Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Tottenham Hotspur & Brighton & Hove Albion face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Tottenham Hotspur have scored 16 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Conte led his Tottenham Hotspur to a defeat away at Chelsea. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Højbjerg (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.44/10. Højbjerg hit one key pass.
In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Leicester City with a 3-2 scoreline.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Spurs have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Tottenham Hotspur as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Southampton are visiting.
The Tottenham Hotspur fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 7 draws and 1 defeat.
Brighton & Hove Albion are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Leicester City.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Chelsea.We have checked recent matches where Brighton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, three draws and two defeats.
Brighton & Hove Albion have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Brighton & Hove Albion have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's six Tottenham Hotspur victories, one draw and two Brighton & Hove Albion wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Son 8 goals |   N. Maupay 7 goals |  H. Kane 5 goals |
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| Tottenham Hotspur | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 8 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 40 | 27 | Scored | S | 17 | 29 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.3 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 32% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 11.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 41 | 57 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 39 | 48 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 30 | 47 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 23 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 37 |
| 6 | Arsenal | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 34 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 30 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 26 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | Southampton | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Brentford | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 22 |
| 16 | Everton | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 17 | Norwich City | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -32 | 16 |
| 18 | Newcastle United | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 20 | -22 | 15 |
| 19 | Watford | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | -17 | 14 |
| 20 | Burnley | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -11 | 12 |
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