Saturday, at 15:00, Brighton & Hove Albion receives Bournemouth’s visit in the 34th Premier League. Florin Andone is announced reserve, although scored in the tour, the victory of the “seagulls” 3-1 on the field of the band trained by Eddie Howe.
At five points above the relegation line, Brighton could escape the emotions with a success on his own ground, especially if the Cardiffs will make another wrong move over the weekend. With only one victory in the last 9 stages, Bournemouth has a modest balance of travel and receives a goal with great ease. In fact, only the last three have more goals than Bournemouth, which remains dangerous because of King and Wilson (22 goals this season).
Brighton is a hard-to-play team on its own, where all the Grands of the Championship have had problems. The hosts approach the game with an almost complete bout except Steele and Gross, while Eddie Howe can not rely on Cook, Francis, Mings, Pugh, Rico Surman and Daniels.
The tour was 3-1 for “seagulls” who hoped to redeem the energetic performance on the Vitality Stadium. The two bands are very balanced in terms of value, but Brighton comes after three consecutive defeats in official matches. Last weekend, Andone’s team lost to the English Cup semifinals, score 0-1 in front of Manchester City, after releasing the Chesela (0-3) and Southampton (0-1). And Bournemouth has two consecutive failures in the Premier League with Leicester (0-2) and Burnley (1-3).
Brighton’s success was the only one of the “seagulls” in the last 11 straight duels with Brighton, but the motivation is clearly on the side of the hosts over the weekend. Brighton is on the 16th place in the leaderboard (32-46), while Bournemouth is 13th (44-61), 95% dropped out of relegation worries. The balance of the “cherished” on the move is deplorable, with only 4 wins in 16 stages.
BRIGHTON – BOURNEMOUTH:
Brighton (4-5-1): M. Ryan – Montoya, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo – Bissouma, Stephens, Propper – Knockaert, G. Murray, Jahanbaksh
Bournemouth (4-4-2): Begovic – Clyne, Mepham, Ake, A. Smith – Brooks, Gosling, Lerma, Fraser – King, Wilson
PREDICTION: Under 2,5 goals @ 1.78
