Brighton vs Southampton

7 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee David Coote

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Pascal Groß 26’ (pen)
  • Jannik Vestergaard 45’
  • Danny Ings 81’ (pen)

Match summary

Southampton came from behind to win 2-1 away at Brighton. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Pascal Groß put Brighton ahead from the penalty spot in the 26th minute, Jannik Vestergaard equalised with a header in the 45th minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse, and Danny Ings won it from the penalty spot in the 81st minute.

Brighton can feel hard done by, creating 2.03 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Southampton's 1.35 from 10.

Match stats

Brighton Southampton
12 Shots 10
4 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.03 xG 1.35
1.27 Non-penalty xG 0.59
9 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Brighton Southampton
Kick-off
Pascal Groß
Penalty1-0 (Brighton)
26’
45’
Jannik Vestergaard
Assist: James Ward-Prowse1-1 (Southampton)
Half-time1-1
81’
Danny Ings
Penalty1-2 (Southampton)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Lewis Dunk
  • Yves Bissouma
  • Pascal Groß
Southampton
  • Alex McCarthy
  • Oriol Romeu
  • Moussa Djenepo

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 1.35 26’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 1-0 26’ 45’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), 1-1 45’ 81’ Danny Ings (Southampton), 1-2 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.03 1.35 26’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), 1-0 Groß 26’ 45’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), 1-1 Vestergaard 45’ 81’ Danny Ings (Southampton), 1-2 Ings 81’
Brighton 2.03 xGSouthampton 1.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Brighton attacking 
26’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 81’ Danny Ings (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 53’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.58 xG, saved 73’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 12’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 32’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 82’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 4’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Adam Webster (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 62’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 53’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 30’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 26’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 81’ Danny Ings (Southampton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 53’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.58 xG, saved 73’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 12’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 32’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 82’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 4’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 68’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Adam Webster (Brighton), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 59’ Theo Walcott (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 2’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 63’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 45’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 62’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 53’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 30’ Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Joël Veltman DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.110.000
Adam Webster DEF901 0.040.000
Tariq Lamptey MID900 0.000.081
Yves Bissouma MID901 0.010.000
Ben White MID820 0.000.000
Solly March MID901 0.050.031
Pascal Groß MID9013 0.950.243
Danny Welbeck FWD831 0.080.581
Aaron Connolly FWD651 0.580.000
Neal Maupay Sub251 0.090.051
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Sub81 0.090.000
Leandro Trossard Sub71 0.030.091

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 39% Avg odds 2.44
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.38
Southampton win 33% Avg odds 2.96

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

Form going into the game

Brighton DLDWD
Southampton WWWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 1-1 Brighton, 16 Jul 20 Next meeting: Southampton 1-2 Brighton, 14 Mar 21  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.