Relegation-threatened Southampton welcome European-chasing Brentford to St Mary’s for a Premier League encounter on Wednesday night.

While the Saints can move out of the bottom three with a victory, the Bees could climb into the top seven if they claim maximum points on the South Coast.

Key battle: Saints striker Ché Adams will hope to improve on a poor record versus Brentford, after netting just once in nine meetings and winning only twice (D2, L5).

He’ll come up directly against Bees defender Ben Mee, who scored when Brentford won the reverse fixture 3-0 last month and has only lost three of his 12 H2H meetings with Southampton (W6, D3).

Hot stat: Brentford have conceded five goals in the opening 15 minutes of their PL away games this season, the joint most in the division.

Southampton Premier League form:

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Southampton form (all competitions):

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Brentford Premier League form:

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Southampton possible starting lineup:

Bazunu; Walker-Peters, Bella-Kotchap, Bednarek, Perraud; Lavia, Ward-Prowse, Alcaraz; Walcott, Adams, Sulemana

Brentford possible starting lineup:

Raya; Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Henry; Jensen, Norgaard, Janelt; Mbeumo, Toney, Wissa

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Southampton’s resilience at the back has been a major factor behind their recent upturn in form under Selles, but adding goals to their game is required if they wish to climb out the drop zone, having scored only three times in their last seven league matches.

Brentford’s poor away form bodes well for the Saints ahead of Wednesday’s clash, but considering the Bees’ comfortable victory in the reverse fixture last month, we can see Frank’s men coming away with maximum points at St Mary’s.