Comments, predictions Brighton vs Leicester: Away team suffers a crushing defeat
The match between Brighton vs Leicester in the English Premier League takes place at 9:00 p.m. on April 12. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Brighton vs Leicester team information
Brighton's injury list is long with Ferdi Kadioglu (toe), Igor Julio, Adam Webster, James Milner (all hamstring), Georginio Rutter (ankle), Tariq Lamptey (ankle) and Jason Steele (shoulder). Kaoru Mitoma (minor injury) and Joel Veltman (ankle) will be assessed ahead of the game.
Jan Paul van Hecke is suspended after being sent off late in the defeat to Palace. Hurzeler could hand his first start to new signing Eiran Cashin in central defence, partnering captain Lewis Dunk.
Matt O'Riley started in the attacking midfield role behind Danny Welbeck last time out, but could be replaced by Joao Pedro this weekend. Yankuba Minteh - who scored against Leicester in the first leg - is likely to continue on the right flank in place of Simon Adingra and Solly March.
On Leicester's side, Abdul Fatawu (knee) is still recovering from a long-term injury, while Facundo Buonanotte - a player on loan from Brighton - is not eligible to play against his home team.
Harry Winks did not play against Newcastle and was left out of the squad for refusing to change his daily 100-mile journey to training, so his chances of playing on Saturday are slim.
Van Nistelrooy could consider bringing Caleb Okoli back into defence in place of Conor Coady or Wout Faes, while up front, Stephy Mavididi, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jordan Ayew and 15-year-old wonderkid Jeremy Monga – who made his first-team debut recently, becoming the second youngest player in Premier League history – will all compete for a starting spot.
Latest predicted lineup Brighton vs Leicester
Brighton & Hove Albion:
Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Cashin, Dunk, Estupinan; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Pedro, Mitoma; Welbeck
Leicester City:
Hermansen; Faes, Okoli, Thomas; Justin, Ndidi, Soumare, Kristiansen; El Khannouss, Ayew; Vardy
Latest Brighton vs Leicester football review
After a run of six consecutive wins in all competitions, including four in the Premier League, Brighton are now in a slump, without a win in their last four games. They were knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties by Nottingham Forest and then suffered back-to-back defeats to Aston Villa and Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
Just three days after a 3-0 home defeat to Aston Villa – another European side in contention – Brighton slumped to a 2-1 defeat in the M23 derby against Crystal Palace last weekend. Manager Fabian Hurzeler was left frustrated as his side were left on the back foot in an emotional and chaotic game that saw three players sent off.
Brighton were among the clubs to benefit when the Premier League announced that fifth place this season would qualify for next season's Champions League. Brighton are currently ninth in the table, outside the European places and six points adrift of the top five with seven games remaining.
Having lost six of their first eight Premier League meetings with Leicester (D2), Brighton head into this weekend's clash on a five-match unbeaten run against the Foxes in the league (W2 D3), including a thumping 5-2 home win in September 2022.
Brighton are looking to avoid losing three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since March 2022 under Graham Potter, and are also looking for their first April win since a 6-0 win over Wolves in 2023, having gone seven games without a win this month (D2 L5).
On Leicester's side, after Southampton was officially relegated last weekend, coach Ruud van Nistelrooy's team is also facing a similar risk when it is 15 points behind the safe zone and has only 7 rounds left.
Van Nistelrooy has yet to turn things around as Leicester have lost 15 of their last 16 Premier League games, including eight straight defeats without scoring. Monday’s 3-0 defeat at Newcastle marked their eighth consecutive home defeat without scoring – a record never before seen in England’s top four divisions.
Despite the difficulties, Van Nistelrooy has insisted he will continue to lead Leicester, although he admits he is suffering from many “mental shocks”. However, his long-term future has not yet been officially discussed.
Leicester, while unlikely to be relegated this weekend, will be looking to avoid becoming the first team in Premier League history to lose nine consecutive games without scoring. Only Crystal Palace have gone longer without scoring – nine in 1995.
Only bottom-placed Southampton (5 points) have picked up fewer away points than Leicester this season (8). Remarkably, Leicester have not won an away game against a top-half side since May 2021 (against Man United). Since then, they have picked up just four points from 24 such games (D4 L20).
Latest Brighton vs Leicester score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Brighton vs Leicesteras follows:
- Sportsmole:Brighton 2-0 Leicester
- WhoScore:Brighton 2-1 Leicester
- Our newspaper predicts:Brighton 3-0 Leicester
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