📏 Form Guide

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton are hoping to win again following the 1-2 Premier League triumph against Bournemouth.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 44% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Brighton & Hove Albion, the goals were scored by João Pedro (4') and Kaoru Mitoma (49'). On the other side, Bournemouth had 18 shots at goal with 5 on target. David Brooks (93') was the scorer for Bournemouth.

It’s been seldom in recent games where Brighton & Hove Albion have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Brighton & Hove Albion have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 9 goals during that time.

Southampton

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Since tasting defeat last time out to Liverpool in Premier League action, Southampton and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.

In that game, Southampton had 38% possession and 7 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Southampton, the goals were scored by Adam Armstrong (42') and Mateus Fernandes (56'). At the other end, Liverpool got 27 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. Dominik Szoboszlai (30') and Mohamed Salah (65', 83') scored for Liverpool.

The stats don’t lie, and Southampton have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in total. In defence, Southampton seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That sort of pattern might not be continued into this game, however.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 07/12/2020 shows that Brighton have won 3 of them and Southampton 1, with the number of drawn results being 2.

20 goals were produced between them in these games, with 12 from The Seagulls and 8 being from The Saints. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The last league match featuring the two was Premier League match day 37 on 21/05/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Southampton.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 62% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The goals were scored by Evan Ferguson (29', 40') and Pascal Groß (69').

Southampton had 5 shots at goal with 1 on target. Mohamed Elyounoussi (58') was the scorer.

The referee was Paul Tierney.

ℹ️ Team News: Brighton

Yankuba Minteh (Muscle injury), Solly March (Knee injury) and Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Toe joint capsular tear) won’t be able to feature for Brighton gaffer Fabian Hürzeler.

We are thinking that The Seagulls may well line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match featuring Bart Verbruggen, Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Igor, Pervis Estupinan, Yasin Ayari, Mats Wieffer, Georginio Rutter, Joao Pedro, Kaoru Mitoma and Danny Welbeck.

ℹ️ Team News: Southampton

Southampton manager Russell Martin has a number of players out of action. Jan Bednarek (unknown injury), Will Smallbone (Knee injury) and Gavin Bazunu (Achilles tendon rupture) are those who can’t be considered.

We reckon that The Saints appear most likely to play in a 3-2-4-1 lineup, going with Alex McCarthy, T. Harwood-Bellis, Flynn Downes, Jack Stephens, Yukinari Sugawara, Kyle Walker-Peters, Tyler Dibling, Mateus Fernandes, Joe Aribo, Adam Armstrong and Cameron Archer.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Brighton & Hove Albion have it within them to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

In contrast, Southampton will not find it easy getting goals although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage here, too.

Therefore, we are anticipating a 3-1 winning score for Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 19:01 29/11/2024