• Only Liverpool (8) and Manchester City (5) have won more Premier League games so far in 2020 than Southampton (4). However, only West Ham and Bournemouth (5 each) have lost more games this calendar year than Saints (4).
• Newcastle have failed to score in each of their last four Premier League games; only once in their history have they gone more consecutive top-flight games without a goal (6 between October-December 1988).
• Since the start of February, Newcastle have had 54 shots (13 on target) in four Premier League matches but have failed to score a single goal. In that time, only eight sides have had more efforts than the Magpies, though only three have had fewer attempts on target.
• Newcastle have scored a league-low 24 Premier League goals this season but have had 13 different goalscorers, meaning 54% of their goals have been netted by different players (excluding own goals).
• Newcastle manager Steve Bruce has never won an away league match against Southampton in six previous attempts, drawing two and losing four of his visits to the St Mary’s Stadium.
• No player has scored in more different Premier League games this season than Danny Ings, with the striker scoring in 14 of Southampton’s 28 Premier League games.

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Wolves v Brighton

The games are coming thick and fast for Wolves but they are looking like good candidates for Champions League qualification.

Their fourth round elimination from the FA Cup will come as a blessing as they were able to have a week off between matchdays 28 and 29, as they welcome struggling Brighton.

Graham Potter's Seagulls have won just one of their last 18 in all competitions. Earlier in the season they were playing excellent football and looked like they had more than enough to avoid a relegation scrap. Potter even got a new six-year deal in November.

But such a run has seen them dragged into trouble and they go into the weekend just a point above the bottom three.

While Wolves are expected to come out on top, we will go for a market which works for any outcome.

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Nuno Espirito Santo's side are a second-half side. We saw that at Southampton, where they came from two down to win 3-2. They have scored just 12 goals before half-time in the Premier League this season, with 29 coming in the second - over twice as many.

Brighton's record is similar too, scoring 12 in the first and 20 in the second. With how this game is expected to go - Wolves setting up tight and coming strong in the second period and Brighton probably looking to avoid giving anything cheap away early on - backing more goals in the second half at 6/5 catches the eye, although there are preferred fancies for recommended bets elsewhere.

Score prediction: Wolves 2-1 Brighton ()

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