Evenly matched teams: Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton & Hove Albion match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 08.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (62000 seats)

Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion are both successful in the Premier League with their 4th and 6th places respectively. Expect a fun game!

Insights:
  • Tottenham Hotspur haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at AFC Bournemouth. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Tottenham Hotspur form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 14 Premier League games here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for Tottenham Hotspur. The data says 10 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. Tottenham Hotspur has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. We remember; it was Arsenal.

Spurs shared the glory with Everton in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Kane, having bagged a goal in three games in a row.

3-3 away at Southampton before that.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (29 in 14 games), Tottenham Hotspur's attacking play is working. Tottenham Hotspur have conceded 16 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Brighton & Hove Albion have produced an overall stat of 6-4-3 so far. Brighton are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

It's the second away game in a row for Brighton & Hove Albion, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus AFC Bournemouth (placed 18th) last time out. Caicedo got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Caicedo dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 49 successful passes (of 54 total).

Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Brentford.

Brighton & Hove Albion struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived history featuring both these participants is the Brighton & Hove Albion - Spurs 0-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (Tottenham Hotspur wins - draws - Brighton & Hove Albion wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Kane with 7 goals scored against Brighton & Hove Albion in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

Tottenham HotspurH. Kane
H. Kane
22 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionA. Mac Allister
A. Mac Allister
8 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionS. March
S. March
7 goals

Tottenham Hotspur missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Tottenham Hotspur Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 3 Played P 2 13 27
15 10 1 Won W 1 6 13
5 0 0 Drew D 0 4 7
9 4 2 Lost L 1 3 7
53 29 2 Scored S 3 26 51
41 16 4 Conceded C 4 20 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
83% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 74%
52% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 69% 59%
41% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 54% 44%
24% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 26%
55% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 77% 56%
31% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 33%
14% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 19%
 
5.5 6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.8 6.3
4.9 4.1 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 3.6
2.1 2.4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.1 1.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.9 14.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.5 15.3
5 5.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.9 5.9
37% 35% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 41% 32%
 
13.7 12 14 Shots against (avg) S A 13.5 11.3 9.6
4.7 3.9 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 3.4
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 29 23 3 3 70 27 15 12 2 1 42 18 14 11 1 2 28 9 43 72
2 Manchester City 28 20 4 4 71 26 14 12 1 1 47 14 14 8 3 3 24 12 45 64
3 Newcastle United 27 13 11 3 41 19 14 8 5 1 23 9 13 5 6 2 18 10 22 50
4 Tottenham Hotspur 29 15 5 9 53 41 14 10 0 4 29 16 15 5 5 5 24 25 12 50
5 Manchester United 27 15 5 7 41 37 13 9 3 1 24 8 14 6 2 6 17 29 4 50
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 13 7 7 51 34 14 7 3 4 25 14 13 6 4 3 26 20 17 46
7 Aston Villa 29 13 5 11 39 40 14 7 2 5 23 19 15 6 3 6 16 21 -1 44
8 Liverpool 28 12 7 9 48 33 13 9 3 1 34 9 15 3 4 8 14 24 15 43
9 Brentford 28 10 13 5 46 37 14 7 6 1 28 14 14 3 7 4 18 23 9 43
10 Fulham 28 11 6 11 39 39 14 6 4 4 21 20 14 5 2 7 18 19 0 39
11 Chelsea 29 10 9 10 29 30 15 6 5 4 16 12 14 4 4 6 13 18 -1 39
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 9 13 24 39 15 5 5 5 14 19 14 2 4 8 10 20 -15 30
13 Leeds United 29 7 8 14 38 49 14 5 5 4 20 19 15 2 3 10 18 30 -11 29
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 7 7 15 23 42 14 5 2 7 12 19 15 2 5 8 11 23 -19 28
15 West Ham United 27 7 6 14 25 34 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 1 3 9 7 20 -9 27
16 Everton 29 6 9 14 23 41 15 5 3 7 13 17 14 1 6 7 10 24 -18 27
17 Nottingham Forest 29 6 9 14 24 52 15 5 6 4 19 18 14 1 3 10 5 34 -28 27
18 AFC Bournemouth 29 7 6 16 27 57 15 5 4 6 15 19 14 2 2 10 12 38 -30 27
19 Leicester City 29 7 4 18 40 51 14 3 3 8 17 19 15 4 1 10 23 32 -11 25
20 Southampton 29 6 5 18 23 47 14 2 4 8 14 24 15 4 1 10 9 23 -24 23

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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.