Only three points good enough for Brighton & Hove Albion in Southampton game

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will do for the Brighton & Hove Albion fans in this The American Express Community Stadium duel with Southampton, having a healthy lead on their opponents in the Premier League standings.

Insights:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Southampton is in the worst form (0-1-5)

For Southampton it's their last days at this level as relegation is a fact.

Brighton & Hove Albion have less rest than Southampton in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Newcastle United, so at least Brighton are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

9-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Brighton & Hove Albion so far this season.

Brighton & Hove Albion lost their last game at Newcastle United (placed 3rd) after a 1-4 scoreline. van Hecke, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Hecke won 9 of 17 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Arsenal.

Goal party? We don't know the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this club has contained three or more goals.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Manchester City in only three days. This game is also played here at The American Express Community Stadium.

A decent goal production from Brighton & Hove Albion in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 17 league matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Southampton form and stats

Southampton have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 4-2-12 (18 played). With the Southampton losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.

This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Fulham with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Lyanco was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.72. The defender Lyanco won 5 of 5 duels.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Nottingham Forest wasn't a success with a 3-4 loss.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Southampton have conceded 33 goals in these games. Southampton has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Brighton & Hove Albion have avoided defeat in the last 4 games (2-2-0) against Southampton.

This was the score when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Southampton - Brighton 1-3.

Top Goalscorers

Brighton & Hove AlbionA. Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
10 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionP. Groß
P. Groß
8 goals
SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
8 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Southampton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Brighton & Hove Albion Southampton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 18 36
17 9 4 Won W 0 4 6
7 3 1 Drew D 2 2 6
11 5 1 Lost L 3 12 24
67 33 12 Scored S 5 16 31
49 19 7 Conceded C 13 33 66
94% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
77% 53% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 56% 64%
66% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 56% 50%
46% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 33% 31%
29% 35% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 17%
57% 35% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 44% 50%
34% 53% 67% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 11%
14% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 42%
 
6.3 7.9 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 3.7 4.2
3.6 2.9 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.4 5.4
1.5 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.3 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 17.9 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 10.4 11.1
5.9 6.7 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.2 3.4
32% 29% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 28% 25%
 
10.3 8.8 7.2 Shots against (avg) S A 18.6 13.8 13.1
3.5 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more than double the goals of Southampton.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Southampton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Premier League
  • Southampton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
  • Southampton have the the worst goal difference (-35) in Premier League
  • Southampton is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 17 7 11 67 49 17 9 3 5 33 19 18 8 4 6 34 30 18 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 17 7 11 67 49 17 9 3 5 33 19 18 8 4 6 34 30 18 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

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