📏 Form Guide

Tottenham Hotspur

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Tottenham Hotspur, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-0 Europa League success against Manchester United.

In that game, Tottenham Hotspur managed 27% possession and 3 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Tottenham Hotspur was Brennan Johnson (42'). For their opponents, Manchester United got 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Tottenham Hotspur have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that Tottenham Hotspur have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 11 goals on the way. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued here, though.

Brighton & Hove Albion

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Brighton will go into this clash after a 3-2 Premier League win versus Liverpool in their most recent game.

In that game, Brighton & Hove Albion had 49% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 12 of them on target. For Brighton & Hove Albion, the goals were scored by Yasin Ayari (32'), Kaoru Mitoma (69') and Jack Hinshelwood (85'). For their opponents, Liverpool got 18 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Harvey Elliott (9') and Dominik Szoboszlai (45') scored for Liverpool.

Over the course of their last half-dozen clashes, Brighton & Hove Albion have bagged a tally of 13 goals. Brighton & Hove Albion have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have had 11 goals scored by their opponents.

🤜🤛 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 16/04/2022, both clubs have shared the honours with Tottenham Hotspur winning 3 of those games, Brighton 3 and 0 being draws in normal time.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from Spurs and 10 netted by The Seagulls. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was Premier League match day 7 on 06/10/2024 which ended up with the score at Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur.

In that match, Brighton & Hove Albion had 41% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorers were Yankuba Minteh (48'), Georginio Rutter (58') and Danny Welbeck (66').

On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur got 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Brennan Johnson (23') and James Maddison (37') scored.

The referee was David Coote.

ℹ️ Team News: Tottenham Hotspur

Lucas Bergvall (Ankle injury), James Maddison (Knee injury), Dane Scarlett (Groin surgery) and Radu Drăgușin (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou.

In our view, Spurs could opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Antonin Kinsky, Djed Spence, Kevin Danso, Ben Davies, Sergio Reguilon, Archie Gray, Pape Sarr, Mikey Moore, Wilson Odobert, Mathys Tel and Dominic Solanke.

🗞️ Team News: Brighton

From a largely healthy squad, there is just the lone fitness worry for the Brighton manager Fabian Hürzeler to be concerned about. Solly March (Knee surgery) won’t be playing here.

It’s our belief that The Seagulls seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Bart Verbruggen, Igor, Jan Paul van Hecke, Adam Webster, Jack Hinshelwood, Carlos Baleba, Mats Wieffer, Brajan Gruda, Yasin Ayari, Simon Adingra and Yankuba Minteh.

🧠 Prediction

It looks to us that Brighton & Hove Albion will probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

Conversely, Tottenham Hotspur will be up against it to score although we think that they will probably end up being dangerous at times, too.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a decent 1-3 win for Brighton & Hove Albion come full-time.

Victor Martins, 14:01 25/05/2025