Brighton & Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur will face on Thursday the 28th of December at 7:30 pm in the 19th week of the Premier League. The match will be staged in Falmer at the The American Express Community Stadium. The referee will be Jarred Gillett.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 9th position in the table with 27 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 7 times, and lost 5 times.
Tottenham Hotspur sits in the 5th position in the league with 36 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Everton in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 11 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
Tottenham Hotspur won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 7th of December against West Ham United and the score was 1-2.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (15 times or 83.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times) and 3-4-2-1 (3 times).
Roberto De Zerbi is expected to play against Tottenham Hotspur with the following players: Jason Steele, Jack Hinshelwood, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk , James Milner, Pascal Groß, Billy Gilmour, Facundo Buonanotte, Adam Lallana, João Pedro and Danny Welbeck .
If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 27.82.
Pervis Estupiñán , Tariq Lamptey , Solly March , Joël Veltman, Adam Webster , Simon Adingra, Julio Enciso , Ansu Fati and Kaoru Mitoma will definitely miss the match.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (17 times or 94.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (17 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Angelos Postecoglou is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Emerson Royal, Ben Davies , Pedro Porro, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Pape Matar Sarr, Dejan Kulusevski, Brennan Johnson and Heung-min Son.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Tottenham Hotspur would be 25.10.
There are doubts about the presence of Richarlison.
Alfie Whiteman , Cristian Romero, M. van de Ven, Rodrigo Bentancur , James Maddison, Ivan Perisic and Manor Solomon will definitely miss the match.
Angelos Postecoglou will not be able to have the presence of Yves Bissouma who is suspended.