Struggling Brighton & Hove Albion will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying West Ham United in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Relegation threatens Brighton who should definitely be looking for some points here. West Ham United are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats
With 3 Premier League wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Brighton & Hove Albion are certainly not brimming with confidence.
No payout for Brighton in their previous match, an away game at Wolverhampton Wanderers that ended in defeat 1-2. Ahead of that match, Brighton won a home game hosting Leeds United (2-0).
This is expected to be a close game, with Brighton & Hove Albion perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Brighton & Hove Albion as a small favourite), we find nine games. Brighton has won one of these, drawn three and lost five.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Brighton, as the Premier League home game vs Manchester City is only three days away.
The Brighton & Hove Albion fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. On the other hand, Brighton have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
West Ham United form and stats
The visitors are W8-D3-L6 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
West Ham failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Everton (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Preceding that game was the away victory against Burnley with the score of 2-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by West Ham United in our archives, and the results are: three wins for West Ham United, two draws and one defeat.
West Ham has another fixture away, a Premier League game, against West Bromwich Albion in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
West Ham has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 17 games. 23 goals have been conceded by West Ham in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; West Ham United - Brighton 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Brighton wins - draws - West Ham United wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Antonio 9 goals |  T. Souček 9 goals |  J. Lingard 9 goals |
Brighton & Hove Albion missing players
West Ham United missing players
| Brighton & Hove Albion | West Ham United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 17 | 35 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 36 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | 55 |
| 41 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 45 |
| 83% | 76% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 60% | 88% | 94% |
| 63% | 65% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 71% | 74% |
| 46% | 41% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 71% | 63% |
| 14% | 18% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 29% | 31% |
| 9% | 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | 17% |
| 51% | 53% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 59% | 57% |
| 34% | 41% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 29% | 29% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 13.7 | 16.2 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 27% | 24% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 40% |
- West Ham United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Manchester City | 35 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 72 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 9 | 46 | 80 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 67 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 31 | 70 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 16 | 23 | 64 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 63 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 17 | 20 | 63 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 35 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 45 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 58 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 57 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 56 |
| 8 | Everton | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 46 | 42 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 55 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 35 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 38 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 52 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 35 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 50 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 48 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -12 | 45 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -20 | 41 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -18 | 39 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -5 | 37 |
| 16 | Southampton | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 61 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 40 | -20 | 37 |
| 17 | Burnley | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -16 | 36 |
| 18 | Fulham | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 45 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -20 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 35 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 68 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 34 | -36 | 26 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 35 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 18 | 62 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 35 | -44 | 17 |
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- The Argus - (local newspaper)