Brighton & Hove Albion and Southampton are going to face off on Sunday the 24th of April at 2:00 pm in the 34th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Robert Jones.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 10th place in the standings with 40 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 13 times, and lost 11 times.
Southampton occupies the 13th position in the table with 39 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 9 times, draw 12 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 28.13%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 4-3-1-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, M. Cucurella, L. Dunk, J. Veltman, T. Lamptey, E. Mwepu, M. Caicedo Corozo, P. Groß, A. Mac Allister and D. Tackie Mensah Welbeck.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.40.
There are doubts about the presence of L. Trossard.
Graham Potter will probably not be able to employ S. Alzate because of injury.
S. Duffy and J. Moder will definitely miss the match.
Graham Potter will not be able to have the presence of Y. Bissouma who is suspended.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (24 times or 72.73%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (24 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 5-3-2 (once).
Ralph Hasenhüttl is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: F. Forster, Y. Valery, L. Silveira Neves Vojnović, J. Bednarek, R. Perraud, K. Walker-Peters, O. Romeu Vidal, J. Ward-Prowse, M. Elyounoussi, S. Armstrong and A. Broja.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Southampton would be 26.91.
A. McCarthy will definitely miss the match.
