Saints duo ruled out for relegation six-pointer

Frazer Richardson and Richard Chaplow will be missing for Southampton’s Premier League trip to fellow strugglers QPR tomorrow.

Right-back Richardson had been expected to feature for the development squad on Monday but missed out after suffering a recurrence of a thigh injury.

Richard Chaplow is also out through injury, but Guly do Prado could be involved after being left out of the squad for last weekend’s 1-1 draw with Swansea.

Provisional squad: K Davis, Gazzaniga, Boruc, Butterfield, Stephens, Clyne, Fox, Shaw, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Fonte, Ward-Prowse, Do Prado, Cork, De Ridder, Lallana, Ramirez, Schneiderlin, Lee, Puncheon, S Davis, Lambert, Rodriguez, Mayuka.