DUSAN Tadic is relishing the space to attack away at Brighton this Sunday as Saints look to build on their 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.

Six of Saints' first nine games in the Premier League have been at St Mary’s.

But they often found it hard to make home advantage count, winning just two in front of their own fans this campaign.

With opponents often going defensive at St Mary’s and Mauricio Pellegrino’s men regularly struggling to break down compact visitors, Tadic is looking forward to more breathing space at the Amex on Sunday.

“It is always easier to attack when you have more space because these kind of teams are really strong and powerful,” he said about the frustrations Saints have had at home.

“They defend with everyone back and it’s not easy to break them down.”

The Serbia international was eager for Saints to play “faster” and be more “aggressive” to help them break down stubborn opponents.

The 28-year-old believes Saints’ mentality has now turned a corner after some frustrating performances in the opening run of matches in the Premier League season.

“I think we should be positive about our performances,” he said. “I think what is different now is our aggression. From the first moment, we want to score goals.”

“Yes, we tried to do that and to play a quick game.

“We attack and get a corner and take it quick and the same with a throw-in. We tried to be much quicker and score goals. The tempo was there.”

Tadic was relieved Saints got a vital victory against West Brom, which many hope will be the catalyst to help Saints launch themselves up the top-flight.

“I think it is very important and also important that we finally got that bit of luck,” Tadic said.

“We need to do that [climb the table] because we believe in our qualities and we need to take as many points as possible.

“It is a bit disappointing that we didn’t score the goal to open the game as that would have given us more space because the beginning of the game is always hard,” he added.

“But, we created a few chances and it’s like that. I think we will have in other games, maybe we will open games before and then score more goals.”