Brighton will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to four matches across all competitions when they host Crystal Palace at the AMEX in an exciting Premier League fixture on Friday night with kickoff at 23:00.
Brighton have made a solid Premier League campaign this season with the club recording six wins, nine draws and four defeats from the 19 matches to collect 27 points, which have left them in ninth, with six points behind the sixth-placed Tottenham.
The Seagulls head into the match in a good form as they have only lost one of their last eight matches across all competitions, claiming three wins and four draws in the run and are coming off back-to-back wins including the 2-1 win against West Bromwich in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday.
Graham Potter’s side needed the extra time to overcome the Championship outfit, with Callum Robinson opening the scoring at the 47th-minute for West Brom, but Jacob Moder’s strike in the 81st-minute cancelled the hosts lead before Neal Maupay send Brighton to the fourth round in the 98 minute in the extra time.
Back to the premier League Brighton will be looking to extend their unbeaten run to four matches on the bounce and a win on Friday will at least move them above Wolves temporarily in the eighth and a point behind Man United in the seventh.
Meanwhile Crystal Palace have been on and off this season with the club recording five wins, eight draws and seven defeats form their 20 matches to collect 23 points that have them sitting in the 11th spot with two points behind the 10th-placed Leicester City, who have played to matches less.
Palace’s inconsistency is evident in their recent form as the club has been alternating victories and defeats in their last six matches across all competitions. They are coming off a 2-1 win against Millwall in the FA Cup last Saturday at away.
However, prior to that Patrick Vieira’s side suffered a 3-2 defeat loss at home to West Ham in the Premier League. Crystal Palace goal this season is to finish in the top half and they will need to work on their consistency to achieve that. Therefore they will be looking to build on the FA victory as they aim at the three points that could take them into the top half.
Brighton vs Crystal Palace head to head
Both sides have met in 20 encounters since 2002 with Palace claiming eight victories while Brighton have claimed five victories and there have been seven draws.
- Palace 1-1 Brighton 27/09/21
- Brighton 1-2 Palace 22/02/22
- Palace 1-1 Brighton 18/10/20
- Brighton 0-1 Palace 29/02/20
- Palace 1-1 Brighton 16/12/19
Home
- West Brom 1-2 Brighton
- Everton 2-3 Brighton
- Chelsea 1-1 Brighton
- Brighton 2-0 Brentford
- Brighton 0-1 Wolves
Away
- Millwall 1-2 Palace
- Palace 2-3 West Ham
- Palace 3-0 Norwich
- Tottenham 3-0 Palace
- Palace 2-2 Southampton
Brighton team news
Brighton will be without Lewis Dunk and Jeremy Sarmiento through injuries.
Crystal Palace team news
Palace will be without James McArthur through an injury.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Goals under 2.5
