Brighton vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th March 2023

The Premier League clash at The American Express Community Stadium this coming Saturday sees Brighton hosting opponents West Ham.

Brighton are eight in the rankings with 35 points after 22 matches played , whereas West Ham rank 16 in the Premier League on 23 points.

While Brighton could be closing on the top six with a win here, West Ham will be hoping to add some distance to the lower regions. Of these two possible scenarios, the former definitely looks more likely than the latter.

Brighton step into their next home match this coming Saturday having scored a nice average of two goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 20 goals, while also allowing 14 goals against. That is an average of 1.4 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet two times in those matches.

West Ham managed a bearable 11 goals from their past ten games, creating an average of 1.1 goals per game. They conceded 14 goals in total, and while claiming two clean sheets, they conceded 1.4 goals an average per game.

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Brighton came away as 0-2 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Saturday.

Brighton vs West Ham Prediction

Brighton Form

Brighton hope for some consistency, as their last three matches added four points to their account. A meeting with Crystal Palace resulted in a 1-1 draw, followed by a 0-1 defeat against Fulham, before beating Stoke by 0-1. Brighton won half of their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League, while also drawing zero. They suffered three defeats, while they scored 11 and conceded eight goals.

West Ham Form

It is all or nothing with West Ham following one win in their previous three outings. They first went down 2-0 in an encounter with Tottenham to which, they replied by beating Nottingham Forest4-0. Their latest encounter once again had them on the losing side, when they lost 3-1 against Manchester United. In their last six Premier League away matches, West Ham failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost four, scoring four while also conceding ten times.

Bookmakers have Brighton down as rather big favourites for the win, when West Ham arrive at The American Express Community Stadium. While it might prove problematic, we still believe they will come through and deliver.

Brighton took 24 points from their last 11 encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to seven wins after scoring 23 times and conceding 11. West Ham claimed one wins and six points from their last 12 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring eight goals to 19 against. Brighton so far pulled off a record of ten wins, five draws and seven defeats in the Premier League this season. West Ham put six wins, five draws and 13 defeats on the board in the Premier League.

Brighton vs West Ham Squads

Brighton Squad

De Zerbi will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against West Ham from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Jason Steele (0/0), Robert Sanchez (0/22), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/17), Jan Paul van Hecke (0/2), Joel Veltman (0/20), Levi Colwill (0/7), Lewis Dunk (0/22), Odel Offiah (0/0), Pervis Estupinan (0/19), Tariq Lamptey (0/19), Adam Lallana (2/16), Alexis Mac Allister (5/19), Billy Gilmour (0/7), Jakub Moder (0/0), Julio Enciso (0/5), Kaoru Mitoma (5/17), Moises Caicedo (1/21), Pascal Gross (6/22), Solly March (5/22), Yasin Ayari (0/0), Danny Welbeck (1/16), Deniz Undav (0/11), Evan Ferguson (3/7), Jeremy Sarmiento (0/7).

West Ham Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 59 year-old West Ham manager Moyes will select his starting XI from these players:

Alphonse Areola (0/3), Lukasz Fabianski (0/24), Aaron Cresswell (0/19), Angelo Ogbonna (0/9), Ben Johnson (0/12), Emerson (1/12), Kurt Zouma (1/15), Naif Aguerd (0/8), Thilo Kehrer (0/18), Vladimir Coufal (0/18), Declan Rice (2/24), Flynn Downes (0/11), Lucas Paqueta (2/16), Manuel Lanzini (0/6), Pablo Fornals (1/20), Tomas Soucek (1/24), Danny Ings (8/23), Gianluca Scamacca (3/16), Jarrod Bowen (4/24), Maxwel Cornet (0/5), Michail Antonio (3/23), Said Benrahma (3/22).

Brighton vs West Ham Team News

Brighton could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Saturday.

Alexis Mac Allister and Jakub Moder nurses various injuries and won't take part for Brighton against West Ham at The American Express Community Stadium.

West Ham are looking at six players missing out on their match this coming Saturday at The American Express Community Stadium.

West Ham need to do without Alphonse Areola, Manuel Lanzini, Gianluca Scamacca, Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma and Maxwel Cornet, who are not fit enough to travel to The American Express Community Stadium.

Brighton vs West Ham Lineups

Brighton vs West Ham H2H

Brighton no doubt look forward to their next match, as they ran out 3-1 and 2-0 winners when last playing West Ham. Looking back over their last ten encounters serves to emphasize how equally paired the two teams usually are. Visitors West Ham claimed a win in zero of the previous ten matches. Hosting side Brighton won four of these, as the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 4/5.

Brighton vs West Ham Results

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the last ten matches between Brighton and West Ham. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 10/11 with bookies.

Brighton vs West Ham Betting Tips

Danny Ings shows decent form right now for West Ham, as he scored two goals in his last six games in the Premier League. The visitors need more from him, though, when facing Brighton, who are strong favourites on Saturday. Siding with Solly March also look a nice prospect as he scored four goals in his last six Premier League matches.

The American Express Community Stadium saw five wins for Brighton in their last 10 here across all tournaments. They also drew one and lost four, while West Ham won three of their 10 most recent outings on their travels, whilst drawing three and losing four. Brighton scored the first goal of the game in only four of their 10 previous matches played at The American Express Community Stadium. West Ham scored first in four of their last 10 outings away from home.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Brighton and West Ham, with the latter scoring 1.2 goals on average in these. Brighton managed an average of 1.9 goals as both teams scored eight times in this run. Brighton performed an average of 2.1 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in three of West Ham's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.