Brighton will welcome Crystal Palace to Amex Stadium this Friday for the 22nd Round of the 2021/22 Premier League season.
Venue: Amex Stadium
Key Statistics
Brighton have won just one of their last six home games (D3, L2).
A majority of Brighton’s wins have been obtained with a one-goal margin (four wins), while two of their wins had a margin of two goals or more.
A majority of Brighton’s defeats had a margin of two goals or more (three defeats), while one of their defeats had a one-goal margin
The hosts haven’t conceded in their last four PL Friday games (W3, D1).
Crystal Palace have won just one of their last five away games (D1, L3) in all competitions.
League matches played away from home have accounted for just 26% of Crystal Palace’s total points and 31% of the goals they have scored so far this season in the Premier League.
The visitors have taken the lead eleven times and have conceded an equaliser in six instances in the league this season.
Head to head
There has been nine meetings between both sides in the Premier League. Crystal Palace have a superior record with three wins against two wins for Brighton, while four games ended in a draw.
Latest Performances in all competitions
Brighton: W-W-D-W-L
Cyrstal Palace: W-L-W-L-D
Brighton
After their FA Cup exertions last weekend against Championship side West Brom, Brighton return to the Premier League with a visit from Crystal Palace.
The hosts were nearly dumped out of the FA Cup by a spirited West Brom side who went ahead in the game through Callum Robinson in the 47th minute. But Brighton found an equalizer in the 81st minute through Jakub Moder before Neal Maupay sealed the win for them in extra time with a well-taken goal.
The win extended the hosts’ unbeaten run to four games in all competitions and was the third time they were scoring two or more goals in their last four games.
Their last Premier League outing was a 2-3 away win at Everton, which moved them into the top half of the table, four points behind Manchester United in 7th. Graham Potter’s side have drawn four of their last eight PL matches and are averaging 1.35 points a game which is a great improvement from last season.
The 27 points the Seagulls have accumulated so far this season is ten points more than they did last season after 19 matches, proving that Potter’s side is on the rise.
They will fancy their chances of taking maximum points from this tie but have only taken 44% of their total points from home games this season.
Possible Brighton starting line-ups
Robert Sanchez; Joel Veltman, Shane Duffy, Dan Burn; Tariq Lamptey, Alexis Mac Allister, Jakub Moder, Adam Lallana, Marc Cucurella; Leandro Trossard, Neal Maupay.
Injured: Jeremy Sarmiento, Lewis Dunk
Unavailable: Yves Bissouma
Suspended: None
Crystal Palace
Like their hosts, Crystal Palace were also in FA Cup action over the weekend as they beat Millwall in a highly contested game that witnessed some crowd trouble.
Patrick Vieira’s side won the game with an identical scoreline like their hosts. But unlike Graham Potter’s side, the Eagles did not have to go to extra time to secure their win. Millwall were the first to score in the first half following an error at the back by second-choice keeper Jack Butland. But youngster Michael Olise and French forward Jean-Philippe Mateta scored within 13 minutes of the restart to win the game for Palace.
The visitors’ last league outing was a 2-3 home defeat against David Moyes’ top-six chasing West Ham United. The loss was their second league loss in their last three league games and moved Vieira’s side down to 12th in the league standings.
They have taken 23 points so far this season, which is as many points as they did last season after 20 matches. With a visit from Liverpool after this tie, the visitors will be desperate to win this game and keep their hopes of a top-half finish alive.
But the absence of three of their key players who are playing in the AFCON will be a big loss for the Eagles.
Possible Crystal Palace starting line-ups
Vicente Guaita; Joel Ward, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Adam Mitchell; Conor Gallagher, Will Hughes, Jeffrey Schlupp; Michael Olise, Christian Benteke, Odsonne Edouard.
Injured: James McArthur
Unavailable: Wilfried Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyaté, André Ayew
Suspended: None
Prediction
Brighton 2-2 Crystal Palace
