Sholak watched Southampton's dominance from the stands

Southampton footballers defeated Brentford 4:1 tonight in the postponed match of the 18th round of the Premier League and registered the most convincing victory this season.

Southampton was dominant from the start of the game, reaching the second victory in the last three matches in the Premier League, and the first in this competition since the Serbian businessman, Dragan Šolak, who was in the stands tonight, took over the club.

"Saints" took the lead after five minutes - James Ward-Prowse took a corner, and Jan Bednarek headed the goal and heralded a successful evening.

Southampton was a better rival, could have quickly scored a second goal, but conceded a goal in the middle of the first half. In the 23rd minute, Brentford went into action, the ball came to Mbeum, who crossed from the right side, and Vitaly Janelt shook the net of Forster.

Shortly after that goal, Janelt had another chance, but Forster reacted well and that was all from the "bees" in tonight's meeting.

Southampton took a new lead in the 37th minute, after another corner. None of the players in the penalty area reached the ball, and Ibrahima Dialo was in the right place. The French international shot powerfully from about twenty meters, after which the ball first hit the post, and then deflected from the hand of the goalkeeper of the visiting team Alvaro Fernandes into the goal.

Southampton have had a lot of problems with forwards this season. Che Adams played nine minutes in the last four matches until tonight, Adam Armstrong was also out of the team for a while, and their absence as well as the bad form was used by the young Albanian, Armando Broja, who came last summer on loan from Chelsea with the right to buy. . The Albanian representative is tonight in In the 69th minute, he scored his fifth goal this season.

The final score was set by Che Adams, who returned to the team. He entered the game in the 65th minute in place of Nathan Redmond i scored a goal five minutes later.

Southampton is in 11th place with 24 points, Brentford in 13th position has a point less.