Puel must give these 3 Southampton players a chance against Hapoel

Southampton will look to make it two wins out of two in the Europa League when they travel to Israel to face Hapoel Be’er Sheva on Thursday.

Claude Puel’s side have hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks since he registered his first win in charge against Sparta Prague in this competition – the Saints have got the better of Swansea City and West Ham, and also beat Crystal Palace in the EFL Cup third round.

They also haven’t conceded a goal since that last-gasp Santi Cazorla penalty for Arsenal on September 10, and are beginning to look like the Southampton side that we’ve become accustomed to in recent seasons.

However, they face an Israeli side that pushed Celtic all the way in their Champions League qualifying play-off back in August, eventually succumbing to Brendan Rodgers’ side 5-4 on aggregate.

Since then though they have lost just once, and recorded an impressive 2-0 away win at Inter Milan two weeks ago.

With a tricky trip to Leicester City on Sunday, Puel may consider making some changes to his starting eleven on Thursday, so here are THREE players who should be given a chance against Hapoel…