Saints team news: Dunk and Lamptey available

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Charlie Hanson

2024-11-28T10:30+00:00

Lewis Dunk has missed Albion's last four Premier League games. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Albion will look to make it three consecutive Premier League wins when they take on Southampton at the Amex on Friday, kick-off 8pm.

Team news

Tariq Lamptey is available to face Southampton. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Fabian Hurzeler on Lewis Dunk... "Lewis will be an option, he will be back in the squad."

On Ferdi Kadioglu... "We’re not sure if he will be available. We have to see today if he can train or not, then we have to make a decision.

On Tariq Lamptey... "He will be back in the squad."

Fabian’s thoughts

On Southampton... "You just have to watch the last game against Liverpool, how they played. I have followed them the whole season now and they have a great style of play. They have a lot of ball possession. We have to suffer a lot against the ball because they have the ability to outplay every opponent."

Fabian Hurzeler's team have beaten Manchester City and Bournemouth in their last two matches. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

On what his team need to do to get a positive result... "You need to be very, very good at pressing. You need to have the ability to suffer when you're outplayed, to sprint back. When you lose a duel, that you're sure that the teammate is there to help you. So I think this will be crucial against them, to work hard against the ball and to have also the right mindset. When you need to run a lot, it's not easy all the time, but it might happen against a team like Southampton, with this ball possession and you have to be ready for that."

Match facts

Having been winless in their first seven Premier League meetings with Southampton (D4 L3), Brighton have now won three of their last five against them (D2).
Southampton have lost just one of their six Premier League away games against Brighton (W3 D2), though it was a 3-1 loss in their last such visit in May 2023.
Southampton have scored in all 12 of their Premier League games against Brighton – it’s the most they’ve faced an opponent while scoring every time in the competition, while Brighton have only faced Man City (15) more without keeping a clean sheet.

Southampton have lost just one of their last seven Premier League games played on a Friday (W4 D2), going down 1-0 at Aston Villa in September 2022. This follows a run of four straight defeats on Friday games, a run which culminated in a 9-0 home loss to Leicester City in October 2019.
Brighton have won their last two Premier League games, last winning three in a row in September 2023. The Seagulls are also unbeaten in all six of their home league games this term (W3 D3), their longest such run from the start of a campaign since 2015-16 (10 in the Championship).
Brighton are the only team to be unbeaten when conceding the first goal in Premier League games this season (W2 D2). Meanwhile, Southampton have gone on to lose all eight games in which they’ve conceded first, with only Nottingham Forest also having a 100% loss rate (2/2).
Southampton have lost each of their last nine Premier League away games – only once have they lost ten in a row on the road in the top-flight, doing so between December 1973 and April 1974. The last side to lose ten in a row in the Premier League were Aston Villa (February 2016 to September 2019).
João Pedro has been involved in six goals in his last five Premier League appearances, scoring four and assisting two. With goals and assists against both Manchester City and Bournemouth, he’s become the first Brighton player to both score and assist a goal in consecutive Premier League matches.
Adam Armstrong has scored in each of his last three home appearances for Southampton in all competitions. The last player to score in four in a row at St Mary’s with Saints as a top-flight side was Charlie Austin in September/October 2016.
Southampton’s Adam Lallana has made 299 Premier League appearances; if he plays against former side in this game, he would be the oldest outfielder to make 300 in the competition (36y 203d) since Denis Irwin in August 2003 (37y 303d).