Brighton vs West Ham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-04-25 14:00.
[p]With the top seven in the Premier League striding clear, a handful of clubs are battling for an eighth-place finish, which will likely be enough to secure European qualification. Brighton are one of those sides, but their chances have been harmed massively by a five-match winless league run (D2, L3), with the Seagulls conceding 2+ goals in each game. [/p]
[p]The visit of West Ham should inspire belief they can end that run having lost only one of their 15 Premier League H2Hs (W6, D8), although that sole defeat was in this corresponding fixture last season (L 3-1). There’s added motivation for the Seagulls here, as former boss Graham Potter brings his West Ham side to visit and that proved a huge incentive the last time Potter brought a team back to the AMEX, as Brighton beat a Potter-managed Chelsea 4-1 in October 2022. [/p]
[p]Potter’s tenure at West Ham so far has been underwhelming, and things could yet get even worse for him. No manager has ever lost by 3+ goals in their first two meetings with a specific former employer in the competition before, but he could fall to that fate here, and after overseeing a six-match winless league run (D3, L3), it’s certainly not outside the realms of possibility. [/p]
[p]You’d have to go back to January 2023 for the last time they posted a longer winless league run, but with safety all but confirmed, the primary goal for the rest of the campaign is to lay the foundations for next season. Starting that quest here may rely on defensive solidity as West Ham’s last four away league wins all came with an accompanying clean sheet, meaning they haven’t won a Premier League away game when conceding in over a year (D5, L10). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Brighton’s Danny Welbeck needs one more goal to hit 10+ in a Premier League season for the first time ever, and he’s scored more goals against West Ham than any other opponent in the top flight (6). Jarrod Bowen has scored the only goal of the game in the Hammers’ last two away league wins, while none of his last 12 club goals arrived before the 40th minute. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: West Ham have scored 12 of their 16 away league goals this season after half-time. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Chris Wilson[/i][/p]