Written by billythekid
Following our game on Saturday afternoon against Fulham where the result was
a 2-1 win, our second in the last two home games and a very important and welcome three points. The second of our home games is the rearranged fixture with manager Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton which was postponed last September due to the death of the Queen. The game is at 7.45 pm on Tuesday evening and our team will be trying to make this the third win in a row at home after beating Liverpool and Fulham. It won’t be easy against a Brighton side having a very good season and in sixth place. If our side show the same fighting spirit they did against Fulham in the second half and had the home crowd behind right behind them, we could get something out of this game.
Our two sides only met at the beginning of February at the Amex Stadium. Unfortunately AFCB lost to a late goal scored by the Brighton Japanese winger Kaoru Mitoma when he headed the ball into the net. Brighton were 6th in the table after playing 20 games, AFCB were in 19th place having played a game more and 17 points behind Brighton.
Since the game at Falmer, Brighton’s next game was away to rivals Crystal Palace, it finished honours even with a 1-1 draw. Their next game was at home and also against a London club Fulham (who we met Saturday), it finished in a 0-1 win for Fulham. Again at home the third London club in a row were West Ham, Brighton won 4-0. The next game was away at Elland Road, the game ended 2-2. Brighton again within a short time frame met Crystal Palace at their Falmer ground, this time Brighton won with the only goal of the game.
Their most recent game was also at home and again against a team from London, Brentford being the visitors. The game finished in a 3-3 draw with Brighton scoring a 90th minute penalty. Three times during the game Brighton were behind, but fought back each time to earn a draw.
The last time we met Brighton in the Premier League was January 2020 at Dean Court. The Cherries took the lead towards the end of the first half from a Harry Wilson goal, five minutes later the score was 2-0 with a Pascal Gross own goal. In the second half AFCB went 3-0 up with Callum Wilson on the score sheet. Aaron Mooy scored for the visitors, to make the final score 3-1. AFCB have won their last four games against Brighton at home. Three in the Premier League and the other in the Championship.
In all our meetings in the league at home with Brighton, AFCB have W 26, D 17, L 10.
In all competitions, AFCB have W 44, D 29, L 39.
AFCB v Brighton
AFCB Win
Draw
Brighton Win
AFCB Team News
Hopefully all our players came through Saturday’s game without injury and we again will have a strong squad. Ryan Frederick’s is the latest player out with a calf injury and missed the Fulham game, otherwise Junior Stanislas is the only other known injury.
AFCB Player To Watch
After his second half performance against Fulham and turned the game in the Cherries favour, it must be Marcus Tavernier, but the question will be after Gary O’Neils post match comments on Solent is, will he start? But however long he is on the pitch, at the start or second half again, he is such a key player for this club and makes things happen, be it goals or assists.
Brighton Team News
Adam Lallana and Jakub Moder are out injured and Tariq Lamptey is near a return, but missed the Brentford game. Jeremy Sarmiento and Evan Ferguson are the latest players out with injuries.
Brighton Player To Watch
Their two wingers and joint second leading scorers, Solly March and Kaoru Mitoma have shared the 14 goals between them this season so far with 7 a piece, March has the most assists for Brighton with 5, Mitoma has 3. The other player
is Alexis Mac Allister, he didn’t play in their home game against us and is their leading scorer with 8 goals. Mac Allister had a very good World Cup with Argentina.
The Referee
Darren Bond is the man in charge. He was our referee in the 3-3 away draw at Swansea last season.
Your say…
kirsikka Wrote…
It’s a really interesting position. A defeat against us would make their quest to to qualify for Europe that much harder so they aren’t playing without pressure. Meanwhile, if we were to win we’d put ourselves in pole position for the run in to survive.
More of that second half and I’ll start to feel a lot more confident. More of that first half and I’ll be watching from behind the sofa. –Join the conversation, click here.
