Southampton vs Brentford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th January 2025

Brentford go up against Southampton this coming Saturday for a Premier League meeting at St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton are number 20 in the table on six points after 19 matches. Brentford rank as number 12 with 24 points after 19 matches played.

With both Southampton and Brentford coming off disappointing defeats in their previous outing, we could be in for a cautious battle. Both will be eager to get back to winning ways sooner rather than later.

Southampton have a hard time getting on the scoreboard these days, as they managed a poorly six goals in their previous ten matches. That is an average of 0.6 goals per game, in which they conceded 20 goals, or two goals per game. Furthermore, they fought their way to two clean sheets in this run.

Brentford scored 15 goals, conceded 17 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Brentford got the better of Southampton in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 2-0, respectively.

Southampton vs Brentford Prediction

Southampton Form

In their previous three outings, Southampton drew 0-0 with Fulham, before losing 0-1 against West Ham and 2-1 against Crystal Palace. Southampton claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing zero and losing five matches, in which they scored six and conceded 17 goals.

Brentford Form

Brentford only managed to gain a single draw in their past three games. First, they suffered a 0-2 defeat against Nottingham Forest. Then a 0-0 draw with Brighton followed, before Arsenal claimed a 1-3 victory. Brentford came through their last six away games in the Premier League without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by nine goals to four.

Southampton and Brentford looks like an equal match, and it is difficult to separate one from the other currently, which makes the draw seem worth a punt.

Brentford won five of their previous six encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. They scored 18 and conceded nine goals and collected 16 points. Southampton have so far been able to win just once after 19 Premier League games played, in stead showing off three draws and 15 defeats. Brentford enjoy a record of seven wins, three draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Southampton vs Brentford Squads

Southampton Squad

Juric will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Brentford from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Aaron Ramsdale (0/12), Alex McCarthy (0/4), Gavin Bazunu (0/0), Joe Lumley (0/3), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/0), Charlie Taylor (0/6), Jack Stephens (0/10), James Bree (0/6), Jan Bednarek (0/15), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/17), Nathan Wood (0/6), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/18), Welington (0/0), Yukinari Sugawara (1/16), Adam Lallana (0/10), Flynn Downes (1/16), Joe Aribo (2/18), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/9), Mateus Fernandes (1/18), Ryan Fraser (0/7), Ryan Manning (0/11), William Smallbone (0/4), Adam Armstrong (2/16), Ben Brereton Diaz (0/10), Cameron Archer (2/18), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/0), Paul Onuachu (0/9), Ross Stewart (0/4), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (0/0), Tyler Dibling (2/18).

Brentford Squad

Below is the full team squad of Brentford. The manager Frank will pick his starting XI against Southampton from these players:

Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/1), Mark Flekken (0/19), Matthew Cox (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/0), Ben Mee (0/5), Ethan Pinnock (2/16), Jayden Meghoma (0/1), Ji-Soo Kim (0/2), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/10), Mads Roerslev (0/15), Nathan Collins (2/19), Rico Henry (0/0), Sepp van den Berg (0/15), Christian Noergaard (1/16), Edmond-Paris Maghoma (0/4), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (0/9), Mikkel Damsgaard (2/19), Ryan Trevitt (0/1), Vitaly Janelt (1/18), Yegor Yarmolyuk (0/14), Yunus Emre Konak (0/5), Bryan Mbeumo (11/19), Fabio Carvalho (1/16), Gustavo Gomes (0/0), Keane Lewis-Potter (0/19), Kevin Schade (4/19), Thiago Rodrigues (0/4), Yoane Wissa (9/16).

Southampton vs Brentford Team News

Southampton are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Brentford. Mateus Fernandes gets a day off from the Southampton squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Brentford are juggling with four absent players on on Saturday when travelling to Southampton. Christian Noergaard and Gustavo Gomes can't be called upon by Brentford, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Brentford need to do without Joshua Dasilva and Rico Henry, who are not fit enough to travel to St. Mary's Stadium.

Southampton vs Brentford Lineups

Southampton vs Brentford H2H

Brentford got the better of Southampton in the last two h2h meetings, winning by 3-1 and 2-0, respectively. Southampton have a 20% win rate against Brentford, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 1-0-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Southampton vs Brentford Results

In the last five matches between Southampton and Brentford, both teams to score came up two times.

Southampton vs Brentford Betting Tips

It's been a great season for Bryan Mbeumo so far with 11 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt Brentford want him to continue this productive spell against Southamptonon Saturday.

In their last 10 matches at St. Mary's Stadium across all tournaments Southampton won two times, drew one and lost seven times. Brentford claimed one wins, two draw and seven defeats in their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Southampton on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Brentford''s last 10 league games away from home.

In the last five encounters between Southampton and Brentford over 2.5 goals came out four times, as Southampton averaged one goal a game. Brentford scored an average of 2.4 goals in these, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Southampton, who scored an average of 0.6 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Brentford, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.5 times goals per game.