Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford are going to play on Sunday the 26th of December at 8:00 pm in the 19th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium. The chosen referee is Andy Madley.
Brighton & Hove Albion sits in the 13th place in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 4 times.
Brentford is in the 12th position in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Watford in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 31.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Graham Potter is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: R. Lynch Sanchez, S. Duffy, D. Burn, M. Cucurella, T. Lamptey, E. Mwepu, A. Lallana, J. Moder and L. Trossard.
If this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 25.67.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Webster and N. Maupay.
Graham Potter will probably not be able to employ J. Veltman, P. Groß and D. Tackie Mensah Welbeck because of injury.
L. Dunk, S. Alzate and J. Sarmiento will definitely miss the match.
Graham Potter will not be able to have the presence of Y. Bissouma who is suspended.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 87.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (14 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: Á. Fernández Llorente, P. Jansson, C. Goode, V. Janelt, R. Henry, C. Nørgaard, M. Jensen, S. Canós Tenes and B. Mbeumo.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brentford would be 24.89.
There are doubts about the presence of E. Pinnock and I. Toney.
D. Raya Martin, K. Vassbakk Ajer, P. Dasilva, T. Fosu and O. Frank will definitely miss the match.