Brighton & Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur match preview: Even contest expected at The American Express Community Stadium

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

The Brighton & Hove Albion & Tottenham Hotspur bosses Zerbi and Conte are both anxious about and feeling excited about this crucial game in the upper area of the Premier League positions.

Insights:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have scored in all their matches so far.

Tottenham Hotspur could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Eintracht Frankfurt, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Tottenham Hotspur.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

Seven points from three Premier League home games is a great start for Brighton & Hove Albion, who are hoping to build on that form here at The American Express Community Stadium. Two home wins in a row for Brighton bring valid hopes of a third.

Brighton & Hove Albion shared the glory with Liverpool in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. A disappointing finish for Brighton & Hove Albion in their match versus Liverpool as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 3-3 full time score. The 3-3 game vs Liverpool was a bittersweet experience for Trossard. Despite scoring three goals the match ended a draw. Trossard, a forward, was the best performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 9.02 (out of 10). Trossard scored three goals.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Leicester City in a game that was won 5-2.

From these home matches, Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded only 2 goals.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Tottenham Hotspur playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Eintracht Frankfurt in their previous outing. The Champions League duel ended 0-0. Until that loss this side had won at least a draw from eight league matches in a row. Goalkeeper Lloris got the top player rating of the team with 7.65/10. Lloris topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 1-3 defeat away at Arsenal before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Eintracht Frankfurt in just four days.

The travelling fans enjoy Spurs's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. As for defending, Tottenham Hotspur rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Brighton & Hove Albion three wins, one draw and Tottenham Hotspur six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. One of the profiles has been Kane with 7 goals scored against Brighton in these 10 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
7 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionL. Trossard
L. Trossard
5 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionA. Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
4 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion Tottenham Hotspur
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 2 4 8
4 2 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew D 1 2 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
14 6 0 Scored S 3 6 19
8 2 0 Conceded C 5 6 10
86% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
57% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 62%
29% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 75%
43% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
14% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.7 7.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3 5.8
4.3 2.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 4.2
1.1 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.6 16.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 11.5 14.2
5 6.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.2 6
40% 30% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 40%
 
11.3 7 0 Shots against (avg) S A 19 16.8 15.6
3.9 2.3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Tottenham Hotspur's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Tottenham Hotspur have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 7 0 1 20 8 4 4 0 0 11 5 4 3 0 1 9 3 12 21
2 Manchester City 8 6 2 0 29 9 4 4 0 0 20 5 4 2 2 0 9 4 20 20
3 Tottenham Hotspur 8 5 2 1 19 10 4 4 0 0 13 4 4 1 2 1 6 6 9 17
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 4 2 1 14 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 6 14
5 Chelsea 7 4 1 2 10 10 3 2 1 0 6 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 0 13
6 Manchester United 7 4 0 3 11 14 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 2 0 2 5 10 -3 12
7 Newcastle United 8 2 5 1 12 8 4 1 3 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 11
8 Fulham 8 3 2 3 13 15 4 2 1 1 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 -2 11
9 Liverpool 7 2 4 1 18 9 4 2 2 0 15 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 9 10
10 Brentford 8 2 4 2 15 12 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 0 3 1 5 6 3 10
11 Everton 8 2 4 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 10
12 Leeds United 7 2 3 2 10 10 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 4 8 0 9
13 AFC Bournemouth 8 2 3 3 6 19 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 4 16 -13 9
14 Aston Villa 8 2 2 4 6 10 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 7 -4 8
15 West Ham United 8 2 1 5 5 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 2 4 -4 7
16 Southampton 8 2 1 5 8 13 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 -5 7
17 Crystal Palace 7 1 3 3 8 11 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 0 2 1 3 5 -3 6
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 1 3 4 3 9 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 0 1 3 1 5 -6 6
19 Leicester City 8 1 1 6 14 22 4 1 1 2 7 5 4 0 0 4 7 17 -8 4
20 Nottingham Forest 8 1 1 6 6 21 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 0 1 3 1 13 -15 4

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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.