
Brentford vs Southampton Prediction and Betting Tips: Two selections for 3pm match

Brentford will be looking to make it two wins from three to start the new Premier League season when they welcome a Southampton side still searching for their first points, to the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday for a 3pm kick-off.
Brentford vs Southampton Tips
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The Bees were 2-1 winners over Crystal Palace on the opening weekend, but were unable to follow that up despite impressing at times against Liverpool last Sunday, eventually going down to a 2-0 defeat at Anfield.
If possession was the aim of the game, Southampton would be flying, but despite dominating the ball against both Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, they succumbed to a pair of 1-0 defeats.
The Saints did find their scoring boots during the week in the Carabao Cup, edging an eight-goal thriller 5-3 against Cardiff, while Brentford also avoided an upset in that competition, although their 1-0 win at Colchester was a little more low key.
Those cup successes should give the two teams renewed belief heading into this clash, as both aim to sign off before the first international break of the season with a victory.
The Bees were 2-1 winners over Crystal Palace on the opening weekend, but were unable to follow that up despite impressing at times against Liverpool last Sunday, eventually going down to a 2-0 defeat at Anfield.
If possession was the aim of the game, Southampton would be flying, but despite dominating the ball against both Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, they succumbed to a pair of 1-0 defeats.
The Saints did find their scoring boots during the week in the Carabao Cup, edging an eight-goal thriller 5-3 against Cardiff, while Brentford also avoided an upset in that competition, although their 1-0 win at Colchester was a little more low key.
Those cup successes should give the two teams renewed belief heading into this clash, as both aim to sign off before the first international break of the season with a victory.
Brentford are a tough nut to crack on home soil, as they showed when seeing off a Palace side that had been flying at the end of the 2023-24 campaign on the opening weekend.
That 2-1 success over the Eagles means Thomas Frank's side have now lost just one of their last seven top-flight home matches and they will be confident of extending that record when Southampton, who are still adjusting to life back in the Premier League, come to the Gtech.
Recent history certainly favours the hosts in this fixture, as since losing the first Premier League meeting between the two sides in January 2022, the Bees have won three on the bounce against Southampton, with all of those victories coming to nil.
Scoring goals at Premier League level certainly looks like being a problem for the Saints this season - they have drawn a blank in their opening two league games - and despite flexing their scoring muscles against Cardiff in the cup, normal service could well resume for Russell Martin's side on Saturday.
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