Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Brighton & Hove Albion provisionally climbed to sixth in the Premier League standings after they won 3-1 away to Southampton in a riveting Boxing Day clash.
A header from Adam Lallana and a stunning long-range strike by Solly March along with Romain Perraud’s own goal helped Brighton take their points tally to 24 - two more than seventh-placed Liverpool who play at Aston Villa later.
Brighton went ahead in the 15th minute when Lallana scored against his former club after he connected with March’s cross and sent his header into the net as goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu scuffed an easy save.
The visitors doubled their lead in the 35th minute after defender Perraud turned the ball into his own net while trying to clear a cross from Pervis Estupinan.
March made it 3-0 in the 55th minute with a sensational effort from outside the box after he cut in from the right side for a brilliant solo move. Brighton could have had a fourth goal shortly after but Kaoru Mitoma’s header went wide.
In the 73rd minute, Southampton were awarded a penalty for Pascal Gross’s foul on Samuel Edozie and although James Ward-Prowse’s spot-kick was stopped by keeper Robert Sanchez, the Southampton skipper nodded home on the rebound.
Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton keep on coming. March takes on two players down the right and loses out. Mitoma flashes the ball across the face of goal, and Caicedo blasts it into a crowd of bodies. Bazunu's relieved to come away with it.
Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Mitoma dribbles straight at Maitland-Niles, teasing the substitute. The Southampton man needs a team-mate to bail him out of trouble.
Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton are rampant at the moment. Mitoma sends another header wide from the centre of the box as he reaches March's cross. He perhaps should have scored.
Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Southampton wriggle their way into Brighton's box, but the visitors soon shut the door. There's no way the Seagulls are going to let a three-goal lead slip.
Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion
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