Southampton and Brentford are going to face on Tuesday the 11th of January at 7:45 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Southampton at the St. Mary’s Stadium. The chosen referee is Stuart Attwell.
Southampton sits in the 14th position in the league with 21 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 9 times, and lost 6 times.
Brentford sits in the 12th position in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 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 (15 times or 78.95%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (15 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: R. Perraud, J. Bednarek, W. Smallbone, O. Romeu Vidal, J. Ward-Prowse, N. Redmond, T. Walcott, A. Armstrong and A. Broja.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Southampton would be 26.56.
There are doubts about the presence of V. Livramento.
Ralph Hasenhüttl will probably not be able to employ J. Stephens, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović and C. Adams because of injury.
A. McCarthy, K. Walker-Peters, M. Djenepo and I. Diallo will definitely miss the match.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 89.47%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (17 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: Á. Fernández Llorente, K. Vassbakk Ajer, P. Jansson, E. Pinnock, M. Roerslev Rasmussen, V. Janelt, C. Nørgaard and I. Toney.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Brentford would be 26.13.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Jensen, S. Canós Tenes and B. Mbeumo.
D. Raya Martin, C. Goode, P. Dasilva, T. Fosu, R. Henry and O. Frank will definitely miss the match.