Brighton vs Southampton

21 May 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Evan Ferguson 29’, 40’
Pascal Groß 69’

Mohamed Elyounoussi 58’

Match summary

Brighton won 3-1 at home to Southampton. Brighton led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Evan Ferguson put Brighton ahead in the 29th minute, set up by Alexis Mac Allister and Ferguson made it 2-0 in the 40th minute, set up by Kaoru Mitoma. In the second half, Mohamed Elyounoussi pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 58th minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse and Pascal Groß made it 3-1 from a corner in the 69th minute, set up by Levi Colwill.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 2.41 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Southampton's 0.86 from 5.

Match stats

26 Shots 5

8 Shots on Target 1

4 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 0

2.41 xG 0.86

2.41 Non-penalty xG 0.86

22 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Brighton Southampton

Kick-off

Evan Ferguson
Assist: Alexis Mac Allister

1-0

29’

Evan Ferguson
Assist: Kaoru Mitoma

2-0

40’

Half-time2-0

58’

Mohamed Elyounoussi
Assist: James Ward-Prowse

2-1

Pascal Groß
Assist: Levi Colwill

3-1

69’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brighton

Joël Veltman
Facundo Buonanotte

Southampton

James Bree
Jan Bednarek
James Ward-Prowse
Carlos Alcaraz
Mohamed Elyounoussi

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Brighton 2.41 xGSouthampton 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Southampton attacking Brighton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jason Steele	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	79			1	0.08	0.05	1
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Levi Colwill	DEF	90		1	1	0.02	0.11	2
Estupiñán	DEF	90			2	0.14	0.15	2
Moisés Caicedo	MID	90			1	0.02	0.02	1
Pascal Groß	MID	90	1		4	0.28	0.14	2
Julio Enciso	MID	51			2	0.09	0.07	1
Alexis Mac Allister	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.47	7
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	90		1	3	0.55	0.71	4
Evan Ferguson	FWD	70	2		5	0.86	0.00	0
Facundo Buonanotte	Sub	39			3	0.13	0.00	0
Danny Welbeck	Sub	20			2	0.16	0.09	1
Deniz Undav	Sub	11			1	0.03	0.00	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Billy Gilmour	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex McCarthy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Bree	DEF	82			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lyanco	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Romeo Lavia	MID	89			0	0.00	0.00	0
Theo Walcott	MID	90			1	0.38	0.29	1
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90		1	1	0.04	0.16	2
Carlos Alcaraz	MID	76			1	0.29	0.00	0
Mohamed Elyounoussi	MID	76	1		2	0.16	0.00	0
Joe Ayodele-Aribo	FWD	75			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominic Ballard	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kamaldeen Sulemana	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stuart Armstrong	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kamari Doyle	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 80% Avg odds 1.21

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.38

Southampton win 7% Avg odds 13.35

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton W W L W L

Southampton D L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 1-3 Brighton, 26 Dec 22 Next meeting: Brighton 1-1 Southampton, 29 Nov 24 All Brighton vs Southampton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.