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Southamptonvs.Brentford

sportsmole.co.uk, 3 January 2025, 15:00
Bottom-of-the-table Southampton welcome poor travellers Brentford to St Mary's in the Premier League on Saturday.

Ivan Juric's men remain rooted to the bottom of the standings with just six points following two defeats since the new manager was appointed, while Brentford have the worst away record in the division, taking just two points from nine games on the road so far.

SOUTHAMPTON vs. BRENTFORD

SOUTHAMPTON

Out: Mateus Fernandes (suspended), Gavin Bazunu (Achilles), Jack Stephens (knock), Ross Stewart (hamstring) Juan Larios (unknown)

Doubtful: Will Smallbone (thigh), Flynn Downes (leg)

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Ramsdale; Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Wood; Bree, Ugochukwu, Downes, Walker-Peters; Dibling, Onuachu, Armstrong

BRENTFORD

Out: Ethan Pinnock (hamstring), Kristoffer Ajer (ankle), Ben Mee (muscle), Rico Henry (knee), Aaron Hickey (thigh), Igor Thiago (infection), Josh Dasilva (knee)

Doubtful: None

Sports Mole's predicted XI: Flekken; Roerslev, Collins, Van den Berg, Lewis-Potter; Janelt, Norgaard, Jensen; Mbeumo, Wissa, Damsgaard

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here. Written by

Andrew Delaney

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