Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golf term. Both teams hold mid-table places in the Premier League.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Crystal Palace is in the worst form (0-3-3)
It's no vacation for neither Brighton & Hove Albion nor Crystal Palace as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Brighton & Hove Albion at their home stadium (Broadfield Stadium) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The home team returns to Broadfield Stadium after drawing with Leeds United (placed 19th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Caicedo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Caicedo hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 49 successful passes (of 61 total).
Ahead of that match, Brighton won a home game hosting West Ham United (4-0).Goal fest? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 11 of the 14 latest league games with this club has had three or more goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Brighton & Hove Albion as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. Grimsby Town are visiting.
A decent goal production from Brighton & Hove Albion in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 12 league matches. Brighton & Hove Albion are not conceding a lot of goals here at Broadfield Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Crystal Palace form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crystal Palace so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-6 (win-draw-lose).
Palace have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 291 minutes ago. Eze was the goal scorer.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Manchester City with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Defender Guéhi was the best team player with a rating of 7.02. Guéhi hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.
Prior to that match, the Crystal Palace manager Vieira faced defeat when travelling to Aston Villa and losing 0-1.Low on goals? 9 of this side's most recent 11 league matches have had two goals or less.
The schedule is very tough for Palace now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Arsenal is waiting in only four days.
The attacking power of Crystal Palace when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. 15 goals have been conceded by Palace in these games.
Head 2 Head
Crystal Palace have managed a sequence of 7 consecutive games without losing (2-5-0) when playing Brighton & Hove Albion.The dueling parties have fought before this season: Crystal Palace - Brighton 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mac Allister 7 goals |  P. Groß 6 goals |  K. Mitoma 6 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
Crystal Palace missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Crystal Palace | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 26 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 45 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 31 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 33 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 75% | 50% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 58% | 65% |
| 62% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 46% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 58% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 42% | 46% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 21% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 46% |
| 6.3 | 7.8 | 9.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 3.7 | 2.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.6 | 16 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 9.8 | 10.1 |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| 34% | 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 21% | 24% |
| 9.5 | 7.9 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more than double the goals of Crystal Palace.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Crystal Palace is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 63 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 27 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 42 | 61 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 49 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 42 |
| 6 | Newcastle United | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 41 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 39 |
| 8 | Fulham | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 39 |
| 9 | Brentford | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 38 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 37 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 27 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -16 | 27 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -26 | 26 |
| 15 | Everton | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -18 | 25 |
| 16 | Leicester City | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 37 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -9 | 24 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 35 | -26 | 24 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 23 |
| 19 | Leeds United | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 23 |
| 20 | Southampton | 25 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -21 | 21 |
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