Brighton vs Southampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 29th November 2024

Struggling The Saints are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Brighton this coming Friday at The American Express Community Stadium. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.

Ranked as number 5 in the Premier League standings, Brighton, have so far collected 22 points this season, while Southampton collected four points. This puts them up as number 20 after 12 rounds.

Brighton took down Southampton in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Friday.

When it comes to goal-scoring Brighton could be more prolific, scoring 16 times in their previous ten games. That is an average of 1.6 goals per game in which, they conceded 15 times. This is an average of 1.5 a game, achieving a clean sheet in two games.

Southampton travel to their next Premier League match, averaging a lowly 0.9 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of nine goals, while also conceding 22 goals. That amounts to an average of 2.2 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Brighton had a good reading on Southampton in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-1 and 3-1, respectively.

Brighton vs Southampton Prediction

Brighton Form

Brighton recorded two wins in their last three matches, but started off by losing 2-1 against Liverpool. They responded by beating Manchester City 2-1, and followed that up by winning 1-2 against Bournemouth. Brighton claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew three but remained undefeated, as they scored 11 and conceded eight goals.

Southampton Form

In their last three matches, Southampton won 1-0 win against Everton, lost 2-0 against Wolverhampton and lost 2-3 against Liverpool. Southampton came through their last six away games in the Premier League without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew zero and lost six in which, they were outscored by 13 goals to three.

Brighton should be too strong at The American Express Community Stadium to drop any points against Southampton, and combining the home win with over 2.5 goals looks the value bet.

Brighton took 11 points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to three wins after scoring nine times and conceding four. Southampton fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last three games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in seven goals. Brighton are looking at a record of six wins, four draws and two defeats in the Premier League this season. Southampton enjoy a record of one win, one draw and ten defeats in the Premier League.

Brighton vs Southampton Squads

Brighton Squad

Hurzeler will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Southampton from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Bart Verbruggen (0/10), Jason Steele (0/2), Adam Webster (0/3), Ed Turns (0/0), Igor (0/7), Imari Samuels (0/0), Jan Paul van Hecke (0/10), Joel Veltman (0/11), Lewis Dunk (0/8), Pervis Estupinan (0/9), Tariq Lamptey (0/0), Cameron Peupion (0/0), Carlos Baleba (1/10), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (1/10), Jakub Moder (0/0), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (2/12), Mats Wieffer (0/8), Matthew O'Riley (1/2), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/10), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/4), Danny Welbeck (6/12), Evan Ferguson (1/7), Georginio Rutter (2/11), Joao Pedro (4/6), Julio Enciso (0/7), Simon Adingra (1/8), Yankuba Minteh (1/7).

Southampton Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Southampton players that the manager Russell Martin will choose from for the upcoming game:

Aaron Ramsdale (0/9), Alex McCarthy (0/3), Gavin Bazunu (0/0), Joe Lumley (0/0), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/0), Charlie Taylor (0/5), Jack Stephens (0/8), James Bree (0/0), Jan Bednarek (0/11), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/10), Nathan Wood (0/0), Ronnie Edwards (0/0), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/12), Yukinari Sugawara (1/11), Adam Lallana (0/8), Flynn Downes (0/11), Joe Aribo (1/11), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/6), Mateus Fernandes (1/11), Ryan Fraser (0/5), Ryan Manning (0/5), William Smallbone (0/4), Adam Armstrong (2/9), Ben Brereton Diaz (0/7), Cameron Archer (2/12), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/2), Maxwel Cornet (0/2), Paul Onuachu (0/6), Ross Stewart (0/4), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (0/0), Tyler Dibling (1/12).

Brighton vs Southampton Team News

Brighton could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment on Friday. For their upcoming match in round 13, Brighton are unable to call upon Carlos Baleba, who is suspended.

Solly March sit this one out for Brighton due to an injury.

Brighton vs Southampton Lineups

Brighton vs Southampton H2H

Brighton had a good reading on Southampton in their last two meetings, which they won by 3-1 and 3-1, respectively. Brighton go into their upcoming match against Southampton with a 30% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 3-4-3 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Brighton vs Southampton Results

Of the last ten encounters between Brighton Southampton over 2.5 goals came out four times. Odds on over 2.5 goals are at 4/9 with bookies.

Brighton vs Southampton Betting Tips

Adam Armstrong shows decent form right now for Southampton, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Brighton, who are strong favourites this coming Friday. Siding with Danny Welbeck also look a nice prospect as he scored three goals in his last six Premier League matches.

In their last 10 matches at The American Express Community Stadium across all tournaments Brighton won six times, drew three and lost one times. Southampton claimed two wins, one draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Brighton on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in seven of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened five times for Southampton in their last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Brighton managed an average of 1.5 goals, with Southampton averaging 1.4 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out nine times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Brighton, who scored an average of two goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Southampton's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.