Comments and predictions for Southampton vs Brighton: Old nightmare recurs at St Mary's

Latest Southampton vs Brighton team information

In addition to Kyle Walker-Peters leaving the club on a free transfer and Kamaldeen Sulemana moving to Atalanta BC to reunite with coach Ivan Juric, Jan Bednarek has also just joined Porto and Aaron Ramsdale is expected to sign for Newcastle United – showing that Southampton's big "migration" this summer is still going on.

New signings Joshua Quarshie and Damion Downs are both expected to feature this weekend. Downs, an American international, was joint top scorer for FC Koln in the German second division last season and scored against Espanyol on his Southampton debut.

Young striker Jay Robinson has also impressed in pre-season, having made his Premier League debut last season. He will compete with Downs, Cameron Archer and Ben Brereton Diaz for a starting spot.

Brighton will be without Adam Webster and Julio Enciso due to knee injuries. Webster is expected to miss most of next season after suffering ligament damage during training camp in Marbella.

In addition, Facundo Buonanotte had to leave the field after just 10 minutes in the match against Las Palmas, while Bart Verbruggen and Solly March are still unable to return to the match.

Despite Evan Ferguson being loaned out to Roma, Hurzeler still has a number of new signings at his disposal. Stefanos Tzimas and Diego Coppola could feature, while Maxim de Cuyper – who replaced Estupinian at Milan – is almost certain to start at left-back.

Latest predicted lineup Southampton vs Brighton

Southampton:Bazunu; Edwards, Stephens, Quarshie; Fraser, Charles, Fernandes, Smallbone, Manning; Archer, Downs

Brighton & Hove Albion:Steele; Wieffer, Coppola, Van Hecke, De Cuyper; Ayari, Hinshelwood; Mitoma, O'Riley, Gruda; Welbeck

Latest Southampton vs Brighton football commentary

Having narrowly avoided the worst season in Premier League history, Southampton endured a disastrous campaign in the 2024-25 English top flight, eventually being relegated with just 12 points – bottom of the table.

Russell Martin, Simon Rusk and Ivan Juric have all tried unsuccessfully for the hot seat at St Mary's, but now former Reims and Lens boss Will Still has been appointed and will be looking for a fresh start.

Returning to the Premier League is clearly the club's top priority, but player recruitment this summer has so far been difficult.

After kicking off pre-season with a 2-1 win over Eastleigh, Still had the chance to test his squad in Spain, where Southampton drew 1-1 with Castellon and lost 2-1 to La Liga side Espanyol.

Southampton officially kick off their Championship campaign next week when they host newly promoted Wrexham, but first they need a positive result to build momentum when they face Brighton, who thrashed them 4-0 at St Mary's in February.

In fact, Brighton have gone seven consecutive games unbeaten against Southampton, and the last time they lost at their opponents' ground was back in 2011.

The Seagulls are preparing for their ninth consecutive Premier League season, after finishing eighth last season and narrowly missing out on European qualification.

Fabian Hurzeler’s first year under manager Fabian Hurzeler has been promising. Despite leaving key players like Joao Pedro and Pervis Estupinian, Brighton have been active in the transfer market – their most expensive signing so far being young striker Charalampos Kostoulas from Olympiacos.

Following a 6-1 win over Wycombe Wanderers – in which Danny Welbeck scored four goals – and then a 3-1 win over Stoke City in mid-July, Brighton continued their impressive form with a behind-closed-doors win over Las Palmas, with goals from Yasin Ayari and Matt O'Riley.

After a short trip to Southampton this week, Brighton face Wolfsburg before the start of the regular season: they will kick off the 2025-26 Premier League campaign at home to Fulham on August 16.

Latest Southampton vs Brighton score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Southampton vs Brightonas follows:

• Sportsmole:Southampton 0-2 Brighton

• WhoScore:Southampton 1-3 Brighton
• Our newspaper predicts:Southampton 1-3 Brighton

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