Football betting preview: Brighton & Hove Albion with moderate expectations before welcoming Liverpool

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

Top-drawer Liverpool arrive at Brighton & Hove Albion after their 0-1-result vs Inter. Check out our complete match preview!

Insights:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (71) in Premier League

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

3 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Brighton & Hove Albion have to build on here at The American Express Community Stadium in the Premier League. It's trouble wherever Brighton & Hove Albion are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The regulars are hoping that Brighton & Hove Albion will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the game against Newcastle United (placed 14th). Groß (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.1/10. Groß served one assist, hit five key passes and had 46 successful passes (of 57 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Aston Villa that was lost 0-2.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Tottenham Hotspur are coming to town in four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Brighton here at The American Express Community Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 13 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded 16 in these home matches.

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Liverpool form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 3 draws and only 2 losses in the Premier League. Liverpool have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Ramses Becker is eager to challenge this, with his 222 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Defender Alexander-Arnold was the best team player with a rating of 8.1. Alexander-Arnold hit five key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against West Ham United in the Premier League.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Arsenal.

Liverpool create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 34 goals in 13 travels.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other already this season, with the result Liverpool - Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 written in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Brighton & Hove Albion victory, two draws and seven Liverpool wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
19 goals
LiverpoolS. Mané
S. Mané
12 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
12 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Liverpool missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion Liverpool
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 4 13 27
7 3 0 Won W 2 8 19
12 5 2 Drew D 1 3 6
8 5 1 Lost L 1 2 2
26 10 2 Scored S 6 34 71
32 16 5 Conceded C 4 13 20
89% 85% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
81% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 77% 81%
26% 23% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 77% 70%
11% 8% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 62% 56%
7% 8% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 38% 22%
52% 38% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 46% 41%
26% 31% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 46% 56%
33% 46% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 8% 4%
 
5.3 5.8 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 7.2 7.8 7.6
5.4 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 3.2 3.3
1.9 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.4 1.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.1 13.9 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 18 17.5 19.6
3.5 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 6.4 7.2
28% 27% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 41% 37%
 
12 11.4 15.3 Shots against (avg) S A 6.5 8.8 8.1
4 4.1 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Liverpool have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool have scored more than double the goals of Brighton & Hove Albion.
  • Liverpool have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (34) away in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals (71) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the the best goal difference (+21) away in Premier League
  • Liverpool have the the best goal difference (+51) in Premier League
  • Liverpool have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Liverpool haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Liverpool is in the best form (6-0-0) in Premier League

  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 28 22 3 3 68 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 14 11 2 1 28 8 50 69
2 Liverpool 27 19 6 2 71 20 14 11 3 0 37 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 51 63
3 Chelsea 26 15 8 3 53 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 14 9 3 2 26 8 35 53
4 Arsenal 25 15 3 7 41 29 13 9 2 2 22 10 12 6 1 5 19 19 12 48
5 Manchester United 28 13 8 7 45 38 14 7 3 4 21 16 14 6 5 3 24 22 7 47
6 West Ham United 28 13 6 9 46 35 14 7 3 4 25 19 14 6 3 5 21 16 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 26 14 3 9 40 32 13 8 1 4 23 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 8 45
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 12 4 11 24 23 13 5 2 6 10 12 14 7 2 5 14 11 1 40
9 Southampton 27 8 11 8 34 41 13 5 7 1 18 10 14 3 4 7 16 31 -7 35
10 Crystal Palace 28 7 12 9 39 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 33
11 Aston Villa 26 10 3 13 37 37 13 5 3 5 24 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 0 33
12 Leicester City 25 9 6 10 40 43 13 6 3 4 22 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -3 33
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 7 12 8 26 32 13 3 5 5 10 16 14 4 7 3 16 16 -6 33
14 Newcastle United 26 6 10 10 30 46 14 4 6 4 20 25 12 2 4 6 10 21 -16 28
15 Brentford 28 7 6 15 30 45 14 4 2 8 14 19 14 3 4 7 16 26 -15 27
16 Leeds United 27 5 8 14 29 61 13 3 4 6 15 25 14 2 4 8 14 36 -32 23
17 Everton 25 6 4 15 28 46 12 5 1 6 18 18 13 1 3 9 10 28 -18 22
18 Burnley 26 3 12 11 22 36 13 2 6 5 10 16 13 1 6 6 12 20 -14 21
19 Watford 27 5 4 18 27 50 14 2 1 11 14 34 13 3 3 7 13 16 -23 19
20 Norwich City 27 4 5 18 16 58 14 2 3 9 9 28 13 2 2 9 7 30 -42 17

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.