📏 Form Guide

Bournemouth

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Bournemouth will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 3-2 Premier League loss in their previous game against Brentford.

In that match, Bournemouth had 48% possession and 15 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. For Bournemouth, goals were scored by Evanilson (17') and Justin Kluivert (49'). Brentford got 12 shots at goal with 6 on target. Yoane Wissa (27', 58') and Mikkel Damsgaard (50') scored for Brentford.

It’s been seldom in recent games that Bournemouth have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Bournemouth have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 7 goals along the way. Let’s see if that trend will be continued on in this game.

Coming into this contest, Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton will go into this meeting following a 2-1 Premier League win versus Manchester City in their most recent game.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion had 40% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Brighton & Hove Albion, goals were scored by João Pedro (78') and Matt O'Riley (83'). Manchester City had 15 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Erling Haaland (23') scored for Manchester City.

In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 clashes involving Brighton & Hove Albion, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match during that time is 3.5, with the number of goals averaged by Brighton & Hove Albion being 1.83.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 28/12/2019 shows that Bournemouth have won 2 of these games & Brighton 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

16 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 7 of them for The Cherries and 9 for The Seagulls. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.67.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 35 on 28/04/2024 when the final score was Bournemouth 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion.

That day, Bournemouth managed 30% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Marcos Senesi (13'), Enes Ünal (52') and Justin Kluivert (87').

At the other end, Brighton & Hove Albion had 13 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

The match was refereed by Paul Tierney.

📋 Team News: Bournemouth

It looks as if The Cherries will probably line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation this time featuring Kepa Arrizabalaga, Adam Smith, Illia Zabarnyi, Marcos Senesi, Milos Kerkez, Tyler Adams, Lewis Cook, Antoine Semenyo, Justin Kluivert, Marcus Tavernier and Evanilson.

ℹ️ Team News: Brighton

Brighton boss Fabian Hürzeler has to choose a team with limited availability. Solly March (Knee injury), Yankuba Minteh (Muscle injury) and Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Toe joint capsular tear) are not ready for selection.

We reckon that The Seagulls seem most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, starting Bart Verbruggen, Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Igor, Pervis Estupinan, Georginio Rutter, Yasin Ayari, Carlos Baleba, Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck and Joao Pedro.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Brighton & Hove Albion and Bournemouth could both well score more than once here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility but, again, we don’t expect it to end goalless. Our tip is therefore for a very even match with a 2-2 at the end of this game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:04 23/11/2024