Both AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion are thirsting for points in this game, in spite of the away team carrying a 16 point lead in the standings.
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (55) in Premier League
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion.
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what AFC Bournemouth, who have the most conceded goals (55) in Premier League, have to build on here at Vitality Stadium in the Premier League. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Vitality Stadium.
A nice win for Bournemouth last time playing, versus Fulham. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Solanke and Tavernier scoring for the victors. Solanke, an attacker, was the best player for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.42 (out of 10). Solanke scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 7 of 11 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Aston Villa (0-3).AFC Bournemouth are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Leicester City awaits in four days.
AFC Bournemouth has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. AFC Bournemouth have conceded 17 in these home matches. When Bournemouth hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like West Ham United, Southampton, Leeds United, Leicester City, Everton and Nottingham Forest), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. One point away has become something of a habit for Brighton & Hove Albion who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Brighton's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Brentford that finished 3-3. As you can tell from the result, the match against Brentford was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? March got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, top player of the team. March served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
Before that one, the victory at home against Grimsby Town in the FA Cup (5-0).
Take note that 12 of this side's 16 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Tottenham Hotspur.
Brighton & Hove Albion struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Brighton & Hove Albion - AFC Bournemouth 1-0 was the result in these teams' last H2H match, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six AFC Bournemouth victories, one draw and three Brighton & Hove Albion wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mac Allister 8 goals |  S. March 7 goals |  K. Mitoma 7 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 27 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | 49 |
| 55 | 17 | 11 | Conceded | C | 6 | 20 | 34 |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 73% |
| 50% | 43% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 75% | 62% |
| 29% | 14% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 58% | 46% |
| 21% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 25% | 27% |
| 39% | 43% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 83% | 58% |
| 21% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 8% | 31% |
| 46% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
| 7.2 | 6.2 | 8.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13.3 | 15.2 |
| 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| 29% | 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 65% | 41% | 32% |
| 16.5 | 14.7 | 18.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.6 | 11.1 | 9.5 |
| 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
- AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (55) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Premier League
- All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 43 | 72 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 45 | 64 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 50 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 47 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 43 |
| 7 | Brentford | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 46 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 43 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 42 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 41 |
| 10 | Fulham | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 38 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 30 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -19 | 28 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 32 | -27 | 27 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 38 | -28 | 27 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 26 |
| 17 | Everton | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -18 | 26 |
| 18 | Leicester City | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -10 | 25 |
| 19 | West Ham United | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -10 | 24 |
| 20 | Southampton | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -23 | 23 |
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- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Brighton & Hove Albion
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