Southampton vs Brentford

Ivan Toney scored one goal and assisted another as Brentford picked up a workmanlike 2-0 victory over Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium on Wednesday.

OUT: Adam Lallana (thigh – out for season), Jakub Moder (knee) Brighton has claimed four of its last six points, but will not believe it’s not six as the Seagulls wasted chance after chance in a 2-2 draw with fortunate Leeds. Crystal Palace, on the other hand, will head to north London to face PL leaders Arsenal (66 points). After collecting just five points from their last 11 Premier League games (0W-5D-6L), Palace now find themselves very much in the relegation conversation, just three points above 18th-place Bournemouth. Crystal Palace attempted just one shot from inside the 18-yard box in the second half (in the 95th minute, no less) as they hopelessly chased an equalizer. Solly March broke the deadlock with the game’s only goal on 15 minutes, when Kaoru Mitoma slalomed his way through the Palace midfield to pick out March’s perfectly timed run in behind the defense. The victory puts Brighton (42 points – 7th place) level on points with Liverpool in their ongoing quest to compete in next season’s Europa League. With a thin squad of players and a congested fixture list, manager Erik ten Hag will be forced to rely on his typically composed midfield anchor, even if only to keep someone else in the team fresh for the weekend. Ahead of their FA Cup quarterfinal clash with Fulham on Sunday (12:30 pm ET), the Red Devils head to sunny Spain with a 4-1 advantage from last week’s first leg, one foot already in the last-eight of yet another competition. Thomas Frank’s side were unlucky not to grab anything at Everton last time out and they can expect a similar game at Southampton as teams respect them and will sit back and soak up pressure. They had just two shots on target on the night, the second of which also found the back of the net deep into second-half stoppage time. Southampton (22 points – 20th place), meanwhile, remain bottom of the table, two points off safety having now played one more game than all but one team ahead of them.