Top half calling
After such a rotten start to the campaign which saw the Saints flirt with the relegation places, they could now slide into the top half with a win over the Seagulls tonight. Granted, it’s early days, but it’s never too soon to get to where you want to finish come the end of the season.
A win tonight would leave Southampton on a very respectable seven points from 15, which in turn would see them leapfrog Everton to tenth and knock them, Leicester and Crystal Palace all down a place.
Southampton have played some good football for periods of just about every game they’ve played this season and it’s taken nearly a month for them to learn to sustain that level of energy for the duration of the match – if they can keep this up there’s no reason why they couldn’t challenge for top half. Let’s take every game as it comes, though.