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Southampton’s Premier League winless streak stretched to four games as they were beaten 3-0 on the road at Brentford.
The Bees went in front in the 13th minute with Ivan Toney the provider. He collected Christian Eriksen’s corner and fired it back across goal for Pontus Jansson to turn home from close range.
The hosts made it 2-0 just a minute later as Yoane Wissa pounced on a loose ball after Eriksen was tackled, steering a low finish into the bottom corner.
Kristoffer Ajer became the second Brentford defender to get on the scoresheet late on. He received the ball on the turn and brushed past two Southampton defenders before slotting through Fraser Forster’s legs.
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Did you know?
Southampton have won just one of their last 10 Premier League games (D2 L7). Since the start of March, only relegated sides Norwich (four) and Watford (three) have picked up fewer points in the top flight (five for Southampton) with Saints shipping more goals than any other side in that time (24).
In the nine Premier League games since Eriksen’s first start for Brentford, the club have accrued 19 points (W6 D1 L2), having managed just four from the nine directly before that (W1 D1 L7).
Eriksen has provided three assists for Brentford in league competition (nine appearances), one more than he registered for Inter in 43 Serie A appearances.
Southampton were 2-0 down after 14 minutes, with the south-coast side shipping more goals in the first 15 minutes of Premier League games than any other side this season (12). There were just 77 seconds between Brentford’s first two goals.
Excluding penalties, Wissa is Brentford’s top scorer this season in all competitions with nine goals.
