Chance!

Saints get forward through a long ball, which is poorly cleared by Dan Burn. A low cross into the middle sets up Stuart Armstrong for a shot that is tame and saved.

Are you ready? Then we'll begin...

Mark Hughes
Former Southampton manager on BBC One

I think the result against Sheffield United was massive for them because clearly their form has fallen off a cliff.

They have found it difficult to get points on the board but that win has got them to 33 points and I’ve looked at their fixtures and I think they will be okay.

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In the reverse fixture between these two, Southampton left the Amex with all three points, courtesy of a 2-1 win in December. That doesn't quite cover the whole story, though.

Because of the sheer number of VAR controversies, your neutral fan may not remember the decision that ultimately decided the game, with Saints awarded a late penalty for a late foul on Southampton full-back Kyle Walker-Peters.

Pretty sure Southampton and (definitely) Brighton fans will remember, though. Walker-Peters' momentum from a Solly March challenge outside the penalty area carried him forward as the players tangled and tumbled into the box.

Referee David Coote initially awarded the visitors a free-kick but despite multiple camera angles appearing inconclusive his decision was overturned - allowing Danny Ings to score from the spot.

Dion Dublin
Former Man Utd striker on BBC One

Brighton are looking over their shoulders, down rather than up. Fulham are right on their heels and they have to start getting things right.

Brighton play some really good football, they have a good, young manager who will be in the game a long time but they cannot put the ball in the back of the net and that’s their big problem.

'In off the backside' klaxon. Mark Hughes has just said Brighton need one to go in like this to get them going.

Anyone remember a goal going in off someone's backside to get a previously profligate side firing?

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This early game sees Brighton boss Graham Potter face the only side with whom he earned Premier League playing experience.

The former full-back played eight times for Southampton in the 1996-97 season, in which they finished 16th.

That was also the season that then Saints boss Graeme Souness took a phone call from "George Weah" recommending he sign his cousin. He subsequently did and made a fool of himself as the aforementioned cousin was definitely not a cousin of Weah, nor did he possess a millionth of his talent.

Just google Ali Dia, kids.

As for Brighton, well they are on a six-match winless run in all competitions, losing the last three in a row. They could, in fact, suffer four successive league defeats for the first time since April 2019 today.

On the plus side, four of their five Premier League wins this season have come in away games.

There is a big historical plus for Southampton going into this game. They are unbeaten in all seven Premier League meetings with their south-coast rival, winning three and drawing four.

Brighton have won just one of the past 13 encounters in all competitions.

No such problems for Southampton. They do have goalscorers (although the main man isn't fit today).

What they don't have, though, is a solid defence...

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