Brighton & Hove Albion welcome Tottenham Hotspur to AMEX Stadium in a top-four showdown.
Victory by a two-goal or margin would see Brighton leapfrog Tottenham into third, whereas Spurs can open a six-point gap over the Seagulls with a win.
Team News
Brighton have no fresh injury concerns after their 3-3 draw at Liverpool last weekend as Leandro Trossard is fit and available for selection, having shaken off a knock during the second-half at Anfield to complete his hat-trick.
Enock Mwepu (illness) and Jakub Moder (knee) both remain absent.
Tottenham will be without Emerson Royal as he begins a three-match suspension, following his red card in their defeat at Arsenal in the North London derby last weekend.
Japhet Tanganga (knock), Dejan Kulusevski (muscle) and Lucas Moura (tendon) remain absent.
Stat Attack
- Brighton have won two of their last five league meetings against Tottenham (W2, L3).
- Tottenham have claimed five points from five Premier League visits to Brighton (W2, D1, L2).
- This is the first time that Brighton have met Spurs four time in a calendar year since last doing so in 1982.
- Brighton are unbeaten in their last seven league matches played at home (W4, D3).
- Four of Spurs’ six away goals in the Premier League this season have been scored by Harry Kane.
Prediction
Having produced a cracking high intensity performance to hustle and stretch Liverpool’s defence last weekend in a strong clinical display, Brighton really can come into this game full of belief although they surely will feel like they could of killed the match off in the first-half if not for Alisson.
Roberto De Zerbi though will be keen to see his Seagulls show more defensive resilience than they did once 2-0 up at Anfield last weekend, which almost cost them if not for Trossard’s late equaliser to rescue a draw.
Tottenham meanwhile are coming into this game looking to honour their late Fitness Coach, Gian Piero Ventrone, following his death on Thursday but will have to be more clinical than they were at Eintracht Frankfurt, where they at least created more chances than they did at Arsenal.
The first goal therefore will be crucial because if Spurs score, I can see them grinding out a win amidst their away woes but if Brighton get ahead then I can see them pushing for the win.
Prediction: Brighton 2-1 Tottenham
Result: Brighton 0-1 Tottenham
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