Brighton & Hove Albion vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Brighton make their first advancements up the pitch, with Welbeck and O’Riley playing some wonderful passing football on the edge of the box. The final pass escaped Welbeck, and his attempt to backheel the ball didn’t come off.

Southampton have started brightly, with Dibling and Sugawara combining nicely on the right side. Brighton sniffed out the danger and promptly cleared their lines, with possession sitting in midfield now.

KICK-OFF! Southampton get the ball rolling, and the game is under way!

The teams are out on the pitch, and we’re nearly ready for kick-off here in Brighton!

Fabian Hurzeler makes two changes to his side that faced Bournemouth, with one of them being forced upon him due to suspension. Carlos Baleba picked up two bookings in his last game, so is unavailable for selection. Joel Veltman is replaced at right-back by Lamptey. There is no room for Ferguson, Adingra or Minteh in attack due to the fine form of those starting here. For Southampton, Russell Martin makes four changes to the team that lost to Liverpool. Lumley starts in goal and makes his Premier League debut after a poor showing by McCarthy and Paul Onuachu is injured, so Archer takes his place up front. Adam Lallana and Fraser are also replaced by Manning and Sugawara, respectively. Welbeck captains Brighton, and Stephens captains Southampton.

SOUTHAMPTON SUBS: Alex McCarthy, James Bree, Nathan Wood, Ronnie Edwards, Joe Aribo, Ben Brereton Diaz, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Ryan Fraser, Samuel Amo-Ameyaw.

SOUTHAMPTON (5-4-1): Joe Lumley; Jack Stephens, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Kyle Walker-Peters, Ryan Manning, Yukinari Sugawara; Adam Armstrong, Mateus Fernandes, Flynn Downes, Tyler Dibling; Cameron Archer.

BRIGHTON SUBS: Jason Steele, Jacob Slater, Lewis Dunk, Ruairi McConville, Julio Enciso, Mats Wieffer, Evan Ferguson, Simon Adingra, Yankuba Minteh.

BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Pervis Estupinan, Igor Julio, Jan Paul van Hecke, Tariq Lamptey; Yasin Ayari, Matt O'Riley; Kaoru Mitoma, Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter; Danny Welbeck.

Russell Martin, unlike his counterpart, will be devastated by his side continuing to perform poorly. Southampton sit bottom in the Premier League and have still only won a single game. Their only win came against a weak Everton side, and their draw came against fellow strugglers, Ipswich. They recently threw away a lead against Liverpool after coming from behind, with that game finishing 3-2 to the away side. Southampton will more than likely see this as a tough game, but after proving that they can score goals against strong opposition, anything can happen.