Southampton is famous for being a selling club that has sold the likes of Dejan Lovren, Adam Lallana, Nathaniel Clyne, among others, but not long ago they were in the League Cup final and even qualified for the Europa League, only to struggle with relegation last season.<\/p>\n
They showed signs of improvement when they drew their first league game of the season 0-0 against Burnley at home, before going on a 2-games losing streak.<\/p>\n
However, they bounced back to winning ways against this same opponent at the Carabao Cup and defeated Crystal Palace 0-2 away from home in their last league game.<\/p>\n
There have had striker issues over the past few seasons, but the signing of Danny Ings looks to be a smart decision, and he has scored two goals already.<\/p>\n
Brighton may have beaten Manchester United already this season, but they have one of the worst away records in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
They come into this game on the back of 4 straight away losses, and they have not won any of their last 15 away games, a run that stretches to November 2017 when they beat Swansea away.<\/p>\n
Southampton haven’t lost any of their last six Premier League games against Oppositions from the South Coast, and Chris Houghton has won just once in nine trips to the Saint Marys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Southampton is famous for being a selling club that has sold the likes of Dejan Lovren, Adam Lallana, Nathaniel Clyne, among others, but not long ago they were in the League Cup final and even qualified for the Europa League, only to struggle with relegation last season. They showed signs of improvement when they drew their first league game of the season 0-0 against Burnley at home, before going on a 2-games losing streak. However, they bounced back to winning ways against this same opponent at the Carabao Cup and defeated Crystal Palace 0-2 away from home in their last league game. There have had striker issues over the past few seasons, but the signing of Danny Ings looks to be a smart decision, and he has scored two goals already. Brighton may have beaten Manchester United already this season, but they have one of the worst away records in the Premier League. They come into this game on the back of 4 straight away losses, and they have not won any of their last 15 away games, a run that stretches to November 2017 when they beat Swansea away. Southampton haven’t lost any of their last six Premier League games against Oppositions from the South Coast, and Chris Houghton has won just once in nine trips to the Saint Marys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n