Brentford is coming into this match playing in good form in their recent matches to start the season. They opened the season with a 2-1 win at home against Crystal Palace but they followed it up with a 2-0 loss away from home against Liverpool. They are coming off of a 1-0 away win against Colchester in the EFL Cup in their last match. They lost their last league match but a 2-0 loss to Liverpool away from home is not awful as Liverpool has the quality to be a title contender. They still played very well in their season opener against Palace and that has been their only home match so far so they will be trying to pull off another 3 points at home here. They are going up against a newly promoted Southampton side that has not been in good form to start the season. They are coming off of a 5-3 win in their last match against Cardiff in the EFL Cup, but that is not Premier League quality. They opened the Premier League season with a 1-0 loss away from home against Newcastle in a match that Newcastle was given a red card in the 30th minute but still scored down a man to go on and win. Their last match was a 1-0 loss at home to Nottingham Forest who is a bottom half of the table team. Brentford has had a very good recent history against Southampton, winning the last 3 straight meetings, but their quality is also just far superior than this newly promoted side. Brentford will win this match at home and collect all 3 points here.
England Premier League: Brentford ML, Rot. 200094