Southampton - Brighton Football prediction

Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion play at St. Mary's Stadium in a Barclays Premier League fifth round matchup. The record of recent direct matches favors the home team, who in the last 3 matches won 1 and drew 2. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 28-08-2018, ended with the victory of Southampton by (0-1 ). Special attention is needed for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.

Analysis of Southampton

After 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats, the home team is in 12th place, having won 4 points. In the last match, he beat Crystal Palace away (0-2), having lost at home in a game against Leicester City (1-2). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats as a visitor, with 18 goals scored and 22 conceded, against 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats at home, with 14 goals scored and 23 conceded. Southampton won 2, drew 3 and lost 5 of their last 10 home games for all competitions. His attack has marked regularly, since he managed to achieve in 3 of the last 4 games in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency to few goals, since 31 of his last 51 games finished with Less than 2.5 goals.

Southampton is a club that has never been champion of the Barclays Premier League, the club has also never won the League Cup, but recently it was runner-up League Cup in the 2016/17 season, showing that it is a club which may surprise. As we look at Southampton's performance in the 2017/18 season of the Barclays Premier League, we see the club finished seventeenth, almost being relegated. In the current season of 2018/19 Barclays Premier League, we see that in four rounds, the team tied for the premiere, lost two games and won their last clash, currently being in twelfth place. When we look at his four games so far in the Barclays Premier League 2018/19, we see that the team scored goals in their last three games.
Confirmed lineup: A. McCarthy, J. Vestergaard, Cédric Soares, W. Hoedt, R. Bertrand, M. Elyounoussi, N. Redmond, P. Højbjerg, M. Lemina, D. Ings, S. Long.
Technician: M. Hughes.

Review of Brighton & Hove Albion

The visiting team is currently in 14th place with 4 points earned after 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Liverpool by (1-0). In the last match, they drew at home to Fulham by (2-2). This is a stronger team when they play in their stadium because in the last 30 games they have won 1, 6 draws and 8 losses; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses in his stadium. In the last 10 matches played in all competitions, Brighton & Hove Albion drew 4 and lost 6. The team has not been very strong defensively as they have always conceded goals in their last 4 games in this competition. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 36 of their last 53 matches finished with Less than 2.5 goals.

Brighton & Hove Albion is a club that has never managed to win the Premier League, but has twice been champion of League 1 (third national division) and once champion of League 2 (fourth division). In the 2017/18 Premier League season, the team finished the national championship in 15th place, now in the 2018/19 Premier League season, Brighton are in the 14th place after two defeats, a draw and a win. Looking at the games that the team has played so far in the Barclays Premier League 2018/19, we see that Brighton conceded goals in all their games.
Confirmed lineup: M. Ryan, S. Duffy, Martin Montoya, L. Dunk, G. Bong, Y. Bissouma, A. Knockaert, S. March, D. Stephens, D. Pröpper, G. Murray.
Coach: C. Hughton.