The primary of two Friday evening Premier League fixtures arrives on the Amex as Brighton face Brentford down on the south coast.
After beginning the season beautifully, Fabian Hurzeler’s Seagulls have drifted into mid-table obscurity having endured a reasonably wretched run of type. Brighton are winless in 5 and with out a victory on house soil since they got here from behind to down the champions 2-1 on 9 November.
Nonetheless, the tightly packed nature of a chaotic division means the Seagulls are simply a few triumphs on the bounce away from the desk making for a lot prettier studying.
Brentford have struggled on their travels this time period, however Thomas Frank’s outfit have nonetheless exceeded expectations within the aftermath of Ivan Toney’s exit. They have been topic to their first house defeat of the season on the weekend and have slipped to twelfth within the desk, however many have been involved in pre-season that the west Londoners would flirt with the relegation dialog.
The Bees should begin selecting up outcomes on the highway, nonetheless.
Here is 90min’s preview of Friday’s Premier League duel.
Brighton vs Brentford H2H Outcomes (Final 5 Video games)
Present type (all competitions)
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Brighton |
Brentford |
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West Ham 1-1 Brighton – 21/12/24 |
Brentford 0-2 Nottingham Forest – 21/12/24 |
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Brighton 1-3 Crystal Palace – 15/12/24 |
Newcastle 3-1 Brentford – 18/12/24 |
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Leicester 2-2 Brighton – 08/12/24 |
Chelsea 2-1 Brentford – 15/12/24 |
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Fulham 3-1 Brighton – 05/12/24 |
Brentford 4-2 Newcastle – 07/12/24 |
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Brighton 1-1 Southampton – 29/11/24 |
Aston Villa 3-1 Brentford – 04/12/24 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
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United Kingdom |
Amazon Prime Video |
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United States |
Peacock |
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Canada |
fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community 2 Canada |
Hurzeler hopes to have Mats Wieffer out there for Brentford’s go to after the Dutchman limped off having simply scored his first Brighton aim on Saturday. The Dutchman, if match, will companion the wonderful Carlos Baleba in the midst of the park.
Yankuba Minteh ought to are available in for Brajan Gruda down the fitting, and there might be remembers to the squad for Adam Webster and Solly March. Danny Welbeck, nonetheless, misses out once more because of an ankle damage.
The Seagulls are additionally with out Jack Hinshelwood, James Milner and Ferdi Kadioglu for the foreseeable.
Brighton predicted lineup vs Brentford (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan; Baleba, Wieffer; Minteh, Pedro, Mitoma; Ferguson.
Brentford’s damage record is intensive and their points solely worsened on the weekend after Mads Roerslev was compelled off with a head damage having been introduced on within the second half. He doubtless will not play an element on Friday.
The Bees will quickly hope to have summer time signing Igor Thiago out there after a prolonged absence, however the striker is presently battling an sickness and will not characteristic till the brand new yr. Ethan Pinnock, Josh Dasilva, Mathias Jensen, Rico Henry and Sepp van den Berg are additionally prone to return subsequent month.
Aaron Hickey is a longer-term absentee because of a hamstring damage.
Brentford predicted lineup vs Brighton (4-3-3): Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Mee, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt, Damsgaard; Mbeumo, Wissa, Carvalho.
Saturday’s defeat felt like a sucker punch for Brentford after Frank rested key gamers for his or her Carabao Cup quarter-final loss at Newcastle. What was all of it for?
Friday’s guests are in a tricky second, and though Brighton rank among the many poorest performing Premier League groups in December, you get the sensation that they are edging nearer in direction of victory. They have been mightily unlucky to not declare all three factors at West Ham on Saturday.
Whereas Brentford have been as soon as the type of staff able to stymying Brighton’s slick possession play and wreaking havoc on the counter, their poor defensive efficiency this season suggests the hosts ought to have loads of pleasure on Friday.
This has the makings of a get-right recreation for Hurzeler’s males, with the guests’ shedding run extending to 4 video games in all competitions.
