Premier League match preview: Brighton & Hove Albion versus West Ham United

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium (30750 seats)

The Premier League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United promises to be an interesting one.

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 Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

The first game here at The American Express Community Stadium resulted in a draw. Last season Brighton & Hove Albion's home game statistics were 6 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 19 games.

The points were shared in Brighton & Hove Albion's previous game, also at home. Visiting West Ham United travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. In the game before, an away victory match versus Watford with a 3-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Brighton & Hove Albion have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 7 Lost 2.

Early season goal statistics from Brighton & Hove Albion's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.

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West Ham United form and stats

Playing away, West Ham United have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats so far this season.

West Ham United are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Brighton & Hove Albion. A loss against Manchester City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with West Ham United playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were 4 West Ham United wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.

It's early days yet, but West Ham United has scored 1 and conceded 1 goals from their travels so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Brighton & Hove Albion - West Ham United 1-1. Last eight meetings between the teams: Brighton & Hove Albion won 3, West Ham United won 3 and 2 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Trossard
1 goals
F. Andone
1 goals
N. Maupay
1 goals

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

West Ham United missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion West Ham United
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew 0 1 1
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
4 1 0 Scored 0 1 1
1 1 0 Conceded 0 1 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 50%
 
5 8 0 Corners For (avg) 0 6 3.5
5.5 6 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 8 4.5
0.5 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Brighton & Hove Albion Last season West Ham United
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
38 19 7 Played 7 19 38
9 6 4 Won 2 6 15
9 5 3 Drew 1 3 7
20 8 0 Lost 4 10 16
35 19 8 Scored 5 20 52
60 28 3 Conceded 9 28 55
95% 95% 86% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 63% 43% Over 1.5 86% 84% 82%
47% 42% 14% Over 2.5 14% 42% 50%
26% 32% 14% Over 3.5 0% 21% 34%
11% 16% 0% Over 4.5 0% 5% 11%
53% 53% 43% BTTS 29% 42% 47%
18% 26% 57% Clean Sheets 14% 16% 18%
34% 26% 14% Failed To Score 57% 42% 37%
 
4.1 4.7 4.7 Corners For (avg) 5.4 4.2 4.9
5.7 4.6 5 Corners Against (avg) 4.4 5.7 5.4
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.4 1.6 1.6
4 2 1 Red Cards 0 1 1
Key stats last season:
  • West Ham United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Brighton & Hove Albion
All Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
19-07-19 CF Crawley Town 0 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
20-07-19 CF Fulham 2 - 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
27-07-19 CF Birmingham City 0 - 4 Brighton & Hove Albion
10-08-19 PL Watford 0 - 3 Brighton & Hove Albion
17-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 West Ham United
24-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 Southampton
27-08-19 CC Bristol Rovers 18:45 Brighton & Hove Albion
31-08-19 PL Manchester City 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion
14-09-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 14:00 Burnley
21-09-19 PL Newcastle United 16:30 Brighton & Hove Albion
West Ham United
All Premier League Club Friendlies Premier League Asia Trophy Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 Pr Newcastle United 1 - 0 West Ham United
27-07-19 CF Fulham 0 - 1 West Ham United
03-08-19 CF West Ham United 2 - 2 Athletic Club
10-08-19 PL West Ham United 0 - 5 Manchester City
17-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 West Ham United
24-08-19 PL Watford 14:00 West Ham United
27-08-19 CC Newport County 18:45 West Ham United
31-08-19 PL West Ham United 14:00 Norwich City
16-09-19 PL Aston Villa 19:00 West Ham United
22-09-19 PL West Ham United 13:00 Manchester United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Liverpool 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Arsenal 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
4 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
5 Everton 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
6 Manchester City 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 3
7 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
8 Burnley 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
9 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
10 Norwich City 2 1 0 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 -1 3
11 Sheffield United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Crystal Palace 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Leicester City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 West Ham United 2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 1
16 Aston Villa 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
17 Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 0
18 Southampton 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
19 Chelsea 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
20 Watford 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Manchester City 38 32 2 4 95 23 19 18 0 1 57 12 19 14 2 3 38 11 72 98
2 Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 19 17 2 0 55 10 19 13 5 1 34 12 67 97
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 19 12 6 1 39 12 19 9 3 7 24 27 24 72
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 23 2 13 67 39 19 12 2 5 34 16 19 11 0 8 33 23 28 71
5 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 19 14 3 2 42 16 19 7 4 8 31 35 22 70
6 Manchester United 38 19 9 10 65 54 19 10 6 3 33 25 19 9 3 7 32 29 11 66
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 16 9 13 47 46 19 10 4 5 28 21 19 6 5 8 19 25 1 57
8 Everton 38 15 9 14 54 46 19 10 4 5 30 21 19 5 5 9 24 25 8 54
9 Leicester City 38 15 7 16 51 48 19 8 3 8 24 20 19 7 4 8 27 28 3 52
10 West Ham United 38 15 7 16 52 55 19 9 4 6 32 27 19 6 3 10 20 28 -3 52
11 Watford 38 14 8 16 52 59 19 8 3 8 26 28 19 6 5 8 26 31 -7 50
12 Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 51 53 19 5 5 9 19 23 19 9 2 8 32 30 -2 49
13 Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 42 48 19 8 1 10 24 25 19 4 8 7 18 23 -6 45
14 AFC Bournemouth 38 13 6 19 56 70 19 8 5 6 30 25 19 5 1 13 26 45 -14 45
15 Burnley 38 11 7 20 45 68 19 7 2 10 24 32 19 4 5 10 21 36 -23 40
16 Southampton 38 9 12 17 45 65 19 5 8 6 27 30 19 4 4 11 18 35 -20 39
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 9 20 35 60 19 6 5 8 19 28 19 3 4 12 16 32 -25 36
18 Cardiff City 38 10 4 24 34 69 19 6 2 11 21 38 19 4 2 13 13 31 -35 34
19 Fulham 38 7 5 26 34 81 19 6 3 10 22 36 19 1 2 16 12 45 -47 26
20 Huddersfield Town 38 3 7 28 22 76 19 2 3 14 10 31 19 1 4 14 12 45 -54 16

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