The pressure is and while that may seem harsh during such a tough run of fixtures, the lack of a victory so far this calendar year is increasing the attention on Patrick Vieira and his coaching staff. They need to find a way of getting a result or at least protecting the good recent record against our rivals from on the South Coast.
TIME/ DATE/ VENUE
- 7.30pm
- 15th March 2023
- American Express Community Stadium, Village Way, Brighton BN1 9BL
PREVIOUS MEETING
The last time Palace made the trip down to Brighton, Conor Gallagher finished off an excellent team move to give them the lead midway through the second half. It took an own goal from Joachim Andersen late in the game to give the hosts a share of the points.
WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Jack Butland (8.0)
OFFICIALS
- Referee: Peter Bankes
- Assistants: Marc Perry, Nick Greenhalgh
- Fourth official: Simon Hooper
- VAR: Andre Marriner
- Assistant VAR: Nick Hopton
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Will Hughes and James McArthur continue their absence due to illness which prevented their inclusion from the defeat to City at the weekend. Sam Johnstone and Nathan Ferguson are unlikely to feature while Cheick Doucoure returns from suspension.
BRIGHTON – Jakub Moder is ruled out while Tariq Lamptey and Adam Webster are doubts.
DISCIPLINARY THIS SEASON
RED CARDS – Tyrick Mitchell (1), James Tomkins (1), Cheick Doucoure (1)
YELLOW CARDS (5+) – Cheick Doucoure (8), Marc Guehi (7), Moises Caicedo (7), Joachim Andersen (6), Alexis Mac Allister (6), Jeffrey Schlupp (5)
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
- 11/02/23 Palace 1-1 Brighton
- 14/01/22 Brighton 1-1 Palace
- 27/09/21 Palace 1-1 Brighton
- 22/02/21 Brighton 1-2 Palace
- 18/10/20 Palace 1-1 Brighton
Last FIVE results for Palace:
- 11/03/23 Palace 0-1 Manchester City
- 04/03/23 Villa 1-0 Palace
- 25/02/23 Palace 0-0 Liverpool
- 18/02/23 Brentford 1-1 Palace
- 13/02/23 Palace 1-1 Brighton
Last FIVE results for Brighton;
- 11/03/23 Leeds 2-2 Brighton
- 04/03/23 Brighton 4-0 West Ham
- 28/02/23 Stoke 0-1 Brighton
- 18/02/23 Brighton 0-1 Fulham
- 11/02/23 Palace 1-1 Brighton
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 12th in the Premier League with 27 points from 26 games played while Brighton are 7th with 39 points from 24 games.
RECORD AGAINST BRIGHTON
- Played 108
- Won 38
- Drawn 30
- Lost 40
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
- Solly March 7.26
- Kaoru Mitoma 7.10
- Joachim Andersen 6.84
- Wilfried Zaha 6.82
ONE TO WATCH
SOLLY MARCH
FORMER CLUBS – Eastbourne Borough, Lewes
The winger has been at Brighton for over a decade and has become one of their more important players in the last 18 months or so, and got himself on the score sheet at Selhurst a few weeks back.
KEY CLASH
WILFRIED ZAHA v LEWIS DUNK
If Vieira persists on starting Zaha in his favoured role as the loan striker then this match up will be very interesting indeed, between two players who know what this rivalry means and have been extremely influential in previous match ups.
PRE-MATCH FACTS
- Brighton are winless in their past 7 league meetings with Palace (D5 L2), with the past 3 all finishing 1-1. It is their longest ever winless run against Palace in their league history
- Palace have become the first team on record (since 2003-04) to fail to register a single shot on target in 3 consecutive Premier League games. Overall, the Eagles have failed to have a shot on target in 5 different Premier League matches this season
- Brighton’s Alexis Mac Allister has scored 7 goals in 21 Premier League games this season, more than he had in his previous 63 appearances in the competition (6). The Argentina international is looking to score in 3 consecutive Premier League matches for the first time
PRE-MATCH STATS
- GOALS – Wilfried Zaha (6)
- ASSISTS – Michael Olise (5 – 12th in PL)
- PASSES – Marc Guehi (1380 – 17th in PL)
- TACKLES – Cheick Doucoure (59 – 8th in PL)
- TOUCHES – Marc Guehi (1679)
- SHOTS – Wilfried Zaha (46)
- FOULS – Jeffrey Schlupp/ Jordan Ayew (38 – 6th in PL)
- DISPOSSESSED – Wilfried Zaha (74 – 1st in PL)
- SAVES – Vicente Guaita (84 – 4th in PL)
DID YOU KNOW?
In 1901, the club played in what was known as the Southern League under the name of Brighton and Hove United. The name didn’t last long, and the name of the club was quickly changed to Brighton and Hove Albion to remove the confusion between another team that had recently been disbanded, Brighton and Hove Rangers.
PREDICTION
This is a fixture that is extremely difficult to predict even though the last few have been score draws. Brighton are in good for but have eyes on a very winnable FA Cup Quarter Final at the weekend. Meanwhile, Palace are struggling to find form other than consistently drawing games so with that in mind, it is probably a good bet to go with another draw, but Palace really could do with a positive result heading into the trip to Arsenal at the weekend.
FINAL SCORE: 1-1
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