Brighton & Hove Albion and Arsenal will take on on Saturday the 31st of December at 5:30 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium. The appointed referee is Anthony Taylor.
Brighton & Hove Albion is in the 7th position in the standings with 24 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against Southampton in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 3 times, and lost 5 times.
Arsenal occupies the 1st position in the table with 40 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 13 times, drawn once, and lost once.
Arsenal won the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 4th of September against Manchester United and the score was 3-1.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Roberto De Zerbi is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, P. Estupiñán Tenorio, L. Dunk, L. Colwill, J. Veltman, P. Groß, B. Gilmour, K. Mitoma, A. Lallana, S. March and L. Trossard.
If the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 26.91.
A. Webster, A. Mac Allister, J. Moder and D. Welbeck will definitely miss the match.
Roberto De Zerbi will not be able to have the presence of M. Caicedo Corozo who is suspended.
Arsenal
Arsenal has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times) and 4-3-3 (5 times).
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: A. Ramsdale, Gabriel, W. Saliba, B. White, O. Zinchenko, G. Xhaka, M. Ødegaard, T. Partey, G. Martinelli Silva, B. Saka and E. Nketiah.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Arsenal would be 24.45.
Mikel Arteta Amatriain will probably not be able to employ T. Tomiyasu and E. Smith Rowe because of injury.
G. de Jesus and R. Nelson will definitely miss the match.
