On Monday, July 20, at 18:00, Brighton hopes to take a big step towards saving from relegation, in the match with Newcastle United. The hosts need points, while the “cotofen” are relaxed on this season finale and play without stakes at AmEx Stadium.
Without Izquierdo and Alzate, Graham Potter is preparing an offensive formula against the “cotofen”, who come to the match without Clark, Hayden, Sean Longstaff, Andy Carroll, Lascelles and Lejeune. As usual lately, Steve Bruce has significant batch problems, and this has been seen in the last four stages: three failures in a row and a draw!
Newcastle is in 13th place (goal average 37-55), with 43 points, while Brighton is in 16th place (goal average 37-53). With six points ahead of Bournemouth and Aston Villa, Brighton is in her hands and has a 99% chance of escaping, because it’s hard to believe that her indirect rivals will get maximum points in the last two stages. Brighton comes after failures with Liverpool (1-3) and Manchester City (0-5), but also after a hard-fought draw with Southampton.
Instead, Newcastle is in decline and lost the games with Manchester City (0-5), Watford (1-2) and Tottenham (1-3), achieving the last victory five stages ago (4-1 at Bournemouth). In the tour, Brighton drew on St. James Park, score 0-0, and the “seagulls” are undefeated in front of the black and whites for 6 consecutive duels. In each of these duels, less than three goals were scored (only 4 successes in 6 games). This time, given the situation in the standings, we expect a slightly more open duel, with many occasions. And the odds are declining for goal bets.
Brighton: Ryan; Lamptey, Dunk, Webster, Burn; Bissouma, Propper, Stephens; Mooy, Maupay, Trossard
Coach: Graham Potter
Newcastle: Dubravka; Yedlin, Fernandez, Watts, Rose; Ritchie, Shelvey, Bentaleb, Joelinton; Almiron; Gayle
Coach: Steve Bruce
At least three goals have been scored in each of Newcastle’s last five games;
Newcastle has only one victory in the last 7 stages of the championship;
Brighton have won two straight games out of the last five, and three have ended in a draw;
At home, Brighton have only 5 victories in 18 matches played this season;
Newcastle is on the 13th place in the top away matches: 5 successes and 17 points;
PREDICTION: Brighton to win @ 1,89
