The next chapter of the rivalry with our foes on the South Coast takes place on a weeknight once again as the Eagles look for their third away win in a row over the Seagulls.
DATE
14th January 2022
KICK OFF
8pm
VENUE
Amex Stadium, Village Way, Brighton BN1 9BL
LAST TIME
The Eagles travelled down to the South Coast in February 2021 and returned after a real smash and grab performance. The visitors stunned the hosts by taking a shock lead through a wonderful back heel into the net by JP Mateta. The hosts equalised thanks to Joel Veltman shortly after the break but Palace stole the points with an injury time volley from Christian Benteke.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Andros Townsend (7.7)
OFFICIALS
Referee: Jarred Gillett. Assistants: Adam Nunn, James Mainwaring. Fourth official: Peter Bankes. VAR: Stuart Attwell. Assistant VAR: Ian Hussin
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Wilfried Zaha, Jordan Ayew and Cheikhou Kouyate are all at the AFCON while James McArthur is close to taking a place on the bench.
BRIGHTON – Lewis Dunk (knee), Jeremy Sarmiento (thigh) and Yves Bissouma (AFCON) are all unavailable while Enock Mwepu (thigh) is a doubt.
DISCIPLINARY
RED CARDS – Wilfried Zaha (1), Robert Sanchez (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Yves Bissouma (6), Shane Duffy (5), Joel Ward (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 27/09/21 Palace 1-1 Brighton
- 22/02/21 Brighton 1-2 Palace
- 18/10/20 Palace 1-1 Brighton
- 29/02/20 Brighton 0-1 Palace
- 16/12/19 Palace 1-1 Brighton
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 08/01/22 Millwall 1-2 Palace
- 01/01/22 Palace 2-3 West Ham
- 28/12/21 Palace 3-0 Norwich
- 26/12/21 Spurs 3-0 Palace
- 15/12/21 Palace 2-2 Saints
Last FIVE results for Brighton;
- 08/01/22 West Brom 1-2 Brighton
- 02/01/22 Everton 2-3 Brighton
- 29/12/21 Chelsea 1-1 Brighton
- 26/12/21 Brighton 2-0 Brentford
- 15/12/21 Brighton 0-1 Wolves
RECORD AGAINST BRIGHTON
- Played 105
- Won 38
- Drawn 27
- Lost 40
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Conor Gallagher 7.46
- Yves Bissouma 7.13
- Shane Duffy 7.01
- James McArthur 6.94
ONE TO WATCH
LEANDRO TROSSARD
FORMER CLUBS – Genk, Lommel United (loan), Westerlo (loan), OH Leuven (loan)
The Belgian has been in good form for Brighton so far this season, contributing with 4 league goals and 1 assist, and will be a real threat for the hosts.
KEY CLASH
WILL HUGHES v ALEXIS MAC ALLISTER
The outcome of this fixture will very much depend on the midfield battle which will see Hughes, who has been impressive for Palace since coming into the side, looking to stop the influential Argentine making a mark on the game.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Brighton are winless in the past 5 league meetings
- Palace could win 3 successive league games at Brighton for the first time
- There has been a decisive 90th-minute goal in the previous 3 league encounters, with Albion earning 2 draws and Palace 1 win as a result
- Brighton’s tally of 27 points from 19 games is their joint-highest at this stage of a top-flight campaign, last set in 1981-82
- They have won 2 of their past 3 league matches following an 11-game winless run
- The Seagulls have scored 6 goals in their past 3 league games – the same total as in the previous 10 combined
- Palace’s only victory in their past 11 league away games was by 2-0 at Manchester City in October (D3, L7)
- The Eagles have lost their last 3 league matches on the road without scoring
- Palace have won a league-low 26% of their points in away fixtures this season
- Odsonne Edouard has scored twice and provided 3 assists in his last 4 league appearances, which is two more goal involvements than in his first 13 games in the division
- Michael Olise has been directly involved in an unrivalled 5 league goals as a substitute this season, scoring 2 and assisting 3
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Gallagher (6 – 15th in PL)
- ASSISTS – Edouard/ Gallagher/ Olise (3 – 20th in PL)
- PASSES – Guehi (1247 – 8th in PL)
- TACKLES – Mitchell (60 – 1st in PL)
- TOUCHES – Guehi (1452 – 10th in PL)
- SHOTS – Benteke (39 – 18th in PL)
- SAVES – Guaita (51 – 12th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
The Seagulls were the only professional team in Sussex from 1920 to 2011 until Crawley Town were promoted to the Football League.
PREDICTION
Both teams will be missing players for this game for several reasons so the outcome is a little more difficult to predict. The hosts have the form going into the game but the visitors have it in this fixture of late. Palace will have that late equaliser they conceded in the reverse fixture on their minds which Brighton celebrated like they took all three points. Hopefully the Eagles can do something similar by the time the final whistle blows on Friday night but everything says this one is likely to end all square.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
BETTING ODDS
- Home – 21/20
- Draw – 11/5
- Away – 11/4
- Both teams to score – 10/11
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