Live Commentary - Southampton vs Brighton
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Jones Knows' prediction
Here's how our resident betting expert sees today's game going...
Southampton are going down but they are going down with a tinge of fight and attacking intent.
There were signs at 2-1 down to Bournemouth last weekend where they had the Cherries on the ropes with Paul Onuachu, Tyler Dibling and Kamaldeen Sulemana looking like an exciting trio.
It's very unlikely they'll be able to sustain that type of threat to get a result against Brighton but they'll have spells in the game to put the Seagulls under pressure. Sulemana, especially, looks a dangerous customer when given space.
He's had 15 shots in his four recent starts, hitting the target five times. The 10/11 with Sky Bet for another shot on target makes a lot sense.
SCORE PREDICTION: 1-3
Saints swap three
Southampton boss Ivan Juric makes three changes to the side that started last week's 3-1 defeat to Bournemouth, as Saints chase just their third league win of the season.
Lesley Ugochukwu, Tyler Dibling and Cameron Archer return to the starting XI, with Nathan Wood, Will Smallbone and Paul Onuachu dropping out.
Joe Aribo will play at centre-back this afternoon.
Flynn Downes is named on the bench after appearing to have healed his rift with Juric.
Two Brighton changes
Fabian Hurzeler makes two changes to the Brighton side that started the 3-0 win over Chelsea last time out, as Yasin Ayari and Joao Pedro come in for Joel Veltman and Danny Welbeck.
Brighton team news
Starting XI: Verbruggen, Minteh, Ayari, Van Hecke, Webster, Lamptey, Rutter, Baleba, Hinshelwood, Mitoma, Joao Pedro.
Subs: Rushworth, March, Gruda, Adingra, Cashin, Gomez, Wieffer, Estupinan, O'Riley.
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Southampton team news
Starting XI: Ramsdale, Walker-Peters, Bree, Bednarek, Aribo, Welington, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Dibling, Sulemana, Archer.
Subs: McCarthy, Sugawara, Manning, Bella-Kotchap, Stephens, Downes, Smallbone, Gronbaek, Onuachu.
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Good afternoon!
Welcome to Sky Sports' live digital coverage of the Premier League match between Southampton and Brighton at St Mary's!
We've got an interesting south coast match-up this afternoon, with Saints fighting what seems to be a losing battle at the bottom of the table, 10 points from safety, and the Seagulls targeting a return to the top half.
Who'll take the points this afternoon? You're in exactly the right place to find out!
We'll have all the updates for you right here throughout the afternoon, before a full report, reaction and FREE match highlights shortly after 5.15pm.
Team news comes first at 1.45pm, so let's get going!
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Dunk set to miss trip to St Mary's
Brighton are again set to be without skipper Lewis Dunk for their trip to St Mary’s.
The central defender suffered a rib injury in the FA Cup win against Chelsea, leaving the action at half-time, and subsequently missed the 3-0 league victory over the Blues.
Boss Fabian Hurzeler said: “It is an issue where I can’t say it will take two weeks or three weeks.
“Everyone knows Lewis, he is trying really hard to get back on the training pitch as quick as possible.
“But, at the moment, he has a lot of pain and we really have to go day by day.
“It is an area near the ribs, so I think everyone who had something with the ribs knows it can be very painful.”
Hurzeler wants Brighton to build on wins but shuns talk of Europe
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has swerved talk of European qualification but plans to build on momentum gained from back-to-back wins over Chelsea.
The Seagulls visit bottom-placed Southampton on Saturday just two points off eighth spot in the Premier League, which may be enough for a European place this year.
Brighton have won five of their last seven games in all competitions, and bounced back from being thrashed 7-0 at Nottingham Forest to beat Chelsea in both league and FA Cup.
Hurzeler would not be drawn into talking on hopes for European qualification ahead of the Saints game, but said: “Internally, we have clear goals and clear vision.
“But it is game by game. The Premier League and our season has shown things go from here to here.
“We worked hard for this momentum and it’s now about keeping that.
“After the loss to Forest, we tried to get back the intensity from the start of the season.
“We lost this intensity and energy through the season so we said we want to go back to our roots, back to the things that made us strong
“We want to be a team that is very hard to beat. We play against Southampton but we also play against ourselves and our limits.
“I demand from my team that we go with this intensity against Chelsea, but also Southampton so we have no difference in our approach.”
Downes could return for Brighton game
Southampton midfielder Flynn Downes could return to Premier League action on Saturday against Brighton after appearing to have healed his rift with head coach Ivan Juric.
Downes has been left out of Saints’ squad for the last three matches, with Juric admitting to a fall-out over the 26-year-old’s attitude.
Juric said: “Flynn is with us. I think like in every family there is a moment, bad moment or bad decision or something.
“We had a really good chat. I think he understands the mistakes and everything. Even now after everything I think what I did when I came here.
“He’s a very good player and he’s a good guy who made a mistake, but he’s okay. He is fit and is training very well.”
Saints paid £18m to turn Downes’ loan move from West Ham into a permanent deal in the summer after he had played a key role in their promotion.
Jack Stephens is also back in contention for the weekend's game after his injury setback following a calf injury, while Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Adam Lallana both remain sidelined due to knocks.
