Brighton & Hove Albion know they face a difficult excursion to Southampton and their St. Mary's Stadium. This news article has all the data you need ahead of the fixture.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion.
Southampton form and stats
The Premier League stats playing at home this season for Southampton are 2-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Southampton drew their last game, also a home match. Leicester City (placed 8th) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Jan Bednarek was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Bednarek scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 2 of 6 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Southampton lost 0-4 at Liverpool's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Southampton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Southampton as a small favourite), we find seven games. Southampton has won one of these, drawn two and lost four.
Southampton has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Southampton are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. Mary's Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Brighton & Hove Albion have produced an overall stat of 2-4-1 so far.
Brighton & Hove Albion are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at West Ham United (placed 4th). Attacker Neal Maupay got a player rating of 7.5 in the game. "Man of the match" Maupay scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Leeds United.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Brighton playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Brighton & Hove Albion wins, four draws and two defeats.
Brighton find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Brighton have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these squads: Southampton won four, Brighton & Hove Albion triumphed in two and we saw four draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  N. Maupay 5 goals |   C. Adams 3 goals |  L. Trossard 3 goals |
Southampton missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Southampton | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 79% |
| 57% | 43% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 50% | 29% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 29% |
| 43% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 50% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 36% |
| 6 | 6.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.4 | 13.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.6 | 11.8 |
| 3.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 26% | 23% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | 26% |
| 12.4 | 10.6 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (9) in Premier League
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Chelsea | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 32 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 31 | 31 |
| 4 | West Ham United | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Leicester City | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 19 |
| 10 | Manchester United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Brentford | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Aston Villa | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Everton | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Southampton | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Watford | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | -20 | 10 |
| 20 | Newcastle United | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -14 | 7 |
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