Brighton vs Southampton: Premier League – live | Premier League

Brighton vs Southampton: Premier League – live | Premier League

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Both clubs were featured in today’s edition of Ten Talking Points. Their entries are listed below and carefully curated to save you the trouble of clicking through the actual article and finding them yourself. But you should still go there, otherwise you’ll only do eight more points. Sloth never pays, children.

After scoring six goals in his first nine league games, Danny Welbeck has calmed down in recent weeks and João Pedro has returned from injury to resume his position as Brighton’s main attacking force. Welbeck’s influence remains, his raid play outside the penalty area ensuring two goals against Bournemouth, while he takes the lead with the captain’s armband in the absence of the injured Lewis Dunk. Under Fabian Hürzeler, two years his junior, Welbeck has started every league game this season, which must be a source of great joy given the injuries he suffered at Arsenal. A while ago it was about a gifted striker who fell into misfortune and whose career brought trophies and major tournaments but never really progressed beyond his early to mid-20s. The central issue now is his role as a tireless fighter for Brighton, a key man in their establishment as a mainstay of the Premier League. Taha Hashim

Southampton had just six shots against Liverpool – they have managed more than that in 11 of their 14 previous games in all competitions this season and have at least doubled that number on five occasions. As they continue to struggle defensively and find themselves stuck at the bottom of the table, there aren’t many straws for them to hold on to, but if they could develop some clinical touch that would certainly help. “What I think was a bit unlucky for them is that they usually play a lot better, create a lot more chances and hardly score any goals,” said Arne Slot. “Today they created few chances and scored two. If they combine these things, the style of play they had in other games with the effectiveness they had today, then I’m sure they will win some games.” As his team had just shown, a team who plays pretty badly and still scores a few goals, maybe on the right track. Simon Burnton

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Latest news… And that will impact Southampton’s efforts to stay in the Premier League in one way or another.

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Here’s a reminder of what the Premier League table looks like ahead of Friday Night Football. Last Sunday it was a clash between bottom and top for Southampton. Now they were presented with a test between 20th and fifth and possibly second. In theory it’s easier, but not by much.

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Brighton make two changes to their starting XI after their 2-1 win at Bournemouth. Tariq Lamptey returns from injury with Matt O’Riley coming off the bench. Carlos Baleba is suspended after his red card at Dean Court, while Joel Veltman is completely out. Lewis Dunk is also back after an injury break and is on the bench.

Southampton make four changes after their 3-2 home defeat to Liverpool. Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is sacked and replaced by Premier League debutant Joe Lumley. Ryan Fraser also drops to the bench while Paul Onouachu and Adam Lallana are injured; Cameron Archer, Yukinari Sugawara and Ryan Manning take their places.

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The teams

Brighton & Hove Albion: Verbruggen, Lamptey, van Hecke, Igor, Estupinan, O’Riley, Ayari, Rutter, Joao Pedro, Mitoma, Welbeck.
Substitutes: Steele, Dunk, Enciso, Adingra, Minteh, Wieffer, Ferguson, McConville, Slater.

Southampton: Lumley, Sugawara, Walker-Peters, Harwood-Bellis, Stephens, Manning, Dibling, Downes, Fernandes, Armstrong, Archer.
Substitutes: McCarthy, Aribo, Edwards, Bree, Wood-Gordon, Brereton, Sulemana, Fraser, Amo-Ameyaw.

Referee: Rob Jones
VAR: Jarred Gillett

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A draw would send Brighton & Hove Albion into second place in the Premier League tonight, but even a win wouldn’t take Southampton off the bottom of the table. Considering Brighton, currently fifth in the league, are unbeaten in five games against the Saints and beat champions Manchester City in their last game at the Amex, the hosts would be the hot favorites tonight. Which they probably are. But Southampton put in a good performance against league leaders Liverpool last weekend and if they can maintain this level of performance then a second win of the season would be entirely possible. While this south coast derby isn’t exactly delicate, it’s not entirely home banking either. Kick-off is at 20:00 GMT. It’s on!

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