Saints could be without 5 players when they host Newcastle United on Sunday, but the visitors could be even worse off as they could be missing 7 of their squad when they make the trip to St Mary's.
It is easy to criticise Saints for the defeat at Crystal Palace, but the reality was that they took the field missing aguably 4 of their 5 best players, that might loosen up this weekend slightly with the return of Romeo Lavia to the squad for the game against Newcastle on Sunday, but it seems like the Toon Army might be in a worse position than us.
They could have as many as 7 out through injury and suspension as Eddie Howe looks to try and gatecrash toe top 4 this season, something that is not beyond their scope given that they will more than likely boost their squad in January.
Definitely out for the game will be midfielder Joelinton, the Brazilian has started 11 of their Premier League games so far out of 13 and come off the bench in another, so he will be a big miss having picked up a yellow card in their last game meaning that with it being his 5th of the season he will be suspended for the trip to St Mary's.
Biggest miss though could be defender Fabian Schar, he like Joelinton has been a mainstay this season and has started 12 of the 13 games, he came off at the weekend with a hamstring problem and is a major doubt for the Magpies.
He joins another 5 players on the injury list, topping that is striker Alexander Isak, he has only played 3 games but has scored in 2 of them, he has been missing since mid September with a thigh injury and is unlikely to play before the World Cup break.
However most of them have played little part in this season so far, Matt Ritchie has spent most of the season either on the bench or out through injury, making just one appearance as a sub and he will likely be missing on Saturday.
Emil Krafth has also seen little action this season and will probably miss the rest of it with a Cruciate ligament rupture.
The other two casualties fall very much in the squad player category, left back Paul Dummett at 31 has been at Newcastle for 10 years but has struggled to make the team in the past few seasons and has not been helped in this one by injury.
Likewise goalkeeper Karl Darlow, the 32 year old has managed just 86 League games in 8 years at the club, a third of them coming in 20/21 season, but has barely featured since.