📊 Form Guide

Register with Bet365

Join Bet365 to take advantage of great odds and live streaming. Registration required. 21+ T&Cs apply. Please gamble responsibly. Need support or help? Call the NCPG on 1-800-GAMBLER

More info »

Brentford

DWLWLW

Brentford are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-1 EFL Cup success versus Colchester United.

In that match, Brentford had 72% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Brentford was Keane Lewis-Potter (45'). Colchester United had 5 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

In their prior six fixtures, Thomas Frank's Brentford have hit the back of the net a combined total of 7 times resulting in an average number of goals scored per match equal to 1.17.

Heading into this contest, Brentford haven't been beaten in the league by Southampton in their last 3 games.

Southampton

DWWLLW

Southampton will go into the clash after a 3-5 EFL Cup win versus Cardiff City in their last match.

In that match, Southampton had 73% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. For Southampton, the scorers were Mateus Fernandes (10'), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (30'), Ronnie Edwards (48' Own goal), Cameron Archer (55', 94') and James Bree (91'). For their opponents, Cardiff City got 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Rubin Colwill (21') and Alex Robertson (57') scored for Cardiff City.

Throughout their six most recent matches, Russell Martin's Southampton have seen their goal attempts be successful 7 times - earning them a goals per game average of 1.17.

Coming into this fixture, Southampton have not won against Brentford in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 30/04/2011 shows us that Brentford have won 4 of them & Southampton 2, with the number of drawn games being 0.

18 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 11 for The Bees and 7 being from The Saints. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 7 on 15/03/2023 when the final score was Southampton 0-2 Brentford.

On that day, Southampton had 67% possession and 7 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

At the other end, Brentford got 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Ivan Toney (32') and Yoane Wissa (97') scored.

The match was refereed by Michael Salisbury.

ℹ️ Team News: Brentford

Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery), Aaron Hickey (Hamstring injury) and Igor Thiago (Meniscus injury) are not available for Brentford gaffer Thomas Frank.

It seems likely that The Bees could make use of the 4-3-3 formation for the game, utilising Mark Flekken, Mads Roerslev, Nathan Collins, Ethan Pinnock, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Mathias Jensen, Christian Noergaard, Vitaly Janelt, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa and Kevin Schade.

ℹ️ Team News: Southampton

Owing to an otherwise available squad, there is only the one fitness issue for the Southampton manager Russell Martin to be concerned with. Gavin Bazunu (Achilles tendon rupture) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that The Saints could decide to play in a 3-5-2 lineup, starting the game with Alex McCarthy, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Yukinari Sugawara, William Smallbone, Flynn Downes, Joe Aribo, Kyle Walker-Peters, Adam Armstrong and Ben Brereton Diaz.

💡 Prediction

It looks to us that Brentford should be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

However, Southampton won’t find it easy to find the back of the net but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be scoring here as well.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 win for Brentford when all’s said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 13:02 31/08/2024