Brighton vs Southampton

30 March 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Michael Oliver

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 53’

Match summary

Southampton took a 1-0 win at Brighton. It was goalless at half-time.

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg put Southampton ahead in the 53rd minute, set up by Nathan Redmond.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brighton created 0.56 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Southampton 0.86 from 8.

Match stats

Brighton Southampton
14 Shots 8
1 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.56 xG 0.86
0.56 Non-penalty xG 0.86
8 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Brighton Southampton
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
53’
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
Assist: Nathan Redmond0-1 (Southampton)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Dale Stephens
Southampton
  • James Ward-Prowse
  • Jack Stephens

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.56 0.86 53’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), 0-1 53’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.56 0.86 53’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), 0-1 Højbjerg 53’
Brighton 0.56 xGSouthampton 0.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Southampton attacking Brighton attacking 
53’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 71’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 40’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 44’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 61’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 76’ Bernardo (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 34’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 42’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Martín Montoya (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 25’ Shane Duffy (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 19’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 88’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 53’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 71’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 40’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 44’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 61’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 76’ Bernardo (Brighton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 34’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 85’ Jürgen Locadia (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 56’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 42’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 72’ Martín Montoya (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 25’ Shane Duffy (Brighton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 8’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 88’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 38’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 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
Martín Montoya DEF901 0.030.000
Shane Duffy DEF901 0.030.031
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.050.000
Bernardo DEF901 0.080.142
Yves Bissouma MID903 0.050.102
Dale Stephens MID900 0.000.051
Davy Pröpper MID750 0.000.021
Anthony Knockaert FWD901 0.020.113
Glenn Murray FWD903 0.210.000
Alireza Jahanbakhsh FWD632 0.040.011
Solly March Sub270 0.000.000
Jürgen Locadia Sub151 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 38% Bet365 odds 2.55
Draw 31% Bet365 odds 3.20
Southampton win 31% Bet365 odds 3.10

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton DLLWW
Southampton LLWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 2-2 Brighton, 17 Sep 18 Next meeting: Brighton 0-2 Southampton, 24 Aug 19  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.