MATTHEW ROSE will miss out after tearing a stomach muscle and is joined on the treatment table by Martin Rowlands (below). Keeper Jake Cole (calf) also looks set to miss out but Steve Lomas could return to the squad.
Matt Oakley, Darren Powell and Danny Hig-ginbotham all return to the Saints squad but Marian Pahars (knee) is ' a doubt and Rory Delap (Achilles) and Kamil Kosowski (hamstring) are still sidelined.
MATCH FACT
Southampton have not won an away game since October