📏 Form Guide

Brentford

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Brentford go into this match after a 1-1 Premier League tied result against Manchester United.

In that match, Brentford managed 48% possession and 31 shots at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Brentford was Kristoffer Ajer (99'). For their opponents, Manchester United had 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Mason Mount (96') scored for Manchester United.

Brentford have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they’ve also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Over their last 6 matches, Brentford have conceded in 6 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Liverpool in Premier League action, Brighton and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 45% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Brighton & Hove Albion was Danny Welbeck (2'). For their opponents, Liverpool got 30 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Luis Díaz (27') and Mohamed Salah (65') scored for Liverpool.

The trend of at least one team not managing to score in games involving Brighton & Hove Albion has been noticeable recently. A glance at their last 6 games shows that this has happened 5 times. In these clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal total of 9 while Brighton & Hove Albion have scored 3. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will end up being continued on in this game.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings going back to 05/02/2017 shows that Brentford have won 1 of these and Brighton 3, with the tally of drawn matches being 2.

In all, 20 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 from The Bees and 11 being from The Seagulls. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league match featuring the two was Premier League match day 15 on 06/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Brentford.

That time, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 62% possession and 18 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Pascal Groß (31') and Jack Hinshelwood (52').

On the other side, Brentford had 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Bryan Mbeumo (27') was the scorer.

The referee was Peter Bankes.

📰 Team News: Brentford

Christian Nørgaard (Back injury), Yunus Emre Konak (Achilles tendon rupture), Aaron Hickey (Hamstring injury), Ethan Pinnock (Ankle injury), Kevin Schade (Adductor injury), Josh Dasilva (Knee surgery), Rico Henry (Knee injury), Ben Mee (Ankle injury) and Ryan Trevitt (Ankle surgery) will be missing for Brentford manager Thomas Frank.

We think that The Bees will probably go for a 3-5-2 formation, beginning the first half with Mark Flekken, Mathias Joergensen, K. Vassbakk Ajer, Nathan Collins, Mads Roerslev, Yegor Yarmolyuk, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter, Ivan Toney and Yoane Wissa.

📋 Team News: Brighton

Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi has to currently contend with reduced team options. Jack Hinshelwood (Foot surgery), Solly March (Knee injury) and Kaoru Mitoma (Back injury) are not ready for selection.

We reckon that The Seagulls might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for Bart Verbruggen, Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Igor, Pascal Gross, Carlos Baleba, Facundo Buonanotte, Adam Lallana, Simon Adingra and Joao Pedro.

💭 Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford could both well score more than once here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

An eventful draw is therefore a real possibility, and we are expecting it to be very tight. We’re therefore seeing a highly competitive game with a 2-2 scoreline at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 18:02 03/04/2024