After Friday’s result, Brighton surpasses Man City in the Premier League table.

 

 

Brighton & Hove Albion rose to second place in the Premier League rankings despite failing to find a victory against Southampton, who are currently in last place, at home. Halfway through the first half, Kaoru Mitoma gave Brighton the lead by taking advantage of the Saints’ feeble defense. Brighton would have fallen six points behind leaders Liverpool with a victory, but a goal from Flynn Downes shortly before the hour kept them at bay. Rather, they have a stronger head-to-head record but are tied with Manchester City on points, goal differential, and goals scored.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

 

Shortly after Downes’ goal, Southampton believed they had grabbed the lead via Cameron Archer, but teammate Adam Armstrong was disallowed for a questionable offside after he was found to have been interfering with play. With only five points from 13 games, Southampton is still at the bottom of the table. Despite Southampton’s repeated attempts to play out from the back, Brighton dominated the first half of Friday night’s play. On 16 minutes, Georginio Rutter came within inches of giving Brighton the lead as he cut in from the right and hit the post with his left-footed effort.

Premier League table after this result

Southampton is still at the bottom of the table, while Brighton overtake Man City with a better head-to-head record.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>