Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion will take on on Saturday the 4th of December at 3:00 pm in the 15th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The appointed referee is Anthony Taylor.
Southampton occupies the 16th position in the table with 15 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 6 times, and lost 5 times.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 9th place in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 7 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 85.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (12 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: A. McCarthy, K. Walker-Peters, M. Karim, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović, V. Livramento, N. Redmond, O. Romeu Vidal, J. Ward-Prowse, M. Elyounoussi, C. Adams and A. Armstrong.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Southampton would be 25.55.
J. Bednarek, J. Stephens, S. Armstrong and M. Djenepo will definitely miss the match.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-2-3-1 and 3-5-2 (4 times or 28.57% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-5-2 (4 times), 3-4-3 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, L. Dunk, S. Duffy, J. Veltman, M. Cucurella, T. Lamptey, E. Mwepu, Y. Bissouma, P. Groß, L. Trossard and N. Maupay.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.00.
A. Webster, S. Alzate, A. Lallana, J. Sarmiento and D. Tackie Mensah Welbeck will definitely miss the match.