The FA Cup clash at The American Express Community Stadium on Sunday sees Brighton hosting opponents Liverpool.
The match on Sunday has all the makings of a tight battle as Brighton and Liverpool look to bag a crucial win in the process.
Brighton show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored 2.4 goals on average per match. That makes a total of 24 goals, whilst they allowed 20 goals against, for an average of two per outing. They pulled off zero clean sheets.
Liverpool average of 2.8 goals per game, scoring 28 goals in their past ten matches. They conceded 16 goals in total, or an average of 1.6 per game, achieving two clean sheets as well.
It was an enormously entertaining 3-0 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well on Sunday.
Brighton vs Liverpool Prediction
Brighton Form
In their last three matches, Brighton won 1-5 and 3-0 against first Middlesbrough then Liverpool, before drawing 2-2 against Leicester. Brighton claimed four wins in their last six FA Cup matches at the The American Express Community Stadium. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded five and scored nine goals.
Liverpool Form
Liverpool have been all over in their last three matches across all tournaments. Against Brighton, they came out empty-handed in a 3-0 defeat, whereafter they avenged themselves in a 0-1 win against Wolverhampton. Their latest match saw them sharing the spoils in a 0-0 draw against Chelsea. Liverpool have been outstanding on their travels lately, winning five of their previous six away matches in the FA Cup. They saw no draws but lost once, while scoring 17 and conceding 11 goals.
Brighton are scoring freely these days, Liverpool are doing just fine in that department as well, and we expect a match with plenty of goalsthis coming Sunday.
Brighton vs Liverpool Stats
- In the last 12 Brighton matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 11 of the last 12 matches Brighton played, both teams scored
- Brighton have scored in the last 12 matches in a row
- In 10 of the last 12 Brighton matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- Brighton have conceded in 16 of the last 18 matches
- In 13 of the last 15 Liverpool matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Liverpool have scored in 22 of the last 24 matches
- In 10 of the last 12 matches Liverpool played, both teams scored
- In 9 of the last 11 Liverpool away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Liverpool have conceded in 11 of the last 12 matches
Brighton vs Liverpool Team News
Brighton could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Sunday.
Alexis Mac Allister and Jakub Moder are missing from the squad, Brighton will field against Liverpoolthis coming Sunday.
Liverpool are looking at six players missing out on their match this coming Sunday at The American Express Community Stadium.
Names like Virgil van Dijk, James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Arthur most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Brighton.
Brighton vs Liverpool H2H
Liverpool left Brighton with a bloody nose in the most recent meeting between the two. Liverpool claimed a 6-1 win on the day. The bookies have an away win in this match at best price odds of 16/11.
Brighton vs Liverpool Results
Brighton vs Liverpool Betting Tips
Yves Bissouma managed to hit the target twice recently for Brighton, while Sadio Mane, added two strikes in FA Cup for Liverpool in his last six outings.
In their last 10 matches at The American Express Community Stadium across all tournaments Brighton won five times, drew two and lost three times. Liverpool claimed five wins, zero draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. While Brighton might manage to fight their way to three points on Sunday at The American Express Community Stadium, they'll probably allow their visitors a say in the matter as well. The home side claimed just two wins to nil in their last 10 matches at home.
Over 2.5 goals happened one time in the past one encounter between Brighton and Liverpool, with Brighton scoring one goal on average per game. Liverpool averaged six goals, while both teams scored one time. In their previous ten matches across all tournaments Brighton saw over 2.5 goals scored ten times, and they scored 2.8 goals on average during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Liverpool. They performed an average of 1.6 goals in these.
