Brentford welcome Brighton to Gtech Community Stadium in a huge Premier League encounter in respective battles for survival and Europe.
Victory would see Brentford climb to 14th in the table, whilst Brighton can go seventh with a win.
Team News
Sergio Reguilon is available for Brentford after he was suspended in their 1-1 draw against Manchester United.
Christian Norgaard (back) and Ethan Pinnock (ankle) could return subject to fitness checks, but Aaron Hickey (hamstring), Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry (both knee), Kevin Schade (adductor), Ben Mee (ankle) remain absent.
Brighton could welcome Joao Pedro back into contention following his recovery from a lengthy hamstring injury.
James Milner (thigh), Jack Hinshelwood (foot), Kaoru Mitoma (back), Billy Gilmour and Solly March (both knee) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Brentford host Brighton at Gtech Community Stadium on Wednesday 3 April at 7:30pm BST, live on TNT Sports 3 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Brentford have won one of five previous Premier League meetings against Brighton (W1, D1, L3).
- Brighton have won one of their two previous Premier League visits to Brentford (W1, L1).
- Brentford’s Ivan Toney has scored three goals in his last two appearances against Brighton.
- Thomas Frank’s Bees have scored first in just one of their last six league matches at home (W1, D2, L3).
- No Brighton player is yet to score directly from a free-kick this season in the Premier League.
Prediction
After a utterly dominant performance against Man Utd albeit devoid of much end product, Brentford were lucky to snatch a point after a late defensive switch-off put thee visitors in front but there are positives to build upon here if can show more composure in their final touches.
Brighton meanwhile were excellent at Liverpool on the attack in the first half but often just lacked that decisive touch after their early goal, whilst their defence showed resilience not to wilt under Liverpool’s growing attacking dominance aside from costly tiny errors.
Throw in the respective battles for survival and European qualification on top of two attacking teams then this does feel like it will be a cracker with goals at both ends, so a draw might well be a fair result.
Prediction: Brentford 1-1 Brighton
Result: Brentford 0-0 Brighton
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