Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford: Preview and Prediction

Brighton & Hove Albion will host Brentford at the Amex Stadium on Friday night, looking to get back to winning ways.

Brighton & Hove Albion have struggled in their recent outings, and they are without a win in the last five Premier League matches ahead of the visit of Brentford on Friday.

On the other hand, Brentford are coming into this game on the back of three defeats from the last four Premier League matches. Both teams are currently struggling, and it will be interesting to see if they can bounce back strongly. They will be desperate for a positive result here. The Bees are quite evenly matched, and this should be a cracking contest.

Meetings between these two clubs have been evenly matched in recent years, and it remains to be seen who comes out on top here. Both teams will fancy their chances against each other, and a competitive game is on the cards. The Hard Tackle takes a closer look at the encounter ahead of the latest meeting between the two sides.

Team News & Tactics

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion will be without James Milner due to a thigh injury, and Danny Welbeck due to an ankle injury. Adam Webster, Solly March, Jack Hinshelwood and Ferdi Kadioglu will be assessed closer to kick-off.

Brighton will shape up in a 4-2-3-1 formation against Brentford, with Bart Verbruggen in goal. Tariq Lamptey and Pervis Estupinan will start as the full-backs. They will look to contribute at both ends of the pitch. Jan Paul van Hecke will start in the central defensive pairing alongside Lewis Dunk.

As for the midfield unit, Mats Wieffer and Carlos Baleba will start in the double pivot. They will look to protect the defensive unit and break down the opposition’s attacking moves. Julio Enciso will start as the attacking midfielder, and he will look to create goalscoring opportunities for his teammates.

Simon Adingra and Kaoru Mitoma will start in the wide areas, with Joao Pedro leading the line for Brighton & Hove Albion against Brentford at the Amex Stadium on Friday night.

Probable Lineup (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Lamptey, Dunk, van Hecke, Estupinan; Wieffer, Baleba; Adingra, Enciso, Mitoma; Pedro

Brentford

Brentford will be without Joshua Dasilva due to a knee injury, Gustavo Nunes due to a back injury, Rico Henry due to a knee injury, Aaron Hickey due to a thigh injury, Mathias Jensen because of a thigh injury, Igor Thiago with a knee injury, Ethan Pinnock with a thigh injury, and Kristoffer Ajer because of an ankle injury.

The Bees will shape up in a 4-3-3 formation, with Mark Flekken in goal. Mads Roerslev and Keane Lewis-Potter will start as the full-backs here. They will look to contribute at both ends of the pitch. Nathan Collins will pair up at the heart of the defence alongside Ben Mee.

As for the midfield unit, Vitaly Janelt will start alongside Christian Norgaard and Mikkel Damsgaard in the middle of the park. Janelt and Norgaard will help out defensively and Damsgaard will add creativity to the side. Kevin Schade will lead the line for Brentford against Brighton & Hove Albion, with Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa on either side of him.

Probable Lineup (4-3-3): Flekken; Roerslev, Collins, Mee, Lewis-Potter; Norgaard, Janelt, Damsgaard; Mbeumo, Schade, Wissa

Key Stats

  • Brentford have conceded at least twice in nine of the last 11 league matches.
  • Brighton have failed to win their last five Premier League matches.
  • Both teams have won two each from the last six meetings between these two sides.
  • 14 goals have been scored in the last six meetings between these two sides.
  • Brentford have conceded 13 goals from the last six matches in all competitions.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded 11 goals in the last six matches in all competitions.

Player to Watch

Bryan Mbeumo

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The Brentford attacker is our key player to watch out for, and the visitors will need him to step up and deliver if they want to grind out all three points. Mbeumo is in impressive form right now, and he has picked up two goals and two assists from his last four outings. Brighton have been quite vulnerable defensively, and Mbeumo could cause all sorts of problems for them with his creativity, flair, and goalscoring ability.

Prediction

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Brentford

Both teams will look to get back to winning, and they will be desperate for all three points. This is likely to be an open game with a fair few chances. Neither side are particularly good defensively and they are unlikely to take a defensive approach here.

Both teams will look to outscore each other, and they could get on the score sheet. However, it will be difficult to separate the two teams on current form, and they are likely to cancel each other out in a draw. The Hard Tackle predicts a 1-1 draw between Brighton and Brentford.

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