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Brighton added a touch more to Southampton's season-long misery with a 4-0 drubbing of their south coast neighbors at St. Mary's Stadium.

Brighton & Hove Albion added to relegation-threatened Southampton's woes with a 4-0 win at the St Mary's Stadium on Saturday, handing the Saints their eighth consecutive home defeat in the Premier League.

Report and free match highlights from the Premier League match between Southampton and Brighton at St Marys; goals from Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood seal thumping wi

Brighton take a 2-0 lead thanks to a successful press that results in Georginio Rutter slotting home his side's second against the Saints.

Having combined for the Saints' consolation goal in their loss to Bournemouth, Sulemana and Paul Onuachu - who has now been involved in three goals in his last four Premier League games - should continue up front at the expense of the highly-rated Tyler Dibling.

Chelsea wasn’t so reliant on Cole Palmer this time. On a frustrating evening for the England star, his Chelsea teammates stepped up to share the goals in a 4-0 thrashing of last-place Southampton in the Premier League.

Brighton were quickly on top though ... advancing Aaron Ramsdale to give Fabian Hurzeler’s side a deserved lead. Southampton were struggling to break into the final third but Brazilian left ...

The transformation in results without dominating possession bodes well for a tough run of games for Hurzeler's side

Brighton & Hove Albion are in-form and full of confidence as they face Southampton who managed to pick up a draw in the reverse fixture back when Russell Martin was manager

Brighton & Hove Albion added to relegation-threatened Southampton's woes with a 4-0 win at the St Mary's Stadium on Saturday, handing the Saints their eighth consecutive home defeat in the Premier League.