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Premier League: Southampton vs Brentford – Betting analysis

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Our betting analysts at Ace Football preview the Premier League game between Southampton and Brentford and offer team news, stats, facts, and the best betting suggestions for the match.

Southampton take on Brentford for a match in the Premier League on Wednesday at St. Mary’s Stadium.

Sitting bottom of the table, Southampton have claimed 22 points after 26 rounds, while Brentford have amassed 38 points. This places the latter as number 9 in the Premier League at the moment.

Form: Southampton vs Brentford

Southampton Form

Southampton have seen it all in their last three matches, which gave them four points. Against Grimsby, they came out empty-handed in a 1-2 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 1-0 win against Leicester. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 0-0 draw against Manchester United. The Saints just have a single home win to show from their efforts in the past six Premier League matches at the St. Mary’s Stadium. They also drew zero and lost five of these six encounters, in which they scored four and conceded 11 goals.

Brentford Form

Brentford added four points to their collection in their last three matches, which began with a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace. A 3-2 win against Fulham followed, before a 1-0 defeat against Everton in their most recent match. The Bees, meanwhile, won twice, while they’ve drawn three and lost one in their last six away in the Premier League.

Betting stats and facts for Southampton and Brentford

Here are some interesting betting-relevant stats and facts. They take into account matches that Southampton and Brentford played across all tournaments.

  • In the last 15 Southampton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • Southampton have conceded in 20 of the last 22 home matches
  • In the last 8 Southampton home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • Southampton have lost 5 of the last 7 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
  • Southampton have conceded in 9 of the last 11 matches
  • Brentford have not won 10 of the last 12 away matches
  • Brentford have not lost 10 of the last 12 matches
  • In 7 of the last 8 Brentford matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
  • In the last 4 Brentford away matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
  • In 6 of the last 8 Brentford matches the sum of goals was under 2.5

Interesting players: Southampton vs Brentford

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Carlos Alcaraz, who is performing well for Southampton. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Brentford.The visitors will be looking to Ivan Toney to find the net once again, after managing two Premier League goals for Brentford in recent matches.

Full-time result

Southampton claimed four wins in their previous 10 matches at St. Mary’s Stadium across all tournaments. They lost six as well, while visitors Brentford won two of their last 10 away matches. They drew three and lost five.

Both teams to score

Southampton scored the first goal of the match in four games from a possible ten. Brentford got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Southampton managed the first goal of the game in only four of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Brentford were first on target in five of their last 10 outings.

Total goals

Southampton witnessed over 2.5 goals in five of their previous ten matches across all tournaments in which they averaged 0.7 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Brentford, who managed to score 1.5 times in those matches. Southampton’s last 4 matches had less than three goals.

Suggested bet: Southampton vs Brentford

In conclusion, we have a free betting prediction for this game between Southampton and Brentford. The betting tip was formed based on the abovementioned statements.

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