In this week 22 match, on Sat Feb 4th, Brentford and Southampton will play a match in London in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 8th placed Brentford is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Leeds United. Neither Leeds United nor Brentford could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Brentford should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while southampton sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Blackpool. Romain Perraud struck first for Southampton in the 22nd minute, then Romain Perraud added another in the 62nd minute on a feed from Sékou Mara. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Southampton’s most prolific scorer has been James Ward-Prowse. The English midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Brentford’s most prolific scorer has been Ivan Toney. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Aaron Hickey, Frank Onyeka, Shandon Baptiste, Rico Henry and Pontus Jansson are unavailable to play for Brentford, while Valentino Livramento and Juan Larios Lopez are unavailable to play for Nathan Jones’s team.