第11。

考虑到上面提到的所有事情，我希望客人们至少能在这里挣到一分。好运！