Loyal fans at St. Mary's Stadium haven’t celebrated many wins this season, with Southampton rotting in the 14th position. The guesting Brentford will try to guard their higher league place in this fixture.
It's no vacation for neither Southampton nor Brentford as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton have collected 12 points from their Premier League home games so far after 2-6-1. Three draws from their last three home games means a steady supply of points here at St. Mary's Stadium, but a victory now would be sweet for Southampton.
Southampton are returning here after visiting Swansea City (after extra-time) in a FA Cup game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Long, Redmond and Elyounoussi scored the goal(s).
In the match before that, Southampton hosted Tottenham Hotspur and drew the Premier League game 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Southampton handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are nine wins, three draws and one defeat.
The manager Hasenhüttl will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Wolverhampton Wanderers in only four days.
The Southampton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 9 matches. Southampton have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Brentford form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 2 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Brentford play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-1 victory visiting Port Vale. It's hard not to mention Mbeumo's lethal finishing against Port Vale. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Before that, Brentford secured a home win against Aston Villa with the score 2-1.Brentford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brentford have scored 11 goals in 9 league games away. As for defending, Brentford rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Southampton-Brentford H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Southampton one win, Brentford two wins, three draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Ward-Prowse 5 goals |  A. Broja 4 goals |   I. Toney 4 goals |
Southampton missing players
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| Southampton | Brentford | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | 9 | 5 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 29 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 26 |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 68% | 56% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 74% |
| 53% | 22% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 47% |
| 42% | 22% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 58% | 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 26% | 33% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 26% | 22% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 13.2 | 12.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.9 | 11.4 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 27% | 25% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 37% | 33% |
| 12.8 | 12.1 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.3 | 13.4 | 12.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 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 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 40 | 53 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 43 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 52 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 34 | 42 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 35 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Manchester United | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 31 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -2 | 25 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Brentford | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 22 |
| 14 | Southampton | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Everton | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 19 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -16 | 19 |
| 17 | Watford | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -23 | 11 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -34 | 10 |
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