THERE is a 50-50 chance that Saints’ stars from the British Isles will go face to face at Euro 2016.

There could well be around six St Mary’s players at the tournament in France next June, with Ryan Bertrand, Steven Davis and Shane Long having every chance of playing against each other.

England, who left-back Bertrand hopes to be selected for, have a flip-of-a-coin chance of coming up against one of their neighbouring countries.

Bertrand and co could play Davis’ Northern Ireland and Long for the Republic of Ireland in the group stages – as well as Wales and their talismanic ex-Saint Gareth Bale.

Uefa has announced its seedings for the draw and Roy Hodgson’s side will be among the top seeds along with hosts France and holders Spain.

Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic will all be among the six countries in the pot of bottom seeds, based on Uefa’s coefficient.

The draw will see the 24 finalists draw into six groups of four teams for next summer’s finals. The winners and runners-up in each group will qualify for the knockout phase as well as the four best third-place sides – effectively meaning that only eight teams will be eliminated in the group phase.

Wales were among the top seeds for the 2018 World Cup qualifying draw in July but that was based on the FIFA rankings – Chris Coleman’s side are ranked much higher in that system than on Uefa’s coefficient.

The Euro 2016 seedings mean that England will avoid clashes with other top seeds Belgium, Germany and José Fonte and Cédric Soares with Portugal.

Although they could well come up against Graziano Pellè and Italy, who are among the second seeds.

The draw takes place on December 12 in Paris. The finals will start on Friday, June 10, with the final taking place at Stade de France on Sunday, July 10.