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Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton are hoping to win again following the 3-2 Premier League triumph over West Ham United.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion managed 53% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. For Brighton & Hove Albion, the scorers were Yasin Ayari (13'), Kaoru Mitoma (89') and Carlos Baleba (92'). West Ham United got 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Mohammed Kudus (48') and Tomáš Souček (83') scored for West Ham United.

Matches with Brighton & Hove Albion have usually been engaging ones of late with plenty of scoring being a common characteristic. Over their past six clashes alone, the sum total of 21 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 8 of these belonging to Brighton & Hove Albion. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being continued on into this next match.

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United go into this meeting after a 3-0 Premier League win vs Ipswich Town in their most recent game.

In that game, Newcastle United had 78% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Newcastle United, the goals were scored by Alexander Isak (45'), Dan Burn (56') and Will Osula (80'). On the other side, Ipswich Town had 4 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

An offensively clinical Newcastle United have racked up an absolute glut of goals in their past six games (18 to be precise). That works out as the impressive mean average of 3 goals scored per game during this period of time.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking over their past head to head meetings dating back to 13/08/2022 shows that Brighton have won 3 of these games and Newcastle United 1, with the number of draws being 2.

In all, 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them for The Seagulls and 7 coming from The Magpies. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

🗞️ Team News: Brighton

Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Toe joint capsular tear), Igor (Hamstring injury), Adam Webster (Hamstring injury), Georginio Rutter (Foot injury) and James Milner (Thigh problems) will not be taking part for Brighton gaffer Fabian Hürzeler.

We are thinking that The Seagulls look set to opt for a 4-2-3-1 system this time, beginning the first half with Bart Verbruggen, Jack Hinshelwood, Lewis Dunk, Jan Paul van Hecke, Pervis Estupinan, Mats Wieffer, Carlos Baleba, Yankuba Minteh, Matthew O'Riley, Simon Adingra and Danny Welbeck.

📰 Team News: Newcastle United

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has some current player fitness concerns. Joelinton (Knee problems), Jamaal Lascelles (Fitness) and Lewis Hall (Ankle surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

It’s our belief that The Magpies seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, starting the game with Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schaer, Daniel Burn, Valentino Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joseph Willock, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes.

⚡ Prediction

Our assessment is that Brighton & Hove Albion are dangerous enough to find the net against this Newcastle United lineup, although just one goal isn’t likely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We are therefore anticipating a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 win for Newcastle United when the full-time whistle blows. It’s a very tough call.

Renata Leite, 12:02 04/05/2025