Southampton will look to move out of the Premier League relegation zone when they face Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday.

The Saints came out of the bottom three for a week after recording a 3-2 win against bottom side West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns at the start of February, but a 2-0 defeat against Liverpool at St Mary's combined with other results going against them saw them slip back into trouble.

The south coast outfit did bounce back from that loss to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup as they once again beat the Baggies in the west Midlands – this time by a 2-1 scoreline – on Saturday, with Wesley Hoedt and Dusan Tadic getting the goals.

Manager Mauricio Pellegrino will know that his team need to start picking up more top flight victories – they only have one since November – if they are to secure their Premier League status, and it could be the perfect time to face the Clarets as they haven't won since December 12 themselves.

The Argentine only made one change to his team against Alan Pardew's men at the weekend, and he will perhaps need to make a couple more in Lancashire to give his side the best possible chance of winning.

Here is how Southampton must line up against Burnley on Saturday, ahead of Alex McCarthy in goal…

Defence

Soccer Football - FA Cup Fifth Round - West Bromwich Albion vs Southampton - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - February 17, 2018   Southampton's Wesley Hoedt celebrates scoring their first goal with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg    Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine

Cedric Soares, Wesley Hoedt, Jack Stephens and Ryan Bertrand have established themselves as Southampton's first-choice back four in recent weeks and there is no reason why the quartet shouldn't continue against Burnley on Saturday.

With Maya Yoshida suffering an injury in training that is likely to see him miss the trip to Lancashire, Saints will stick with Hoedt and Stephens at the heart of the defence, and will hope that they can continue their recent goalscoring form with four goals between them in their previous five matches in all competitions.

Bertand and Cedric will once again provide the attacking width from full-back, and that extra threat from wide areas could be vital against a well-organised Burnley defence.

Midfield

Oriol Romeu currently has nine yellow cards in all domestic competitions in England this season, and if he receives one more before the cut off point of 32 Premier League matches he will receive a two-match suspension.

That is likely one of the reasons he was dropped to the substitutes' bench against West Brom at the weekend, but the Spaniard should return against Burnley – potentially in place of Nathan Redmond with Dusan Tadic returning out wide and either Mario Lemina or Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg moving forward into the No 10 role – at Turf Moor.

Lemina has been one of Saints' standout performers in recent weeks, and he and Romeu are looking to have the makings of a decent partnership in the middle of the park.

Attack

After picking up yet another assist in the 2-1 win against West Brom, James Ward-Prowse is likely to be selected once again against Burnley this weekend, while Dusan Tadic should also take his place in the XI after netting against the Baggies.

The places of Nathan Redmond and Guido Carrillo are a lot less certain however, and if Pellegrino decides to go with a slightly more cautious line-up on the road then Oriol Romeu could come in for the former Norwich City winger.

Carrillo is yet to get off the mark for Southampton in his opening four appearances, and with the Clarets defence known for being strong in the air Pellegrino could choose to go with a slightly different attacker in Shane Long or Manolo Gabbiadini at Turf Moor.

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