Brighton vs Grimsby Town Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 1-0 Premier League success against Crystal Palace.

In that match, Brighton & Hove Albion had 57% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player to score for Brighton & Hove Albion was Solly March (15'). Crystal Palace got 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

Their more recent scorelines highlight the fact that it has been a great time for the Brighton & Hove Albion backline. Brighton & Hove Albion have been miserly, seeing the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past 6 games standing at 4. Such a trend won’t necessarily follow through into this game, of course.

Grimsby Town

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Grimsby Town will go into this match after a 0-1 League Two win as they beat Sutton United in their previous outing.

The only player to score from Grimsby Town was Michee Efete (34').

In the course of their six previous matches, Paul Hurst's Grimsby Town have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 7 times - earning them a goals per game average of 1.17.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head to head clashes going back to 06/11/1991 shows us that Brighton have won 3 of these games and Grimsby Town 2, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 17 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 for The Seagulls and 6 netted by The Mariners. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

ℹ️ Team News: Brighton

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just the lone fitness concern for the Brighton gaffer Roberto De Zerbi to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Jakub Moder (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) will miss out.

📋 Team News: Grimsby Town

With a completely injury-free squad to choose from, the Grimsby Town manager Paul Hurst doesn’t have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Brighton & Hove Albion have it within them to convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

Conversely, Grimsby Town might well find it a difficult task getting goals but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet, too.

Therefore, we are anticipating a pretty comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of the match.

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

Peter Guest, 02:24 15/03/2023