Brighton vs Brentford Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 27th December 2024

With both Brighton and Brentford sitting comfortably mid-table, both teams will be out to strengthen their position when facing off on Friday at The American Express Community Stadium. Three more points could prove valuable in achieving their targets for this Premier League campaign.

Ranked as number 9 in the Premier League standings, Brighton, have so far collected 25 points this season, while Brentford collected 23 points. This puts them up as number 12 after 17 rounds.

Brentford will not be short on motivation for their clash with the match favourites Brighton. Although the odds are against them, a narrow win on Friday will see them move ahead of their upcoming opponents in the table.

Brighton only average a modest 1.4 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 14 goals. They also conceded 16 for an average of 1.6 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Brentford travel to their next away match this coming Friday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping 19 goals against. An average of 1.9 goals against a game. They hung on to one clean sheets in this streak.

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Brighton played Brentford. The pair finished even in a 0-0 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand.

Brighton vs Brentford Prediction

Brighton Form

Brighton have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Leicester, they recorded a 2-2 draw, before coming up short against Crystal Palace, who ran out 1-3 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 1-1 match with West Ham. Brighton only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Premier League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew three and lost one, as they scored 11 and conceded 11 goals.

Brentford Form

Brentford lost their previous three matches by 2-1 against Chelsea, 3-1 against Newcastle and 0-2 against Nottingham Forest. Brentford are winless in their last six away games in the Premier League, in which they drew one and lost five. They conceded 12 goals while scoring five themselves.

Brighton and Brentford are firing on all cylinders, when it comes to goals currently, and we could be in for a very entertaining match this coming Friday.

Brighton took 14 points from their last nine encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to three wins after scoring 15 times and conceding 12. Brentford scored 11 goals and conceded 17 in their last eight encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League. This lead to two wins and six points. Brighton claimed six wins, seven draws as well as four defeats in the Premier League this season. Brentford are looking at seven wins, two draws and eight defeats in the Premier League.

Brighton vs Brentford Squads

Brighton Squad

Fabian Hurzeler will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Brentford from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Bart Verbruggen (0/15), Jason Steele (0/2), Adam Webster (0/0), Igor (0/10), Imari Samuels (0/0), Jan Paul van Hecke (0/15), Joel Veltman (0/12), Lewis Dunk (0/13), Pervis Estupinan (0/14), Tariq Lamptey (1/6), Cameron Peupion (0/0), Carlos Baleba (2/14), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (1/10), Jakub Moder (0/0), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (3/17), Mats Wieffer (1/13), Matthew O'Riley (1/5), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/14), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/7), Danny Welbeck (6/14), Evan Ferguson (1/12), Georginio Rutter (2/16), Joao Pedro (4/11), Julio Enciso (0/9), Simon Adingra (1/11), Yankuba Minteh (2/12).

Brentford Squad

Below is the full team squad of Brentford. The manager Frank will pick his starting XI against Brighton from these players:

Hakon Rafn Valdimarsson (0/0), Mark Flekken (0/17), Matthew Cox (0/0), Aaron Hickey (0/0), Ben Mee (0/4), Ethan Pinnock (2/16), Jayden Meghoma (0/1), Ji-Soo Kim (0/0), Kristoffer Vassbakk Ajer (0/10), Mads Roerslev (0/13), Nathan Collins (2/17), Rico Henry (0/0), Sepp van den Berg (0/14), Christian Noergaard (1/14), Edmond-Paris Maghoma (0/3), Joshua Dasilva (0/0), Mathias Jensen (0/8), Mikkel Damsgaard (2/17), Ryan Trevitt (0/1), Vitaly Janelt (1/16), Yegor Yarmolyuk (0/12), Yunus Emre Konak (0/5), Bryan Mbeumo (10/17), Fabio Carvalho (1/16), Gustavo Gomes (0/0), Keane Lewis-Potter (0/17), Kevin Schade (4/17), Thiago Rodrigues (0/4), Yoane Wissa (9/14).

Brighton vs Brentford Team News

Brighton are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Brentford.

Solly March sit this one out for Brighton due to an injury.

Brentford face a list of four absentees from the squad ahead of their next match on Friday against Brighton. Christian Noergaard and Gustavo Gomes racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Brentford travelling party for their next match.

Names like Joshua Dasilva and Rico Henry most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Brighton.

Brighton vs Brentford Lineups

Brighton vs Brentford H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Brighton played Brentford. The pair finished even in a 0-0 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. Brighton have a 50% win rate against Brentford, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 3-2-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Brighton vs Brentford Results

In the last six matches between Brighton and Brentford, both teams to score came up two times.

Brighton vs Brentford Betting Tips

Look no further than Kaoru Mitoma, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for Brighton in the Premier League, while Kevin Schade managed four goals in the last half dozen matches for Brentford in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

Brighton claimed four wins, drew four and lost two of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Brentford won one, drew one and lost eight of their last 10 games away. Goals are flowing freely for Brighton on home soil currently, as both teams scored in eight of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target seven times in Brentford''s last 10 league games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened two times in the past six encounters between Brighton and Brentford, with Brighton scoring 1.33 goals on average per game. Brentford averaged one goal, while both teams scored two times. Brighton saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Brentford, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.6 times goals per game.