Brighton vs Tottenham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2023-12-27 19:30.
[p]Brightonâs ambitions of following up their debut season in European football with another have taken hit after hit in recent times. With a mounting injury list and club policy to develop young players by hurling them into the deep end, victories against bottom-half clubs Brentford (2-1) and Nottingham Forest (3-2) are their only triumphs across their last 12 Premier League (PL) matches (D6, L4).[/p]
[p]With that in mind, head coach Roberto De Zerbi told the media that supporters have to âacceptâ that their young playing group, which included seven starters aged 23 or younger in a 1-1 midweek draw at Crystal Palace, will âmake mistakesâ. De Zerbi was referring mostly to the goalkeeping blunder from Dutchman Bart Verbruggen that ultimately cost them their first and only clean sheet of the PL season.[/p]
[p]After they constructed a 2-1 victory with two goals inside the first 20 minutes at home to Everton, an opposition described by boss Ange Postecoglou as âthe form team of the competitionâ for the past few weeks, Tottenham are making a play to take that mantle. They began the PLâs 19th round sharing the longest active winning streak with Bournemouth (W3) and with their title aspirations revived after stumbling in November.[/p]
[p]Boasting the PLâs best away record (W5, D3, L1) at the start of this round, they should therefore be confident of replicating their two victories away to Brighton over the two previous seasons (1-0 and 2-0). Still, a third straight win âto nilâ might be a difficult ask, as not only was their 2-0 win at Nottingham Forest in their previous PL away trip their first clean sheet in eight PL matches, but they would have to become the first side this campaign to keep Brighton scoreless at the Amex Stadium.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Simon Adingra, Brightonâs most recent PL goalscorer at home, has found the net in four separate PL home games this season. Heung-min Son opened the scoring the last time these teams met, and more recently has scored in five of his last eight appearances for club or country.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: All 12 PL H2Hs since Brightonâs promotion produced three or fewer total goals (average: 2.1).[/p]