Brighton vs Southampton

24 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Danny Welbeck 2’
  • Mohammed Salisu 44’ (og)
  • James Ward-Prowse 45+4’, 54’

Match summary

Brighton and Southampton drew 2-2. Brighton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Danny Welbeck put Brighton ahead in the 2nd minute, Salisu's own goal made it 2-0 in the 44th minute, and James Ward-Prowse pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a direct free kick in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Ward-Prowse equalised in the 54th minute, set up by Oriol Romeu.

Brighton had the better of the chances, with 2.62 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Southampton's 0.93 from 18.

Match stats

Brighton Southampton
8 Shots 18
5 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.87 xG 0.93
1.87 Non-penalty xG 0.93
5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Brighton Southampton
Kick-off
Danny Welbeck1-0 (Brighton)
2’
Mohammed Salisu
Own goal2-0 (Brighton)
44’
45+4’
James Ward-Prowse2-1 (Southampton)
Half-time2-1
54’
James Ward-Prowse
Assist: Oriol Romeu2-2 (Southampton)
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Marc Cucurella

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.62 0.93 2’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 1-0 2’ 44’ Mohammed Salisu (Brighton) own goal, 2-0 44’ 45+4’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 2-1 45+4’ 54’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 2-2 54’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.62 0.93 2’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 1-0 Welbeck 2’ 44’ Mohammed Salisu (Brighton) own goal, 2-0 Salisu 44’ 45+4’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 2-1 Ward-Prowse 45+4’ 54’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), 2-2 Ward-Prowse 54’
Brighton 2.62 xGSouthampton 0.93 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Brighton attacking 
43’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.89 xG, saved 43’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.84 xG, saved 2’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 88’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 29’ Shane Long (Southampton), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 14’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 4’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 22’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 49’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 85’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 63’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Nathan Tella (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 60’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Solly March (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Valentino Livramento (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Moisés Caicedo (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 18’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 44’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), own goal 43’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.89 xG, saved 43’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.84 xG, saved 2’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.69 xG, goal 29’ Shane Long (Southampton), set piece, 0.13 xG, off target 88’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 14’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 22’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 4’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 12’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 49’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 85’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 63’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 83’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Nathan Tella (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 52’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 54’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 60’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 89’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Solly March (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 74’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 13’ Valentino Livramento (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Moisés Caicedo (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 18’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 44’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Joël Veltman DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.010.000
Adam Webster DEF670 0.000.000
Marc Cucurella DEF900 0.000.021
Alexis Mac Allister MID901 0.050.011
Moisés Caicedo MID901 0.020.000
Enock Mwepu MID660 0.000.101
Leandro Trossard MID900 0.000.891
Neal Maupay FWD900 0.000.000
Danny Welbeck FWD9014 2.510.000
Solly March Sub241 0.020.000
Pascal Groß Sub230 0.000.000
Jeremy Sarmiento Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 46% Avg odds 2.08
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.37
Southampton win 25% Avg odds 3.83

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

Form going into the game

Brighton LDWWL
Southampton LDLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 1-1 Brighton, 04 Dec 21 Next meeting: Southampton 1-3 Brighton, 26 Dec 22  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.