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Can Brighton extend unbeaten start against Southampton?

Can Brighton extend unbeaten start against Southampton?
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Brighton & Hove Albion take on Southampton at the Amex Stadium on Saturday.

Southampton are yet to pick up a point this season (W0, D0, L2) while Brighton are unbeaten with four points to their name (W1, D1, L0).

The Seagulls got off to a dream start under new manager Graham Potter, with a convincing 3-0 win away at Watford on the opening day of the new campaign.

An Abdoulaye Doucoure own-goal was followed by a Florin Andone strike before debutant Neal Maupay completed the scoring to cap off a fine victory for Brighton.

In their last match, Leandro Trossard scored Brighton’s only goal to cancel out a Javier Hernandez strike and rescue a 1-1 draw with West Ham United.

Potter will be extremely happy with his team’s performance though, as they dominated the possession and registered twice as many shots as their opponent.

Southampton’s start has been far less convincing. They were thrashed 3-0 away at Burnley in their season opener before losing 2-1 at home to Liverpool.

Danny Ings pounced on a mistake by Liverpool’s goalkeeper Adrien to snatch a goal back for his side in the 83rd minute, but then missed a golden opportunity to steal a draw late on.

However, Southampton did manage 14 shots against last season’s runners-up, and this will give boss Ralph Hasenhuttl some hope heading into this match.

Following the Saints’ poor start to the season, the team is without a win in their last seven Premier League matches.

On the other hand, Brighton didn’t win any of their last nine matches of the 2018/19 campaign, but have started much brighter this time around.

Many believe that the Seagull’s promising start is largely down to Graham Potter’s philosophy.

The team has been far more exciting to watch this season under the new manager and he appears to be getting the best out of his players.

Southampton have generally had the upper hand in this south-coast clash over the years.

The two teams have met 71 times overall, with the Saints winning 34 and Brighton claiming 20 victories.

Southampton are also unbeaten in their last five encounters with Brighton (W2, D3, L0).

Having said that, Brighton have started the season in fine form and Southampton are yet to get going.

Forebet predicts a Brighton victory, with goals at both ends.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
442927
1
2 - 1
2.57
24°
2.36
2.36 3.30 3.15 -1 1 1
FT
0 - 2(0 - 0)
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- - -
Premier League
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Arsenal 83 36 26 5 5 60
2
Manchester City 82 35 25 7 3 54
3
Liverpool 78 36 23 9 4 43
4
Aston Villa 67 36 20 7 9 20
5
Tottenham 60 35 18 6 11 11
6
Newcastle United 56 35 17 5 13 22
7
Chelsea 54 35 15 9 11 11
8
Manchester United 54 35 16 6 13 -3
9
West Ham 49 36 13 10 13 -14
10
Bournemouth 48 36 13 9 14 -11
11
Brighton 47 35 12 11 12 -4
12
Wolverhampton 46 36 13 7 16 -11
13
Fulham 44 36 12 8 16 -4
14
Crystal Palace 43 36 11 10 15 -8
15
Everton 37 36 12 9 15 -11
16
Brentford 36 36 9 9 18 -8
17
Nottingham Forest 29 36 8 9 19 -18
18
Luton Town 26 36 6 8 22 -29
19
Burnley 24 36 5 9 22 -35
20
Sheffield United 16 36 3 7 26 -65

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