The French goalkeeper was ever-present in the Premier League this season until suffering a knee injury in the opening minute of our 4-3 win against Leicester City on March 21.
“We have one more training session and we’ll assess Hugo again tomorrow, but he’s close ,” said Mauricio after training on Thursday.
Kyle Walker remains sidelined with a foot injury but Mauricio said the rest of the players were available for selection for the trip to St Mary’s (12.45pm).