Southampton will look to boost their Premier League survival bid in a potentially season-defining clash against Newcastle United at St James' Park on Saturday, on the back of a disappointing goalless draw against fellow strugglers Stoke City at St Mary's last weekend.
The south coast outfit would have seen the match against the Potters as a must-win considering they only had three home games left this season after that one – with two of those against Chelsea and Manchester City – but they failed to make the breakthrough against Paul Lambert's men which increased the pressure on manager Mauricio Pellegrino.
Saints have now not beaten any of their relegation rivals Stoke, Newcastle, Swansea City, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield Town and Brighton and Hove Albion on their own patch this term, and they will now likely be relying on results on the road to save them.
They lie just one place and one point above the relegation zone and one point behind the 16th-placed Magpies ahead of their fixture on Tyneside on Saturday, and they can certainly take some solace from the fact that the hosts have the third worst home record in the top flight.
Pellegrino will be considering making some changes to the XI that drew against Stoke given they didn't get the three points they needed, and the Argentine boss will regret it if he fails to make a couple of important alterations to his team.
Here are two big changes the 46-year-old must make to his Southampton side when they face Newcastle…
Manolo Gabbiadini for Dusan Tadic
Tadic once again put in something of an anonymous attacking performance in the goalless draw against Stoke at St Mary's, and it is about time that Pellegrino dropped the Serbia international from the starting line-up.
Despite scoring a late equaliser as a substitute in the 1-1 draw against Burnley last month, Gabbiadini was only picked to start on the substitutes' bench against the Potters last weekend, and he has only made one Premier League start for the club since December.
With the attacking players that continue to start coming up short, it is time to give the Italy international his opportunity from the first whistle at St James' Park to see if he can be more creative or add more of a goal threat than Tadic has, with Southampton fans bemused as to why he hasn't been given more minutes by Pellegrino.
Shane Long for Guido Carrillo
Carrillo has started Southampton's last five matches in all competitions following his January move from Monaco, but he is still yet to get on the score-sheet with his performances not suggesting that he is going to get the goals to help the south coast outfit in their survival battle.
While he has looked decent in the air on occasions, he struggled from that point of view against Stoke last weekend and generally failed to have much of an impact at all, before he was replaced by Shane Long in the 79th minute.
While the Republic of Ireland is far from a prolific goalscorer with just one in the last year for club and country, his pace and the fact that he is a nuisance for defenders means he is particularly effective on the road, and that could be important to give Saints' other attacking players more space in what is a season-defining clash against Newcastle.
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