Sofiane Boufal vs. Stoke
Southampton club-record signing Sofiane Boufal had a rough start to life at Saint Mary's Stadium. The winger found himself marooned on the bench due to a formation that favoured the likes of Dusan Tadic and Nathan Redmond. Following Austin's injury, he's since claimed a spot in the starting lineup and has begun to make good on his chances. He curled an inch-perfect shot into the corner of Sunderland's net in the league cup a few weeks back, and in Gameweek 15 he unleashed an outside of the boot screamer that left Victor Valdes rooted to the spot as the ball nestled into the top-left corner. Now these moments have come a bit sporadically since the winger hasn't locked down a place in the team until recently, but with the Saints struggling to go forward, manager Claude Puel will likely turn to Boufal to try and unleash the potential of Southampton's attack. Boufal will need the likes of James Ward-Prowse and Dusan Tadic to step up in terms of service, but with easy fixtures and the capability to produce individual moments of brilliance, Sofiane Boufal could make for a fantastic differential this weekend.Fernando Llorente vs. West Brom
It's no secret that Swansea have struggled in the league so far, but the Welsh side looks to have sorted out their attack. Manager Bob Bradley has continued to ponder on whether to play Sigurdsson as a false nine or start Fernando Llorente as the lone striker, but with four goals in three matches it would be ill-advised for Bradley to leave out the Spanish striker any longer. Llorente is another summer signing who got off to a slow start but like Boufal, is beginning to show just how dangerous of an attacking threat he can be. Over the past three weeks the ex-Sevilla man has averaged a goal every 38.25 minutes and an attempt on goal every 19 minutes. Those statistics are a bit inflated when you consider the weaknesses of some of the opposition's defenses, but they are still hard to ignore. His numbers will dip as he plays a more minutes, but considering he has a dead-ball specialist like Sigurdsson and a pacey winger like Montero that is constantly whipping crosses in, the Spaniard is bound to get enough chances to maintain his goalscoring form.Marko Arnautovic vs Southampton
Stoke City found themselves fighting in the relegation zone all the way until Gameweek 8, but a recent uptick in production has seen them jump all the way up to eleventh place in the league. What may come as a surprise, however, has been Marko Arnautovic's lack of contribution to the Potters' rise. So why am I tipping Arnautovic? Well, in Stoke's last match Mark Hughes opted to take after Antonio Conte's Chelsea and switch to a 3-4-3 with the Austrian winger leading the line. Now Arnautovic may not be a natural striker, but someone watching Stoke City for the first time this weekend would have never been able to guess that. The Potters' leading goalscorer from a year ago constantly made intelligent runs, was the biggest threat to Arsenal throughout the entire match and was unlucky not to score when he had a shot blocked from just a few yards out. You be wary of picking the Austrian forward ahead of his match against Southampton, but the last time these two met at Stoke's stadium Arnautovic was able to pick up a goal. It's also worth noting that Southampton have played six matches in just 18 days, so it's not unreasonable to expect their defence will eventually run out of gas while trying to defend the Potters and their new, attack-heavy formation.
