Our prediction for this Premier League match:
Brentford
Match Time & Date:
31/08/2024
16:00
Prediction: 2-1
Southampton
After failing to spoil Liverpool’s party at Anfield, Brentford will be aiming to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they take on Southampton on Saturday afternoon. The Bees defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 in their first home game of the season, which is surely fuelling fans with optimism ahead of Matchday 3. Ivan Toney is on the verge of joining Al-Ahli, while summer signing Igor Thiago remains on the sidelines alongside Josh Dasilva, Aaron Hickey, and Rico Henry.
The Saints, on the other hand, failed to impress in back-to-back defeats to Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest and given their difficulties in front of goal, home win should definitely be considered. In their last meeting in London Brentford rolled over Southampton (3-0), who will be without Juan Larios, Ross Stewart, Adam Lallana, Gavin Bazunu, and Kamaldeen Sulemana in Saturday’s encounter. Talented forward Samuel Edozie is pushing for his first start of the season.
Highlighted Player (Saman Ghoddos):
Saman Ghoddos is a product of FC Malmo football academy, but he started playing for IF Limhamn Bunkeflo at senior level. After scoring four goals in 41 appearances for the club the Swedish attacker moved to Treleborg, but he did not spend too much time at the club. In 2014 he signed a deal with Syrianska and he quickly established himself as a first-team regular at the Sodertalje Fotbollsarena outfit.
Saman Ghoddos, who was born in Malmo on September 6, 1996 played for Syrianska from 2014 to 2016 and then he moved to Ostersunds. The Swedish striker, who is used as an attacking midfielder as well, scored ten goals in 27 appearances for Ostersunds in the 2016 Allsvenskan campaign and he impressed in the 2017/2018 Europa League qualifiers.
Saman Ghoddos netted three goals in the process and helped the Swedish club book their place in the group stages of the European competition. Speaking of his personal life, you should bear in mind that Saman’s parents were born in Iran.
Highlighted Team (Southampton):
Southampton are an English football club that have been playing their home games at St Mary's Stadium since 2001. The Saints were based at The Dell in the past and the capacity of Southampton’s new stadium is 32,505. Southampton wear red and white striped shirts and the colour of the team’s away kit is navy and green.
The Saints have yet to win the Premier League trophy, but they did well to clinch the FA Cup title back in 1976, while participating in the final of the prestigious competition in 1900, 1902 and 2003. Southampton outplayed Manchester United in the 1976 FA Cup final and that is probably the club’s greatest victory ever.
The club are well known for their football academy and Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale is one of the players who began their football carrier at the St. Mary’s Stadium outfit. Southampton’s fiercest rivals are Portsmouth and the two teams square off against each other in the South Coast Derby.
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