Southampton vs Brighton

26 December 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

James Ward-Prowse 73’

Adam Lallana 14’
Romain Perraud 35’ (og)
Solly March 56’

Match summary

Brighton took a 3-1 win at Southampton. Brighton led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Adam Lallana put Brighton ahead with a header in the 14th minute, set up by Solly March and Perraud's own goal made it 0-2 in the 35th minute. In the second half, Solly March made it 0-3 in the 56th minute, set up by Joël Veltman and James Ward-Prowse pulled one back to make it 1-3 with a header in the 73rd minute.

Southampton can feel hard done by, creating 1.99 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Brighton's 1.01 from 7. James Ward-Prowse had a penalty saved for Southampton.

Match stats

14 Shots 7

4 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.71 xG 1.01

0.86 Non-penalty xG 1.01

5 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Southampton Brighton

Kick-off

14’

Adam Lallana
Assist: Solly March

0-1

35’

Romain Perraud
Own goal

0-2

Half-time0-2

56’

Solly March
Assist: Joël Veltman

0-3

James Ward-Prowse

1-3

73’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Southampton

Joe Ayodele-Aribo

Brighton

Robert Sánchez
Moisés Caicedo

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.

Southampton 1.99 xGBrighton 1.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Brighton attacking Southampton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Gavin Bazunu	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Lyanco	DEF	90		1	0.07	0.00	0
Mohammed Salisu	DEF	90		1	0.04	0.01	1
Romain Perraud	DEF	54		0	0.00	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1	3	1.20	0.13	2
Ibrahima Diallo	MID	46		1	0.01	0.00	0
Moussa Djenepo	MID	46		0	0.00	0.01	1
Mohamed Elyounoussi	MID	78		3	0.16	0.04	1
Samuel Edozie	MID	84		3	0.39	0.05	1
Che Adams	FWD	90		1	0.11	0.10	1
Joe Ayodele-Aribo	Sub	44		0	0.00	0.00	0
Stuart Armstrong	Sub	44		0	0.00	0.26	1
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Sub	36		0	0.00	0.11	1
Sékou Mara	Sub	12		1	0.01	0.00	0
Adam Armstrong	Sub	6		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Robert Sánchez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joël Veltman	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.04	1
Levi Colwill	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Estupiñán	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.19	1
Moisés Caicedo	MID	90			1	0.11	0.00	0
Pascal Groß	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Solly March	MID	83	1	1	1	0.04	0.64	3
Adam Lallana	MID	67	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	90			4	0.81	0.00	0
Leandro Trossard	FWD	83			0	0.00	0.14	2
Jeremy Sarmiento	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tariq Lamptey	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Evan Ferguson	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Billy Gilmour	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 27% Avg odds 3.60

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.48

Brighton win 45% Avg odds 2.11

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

Form going into the game

Southampton W D L L L

Brighton D L W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 2-2 Southampton, 24 Apr 22 Next meeting: Brighton 3-1 Southampton, 21 May 23 All Southampton vs Brighton 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.