Leeds United vs Brighton & Hove Albion match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 16.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Elland Road (39460 seats)

With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Leeds United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Insights:
  • Leeds United has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
  • Brighton & Hove Albion has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League

The visiting Brighton & Hove Albion played their last game only three days ago, a Premier League match. That game, against Manchester City, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Brighton & Hove Albion.

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Leeds United form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Leeds United have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 8 games. Leeds has recorded two wins in a row here at Elland Road, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The fans are hoping that Leeds will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the FA Cup game against Crawley Town. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Tottenham Hotspur (0-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leeds United handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, one draw and two defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Leeds United as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League match thankfully also at home. Southampton are visiting.

A decent goal production from Leeds in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Leeds defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

There's been little loot from Brighton & Hove Albion's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Brighton & Hove Albion only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Brighton, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Manchester City (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match was the FA Cup away draw versus Newport County (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) that ended 1-1.

We have checked recent matches where Brighton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were two victories, two draws and three defeats.

Brighton & Hove Albion have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Brighton have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Leeds victories, one draw and seven Brighton & Hove Albion wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeedsP. Bamford
P. Bamford
10 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionN. Maupay
N. Maupay
6 goals
Leeds UnitedS. Dallas
S. Dallas
3 goals

Leeds United missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Leeds United Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 4 Played P 3 9 18
7 3 3 Won W 1 2 2
2 2 0 Drew D 2 3 8
8 3 1 Lost L 0 4 8
30 13 10 Scored S 5 11 21
33 13 6 Conceded C 4 14 29
94% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
71% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 78%
65% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 56%
47% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 22% 28%
41% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 17%
53% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 56% 67%
35% 25% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 17%
18% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.6 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.1 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 3 3
 
15.3 15.1 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 18.3 12.4 13.3
5.6 5.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.2 3.5
32% 28% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 33%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion has the most dropped points from leading position (12) in Premier League
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) 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 United 17 11 3 3 34 24 9 4 2 3 12 13 8 7 1 0 22 11 10 36
2 Liverpool 17 9 6 2 37 21 8 7 1 0 21 8 9 2 5 2 16 13 16 33
3 Manchester City 16 9 5 2 25 13 8 5 2 1 15 7 8 4 3 1 10 6 12 32
4 Leicester City 17 10 2 5 31 21 8 3 1 4 11 12 9 7 1 1 20 9 10 32
5 Everton 17 10 2 5 28 21 8 4 1 3 15 12 9 6 1 2 13 9 7 32
6 Tottenham Hotspur 17 8 6 3 30 16 9 4 3 2 14 9 8 4 3 1 16 7 14 30
7 Southampton 17 8 5 4 26 19 9 5 1 3 14 9 8 3 4 1 12 10 7 29
8 Aston Villa 15 8 2 5 29 16 7 3 1 3 15 11 8 5 1 2 14 5 13 26
9 Chelsea 17 7 5 5 32 21 9 4 3 2 19 11 8 3 2 3 13 10 11 26
10 West Ham United 17 7 5 5 24 21 8 3 3 2 12 10 9 4 2 3 12 11 3 26
11 Arsenal 17 7 2 8 20 19 8 3 1 4 9 11 9 4 1 4 11 8 1 23
12 Leeds United 17 7 2 8 30 33 8 3 2 3 13 13 9 4 0 5 17 20 -3 23
13 Crystal Palace 17 6 4 7 22 29 9 3 3 3 11 15 8 3 1 4 11 14 -7 22
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 6 4 8 19 26 9 3 3 3 10 10 9 3 1 5 9 16 -7 22
15 Newcastle United 17 5 4 8 18 27 9 3 2 4 10 15 8 2 2 4 8 12 -9 19
16 Burnley 16 4 4 8 9 21 8 3 1 4 5 8 8 1 3 4 4 13 -12 16
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 2 8 8 21 29 9 0 5 4 10 15 9 2 3 4 11 14 -8 14
18 Fulham 16 2 6 8 14 24 8 1 3 4 6 12 8 1 3 4 8 12 -10 12
19 West Bromwich Albion 17 1 5 11 11 39 9 1 2 6 5 24 8 0 3 5 6 15 -28 8
20 Sheffield United 18 1 2 15 9 29 9 1 1 7 5 12 9 0 1 8 4 17 -20 5

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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.