Southampton vs Brentford Prediction & Betting Tips

The time’s nearly upon us for EFL Cup action on Wednesday when Southampton play against Brentford.

Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Southampton v Brentford - plus the latest betting odds.

📏 Form Guide

Southampton DDDWWL

Southampton will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 1-0 Premier League defeat in their last game at the hands of Crystal Palace.

In that game, Southampton managed 71% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Crystal Palace had 5 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Wilfried Zaha (13') scored for Crystal Palace.

It’s been seldom in recent times that Southampton have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that The Saints have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals in the process. Still, it remains to be seen if that pattern will continue on in this game or not.

Brentford LLWLDL

Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Birmingham City in Championship competition, Brentford and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that match, Brentford managed 64% possession and 16 shots on goal with 4 on target. Birmingham City had 11 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Jérémie Béla (37') scored for Birmingham City.

The numbers tell their own story, and Brentford have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 8 goals in all. In defence, The Bees have clearly had some problems.

👥 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 19/02/2005 tells us that Southampton have won 2 of these games and Brentford 1, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 10 from The Saints and 7 coming from The Bees. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league contest featuring the two was League One match day 45 on 30/04/2011 when it finished Brentford 0-3 Southampton.

The referee was Trevor Kettle.

📋 Team News: Southampton

Sam McQueen (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Guido Carrillo (Hamstring Injury) won’t be playing for S'hampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl.

📋 Team News: Brentford

Thanks to a completely healthy squad to choose from, Brentford boss Thomas Frank has zero fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Brentford will surely be able to score a goal against this Southampton outfit, however that probably won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Southampton after the 90. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Peter Guest, 23:04 13/09/2020