Fulham vs Brighton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 5th December 2024

Fulham enjoy home advantage, when visitors Brighton swing by on Thursday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Fulham are number 10 in the table on 19 points after 13 matches. Brighton rank as number 4 with 23 points after 13 matches played.

Fulham took down Brighton in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Thursday.

Fulham go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.5 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding 15. That amounts to an average of 1.5 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Brighton travel to their next away match this coming Thursday having performed a tolerable average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 16 goals, whilst shipping 15 goals against. An average of 1.5 goals against a game. They hung on to two clean sheets in this streak.

The last time the pair played each other Fulham came away as 3-0 winners, and rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind this coming Thursday.

Fulham vs Brighton Prediction

Fulham Form

In the last three outings, Fulham beat Crystal Palace by 0-2, lost 1-4 against Wolverhampton, before drawing 1-1 with Tottenham. Fulham claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored ten and conceded 11 goals.

Brighton Form

Brighton recorded a draw and two wins, as the won by 2-1 and 1-2 against Manchester City and Bournemouth, respectively. Last time out, Southampton ended their streak as the match finished even 1-1. Brighton won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored ten while also conceding eight times.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Fulham get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Brighton.

Fulham fought their way to one wins and three points from their last two games against teams inside the top six. They were on target three times in these matches, but also let in three goals. Brighton won three games, picked up 11 points, scored 13 and conceded 13 goals in their last five games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. Fulham claimed five wins, four draws as well as four defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton have a record of six wins, five draws and two defeats in the Premier League.

Fulham vs Brighton Squads

Fulham Squad

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

Bernd Leno (0/13), Steven-Andreas Benda (0/0), Antonee Robinson (0/13), Calvin Bassey (0/13), Issa Diop (0/8), Joachim Andersen (0/9), Jorge Cuenca (0/1), Kenny Tete (0/13), Timothy Castagne (0/4), Andreas Pereira (1/12), Emile Smith Rowe (3/13), Harrison Reed (0/8), Harry Wilson (3/9), Joshua King (0/0), Ryan Sessegnon (0/1), Sander Berge (0/10), Sasa Lukic (0/9), Tom Cairney (1/10), Adama Traore (1/12), Alex Iwobi (3/13), Carlos Vinicius (0/0), Raul Jimenez (4/13), Reiss Nelson (1/11), Rodrigo Muniz (1/12).

Brighton Squad

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

Bart Verbruggen (0/11), Jason Steele (0/2), Adam Webster (0/3), Ed Turns (0/0), Igor (0/8), Imari Samuels (0/0), Jan Paul van Hecke (0/11), Joel Veltman (0/11), Lewis Dunk (0/9), Pervis Estupinan (0/10), Tariq Lamptey (0/2), Cameron Peupion (0/0), Carlos Baleba (1/10), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (1/10), Jakub Moder (0/0), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (3/13), Mats Wieffer (0/9), Matthew O'Riley (1/3), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/11), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/0), Danny Welbeck (6/13), Evan Ferguson (1/8), Georginio Rutter (2/12), Joao Pedro (4/7), Julio Enciso (0/7), Simon Adingra (1/9), Yankuba Minteh (1/8).

Fulham vs Brighton Team News

Fulham might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Brighton. Fulham have to alter their line-up, as both Sander Berge, Calvin Bassey and Tom Cairney get a day in the shade.

Brighton just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Fulham at the Craven Cottage.

Solly March nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Brighton.

Fulham vs Brighton Lineups

Fulham vs Brighton H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Fulham came away as 3-0 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Thursday. The home side were in awesome shape, the last time they played Brighton, as the latter got taught a lesson in a 3-0 win for a high-flying Fulham team. The bookies have Fulham to win this match at best price odds of 5/4.

Fulham vs Brighton Results

Both teams found the back of the net four times in the past eight matches between home side Fulham and Brighton. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 8/15.

Fulham vs Brighton Betting Tips

Fulham won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Craven Cottage. They drew two and lost five as well, while Brighton won six of their last 10 games away. They drew two and lost two. Brighton should be able to score at least once on Thursday, as Fulham failed in keeping a single clean sheet in the last 10 outings at Craven Cottage. The visitors managed three clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last eight encounters between these two teams. Fulham managed an average of 1.64 goals, with Brighton averaging 0.76 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet four times in this run of matches. Fulham saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in eight of the last ten matches that Brighton played across all tournaments. They scored 1.8 times on average in the process.