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22 \u00a0 \u00a0FEBRUARY \u00a0 2025 \u00a0 <\/strong> \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n SOUTHAMPTON \u00a0 0 \u00a0 \u00a0BRIGHTON \u00a0 & \u00a0 HOVE \u00a0 ALBION \u00a0 4 \u00a0 <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0 PREMIER \u00a0 LEAGUE \u00a0 - \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n at \u00a0 ST. \u00a0 MARY'S STADIUM, \u00a0 SOUTHAMPTON.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Buoyant Albion travelled West to meet bottom-of-the-table Southampton in a Premier League fixture at St. Mary's Stadium, the match being covered by BBC Radio Sussex Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last time out the Albion achieved an excellent 3-0 home win over Chelsea in the Premier on the 14 February and for the trip to Southampton had to make two enforced changes to their starting line-up from the Chelsea game, with Yasin Ayari and Joao Pedro replacing Joel Veltman and Danny Welbeck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Southampton had gained promotion to the Premier by virtue of a May 2024 play-off final win over\u00a0Leeds United at Wembley Stadium. \u00a0Brighton-born Russell Martin had guided Saints to their promotion but after making a very poor start to their Premier League campaign the services of Head Coach Martin were dispensed with at the end of 2024 and Martin was replaced by Ivan Juric. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earlier this season the teams had played out a 1-1 draw in the Premier at the Amex on the 29 November 2024 with Kaoru\u00a0 Mitoma (29m) scoring for the Seagulls and Flynn Downes (59m) replying for the Saints. \u00a0In their previous outing, Southampton had lost 1-3 at home to AFC Bournemouth in the Premier on the 15 February and\u00a0for Albion's visit Head Coach Ivan Juric made three changes to his starting line-up from that game, with Lesley Ugochukwu,Tyler Dibling and Cameron Archer coming in for Nathan Wood-Gordon, Will Smallbone and Paul Onuachu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The game started with Albion on the front foot, a Carlos Baleba free-kick landed on the roof of the\u00a0 Southampton net and Kaoru Mitoma's snap shot from Jack Hinshelwood's cross flew wide of the target. Yankuba Minteh then raced clear of the home defence but slipped at the crucial moment, allowing Saints keeper Aaron Ramsdale to gather the ball. \u00a0Albion's supremacy paid off on 23 minutes when Georginio Rutter's through pass found Joao Pedro who ran on to dink the ball over Ramsdale and into the net for a delightful opening goal. \u00a01-0<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an isolated sortie by the hosts, Wellington drove a shot over the bar\u00a0before Minteh's shot bound for the bottom corner forced keeper Ramsdale to make a fine save to deflect the ball to safety. \u00a0Seagulls half by a mile and they should have been leading by more than one goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Half-time 1-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Saints thought they had equalised soon after the restart when Cameron Archer fired home from\u00a0close-range but the goal was ruled out for an offside infringement. \u00a0The Seagulls increased their lead on\u00a056 minutes when Minteh's cross found Rutter who slotted the ball home for Albion's second. \u00a02-0.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minteh then failed to convert yet another gilt-edged chance before Mitoma latched on to a through-pass on 71 minutes before dinking the ball over Ramsdale for Albion's third and game clincher. \u00a03-0.<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seagulls\u00a0continued to threaten the Saints goal and on 82 minutes a corner found its' way through to Hinshelwood who smashed the ball home from close-in. \u00a04-0.<\/strong> \u00a0There was still time for keeper Ramsdale to make\u00a0excellent saves from Minteh and Baleba prior to the final whistle. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Final-score 4-0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match stats: <\/strong>\u00a0 TO \u00a0SUM \u00a0UP \u00a0- \u00a0An emphatic and easy win for the Seagulls at bottom-of-the-table Southampton and a\u00a0hatful of easy chances were missed as well. \u00a0Next up for the Albion is a tough home game against AFC Bournemouth on the 25 February, in front of the TNT Sports cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Albion line-up (4-2-3-1):- \u00a0Bart VERBRUGGEN; \u00a0Jack HINSHELWOOD (Mats WIEFFER 83), Jan Paul VAN HECKE, Adam WEBSTER (Capt), Tariq LAMPTEY (Pervis ESTUPINAN 67); \u00a0Carlos BALEBA, Yasin AYARI (Diego GOMEZ 67); \u00a0Yankuba MINTEH, Georginio RUTTER (Brajan GRUDA 79), Kaoru MITOMA (Simon ADINGRA 79); \u00a0Joao PEDRO. \u00a0 Referee:<\/strong> \u00a0Darren Bond (Lancashire). \u00a0 Yellow Cards<\/strong>: \u00a0Southampton: \u00a02 \u00a0- \u00a0Aaron Ramsdale, Lesley Ugochukwu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Possession: Albion - 51%. 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Albion had 18 attempts at goal, with 12 on target and won 6 corners, free-kicks conceded - 12.
Southampton had 6 attempts at goal, with 1 on target and won 5 corners, free-kicks conceded - 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Subs not used: \u00a0Carl RUSHWORTH (G\/K), Eiran\u00a0CASHIN, Solly MARCH, Matt O'RILEY.
Southampton line-up (3-4-3):- \u00a0Aaron RAMSDALE; \u00a0James BREE, Jan BEDNAREK (Capt) (Armel BELLA-KOTCHAP 12), Joe ARIBO; \u00a0Kyle WALKER-PETERS, Lesley OGOCHUKWU (Will SMALLBONE 72), Mateus FERNANDES (Albert GRONBAEK 88), WELLINGTON (Yukinari SUGAWARA 46); \u00a0Tyler DIBLING, Cameron ARCHER (Paul ONUACHU 72), Kamaldeen SULEMANA. \u00a0
Subs not used: \u00a0Alex McCARTHY (G\/K), \u00a0Jack STEPHENS, Flynn DOWNES, Ryan MANNING.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth Official<\/strong>: \u00a0Samuel Barrott. \u00a0
VAR Official:<\/strong> \u00a0Darren England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n