Both contenders are doing all right, Brighton & Hove Albion enjoying a 6 point edge on AFC Bournemouth in the tables. Let's go!
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (18) in Premier League
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
AFC Bournemouth form and stats
AFC Bournemouth have played 3 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for AFC Bournemouth against Nottingham Forest the last match, as Billing, Solanke and Anthony were on target. At last, a league win after four fixtures without one. The game against Nottingham Forest had lots of late drama as Bournemouth came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Anthony's goal in the 87th minute. Manager O'Neil felt very clever after Anthony scored the winning goal against Nottingham Forest, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 85th minute. Solanke, a striker, was the best player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.31 (out of 10). Solanke scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
In the match before that, AFC Bournemouth hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers and drew the game 0-0.Bournemouth aren't scoring a lot here at Vitality Stadium in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
Brighton & Hove Albion have six points from their first three away games in the Premier League, meaning two victories and a loss.
Brighton & Hove Albion go into this game after a win, the home game against Leicester City that ended 5-2. A bizarre fixture with plenty of goals last time out for Brighton & Hove Albion, as mentioned above. 7 goals in total, will this game be as exciting? Midfield player Allister was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.15/10. Allister scored two goals, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
A 1-2 defeat away at Fulham before that.Brighton are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (AFC Bournemouth wins - draws - Brighton & Hove Albion wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mac Allister 4 goals |  P. Groß 3 goals |  L. Trossard 2 goals |
AFC Bournemouth missing players
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
| AFC Bournemouth | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 67% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 3 | 3.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 5.2 |
| 6.2 | 4.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.7 | 3.5 |
| 2 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11 | 13.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.8 |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 56% | 38% |
| 15.2 | 13.3 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.7 | 9.8 |
| 5.5 | 3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.7 | 3 |
- AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals (18) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
- AFC Bournemouth have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Premier League
- All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored more than double the goals of AFC Bournemouth.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Brentford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Southampton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Everton | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Leicester City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 1 |
- AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth Echo - (local newspaper)
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- The Argus - (local newspaper)
