Southampton vs Brighton prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-02-21 15:00.
[p]Southampton’s seemingly inevitable plunge towards relegation accelerated further with a 3-1 defeat to Bournemouth last week, prompting boss Ivan Jurić to confess his side are “missing a little bit of everything”. Nowhere is that more true than on home soil, where the Saints have lost seven successive Premier League matches, conceding 3+ goals six times in the process.[/p]
[p]Only three teams in the competition’s history have ever been beaten in eight consecutive home matches, but that’s a fate that awaits Southampton if they fail to improve on a poor recent record against Brighton. Having gone unbeaten in their first seven Premier League H2Hs (W3, D4), the Saints have failed to win any of the previous six (D3, L3).[/p]
[p]This trip across England’s south coast has proved fruitful for Brighton down the years, as they’ve never lost at St Mary’s in the Premier League (W2, D4). Boss Fabian Hürzeler will be keen for that to continue after a pressure-relieving pair of wins over Chelsea in the league and FA Cup, which came on the back of an embarrassing 7-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in their last away match.[/p]
[p]The Seagulls will certainly hope the nature of their performance in dispatching Chelsea 3-0 last week proves that the Forest result was no more than an anomaly. A six-match unbeaten away run across all competitions prior would back that up (W3, D3), and with those three wins seeing them notch nine goals, the Brighton forwards will fancy their chances of exploiting the division’s leakiest pre-round defence.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Kamaldeen Sulemana netted his first Premier League goal of the season against Bournemouth last week, with that a fifth successive club goal to arrive on home soil. Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma scored a goal of the season contender against Chelsea, with that taking his direct goal involvement tally to five in his last six appearances across all competitions (G4, A1), as many as he managed in his previous 28 matches![/p]
[p]Hot stat: Ahead of the round, only Tottenham (21) have dropped more points from winning positions than Southampton (20) in the Premier League this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Ryan Fisher[/i][/p]