Struggling Brighton & Hove Albion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Southampton in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have yet to win a game at home.
- Southampton has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premier League
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Brighton & Hove Albion are 0-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). The home fans are hungry for more even though Brighton have been steadily collecting points here at The American Express Community Stadium through three straight draws.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Brighton, who played 1-1 against Liverpool. That match was also played at this venue (The American Express Community Stadium). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Aston Villa.
A painful moment in the game against Liverpool was the missed penalty kick from Neal Maupay in the 20th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.
This is expected to be a close game, with Brighton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brighton & Hove Albion as a small favourite), we find eight games. Brighton & Hove Albion has won one of these, drawn four and lost three.
Brighton & Hove Albion are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Southampton form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Southampton playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Southampton in their previous game, as they lost their Premier League-match, hosting Manchester United, 2-3. A 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers's stadium before that.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Southampton in their fight with Manchester United last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Late heartbreak for Southampton in the Manchester United match, as the deciding 2-3 goal came deep into overtime.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Southampton in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Southampton, three draws and four defeats.
Southampton has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Southampton struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 8 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brighton & Hove Albion one win, four draws and Southampton five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Ings 5 goals |   N. Maupay 4 goals |  J. Ward-Prowse 4 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
Southampton missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 80% |
| 60% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 30% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 40% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.8 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.6 | 10.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 40% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 50% | 38% |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have yet to win a game at home.
- Southampton has the most dropped points from leading position (8) in Premier League
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Southampton | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Everton | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Manchester United | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | Manchester City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | West Ham United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Arsenal | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 6 |
| 18 | Burnley | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 5 |
| 19 | Fulham | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -12 | 1 |
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