Newcastle vs Brighton Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🔘
🔘Newcastle are without a win in all six of their previous Premier League meetings with Brighton (D4 L2), failing to score at all in five of those games.
🔘Brighton have only lost one of their last six league visits to Newcastle (W2 D3), keeping a clean sheet in all three of their games at St. James' Park in the Premier League (W1 D2) since a 0-2 Championship loss in August 2016. Of the 712 Premier League fixtures to have been played three or more times,
🔘Newcastle v Brighton is the only one to average less than a goal-per-game, with just four goals being scored in six meetings between the sides (0.67 per game).
🔘Following their 2-0 win at West Ham on the opening day, Newcastle are looking to start a league season with consecutive victories for the first time since 1997-98.
🔘Brighton are unbeaten in their last seven Premier League away games (W2 D5) -no side is on a longer current unbeaten run on the road than the Seagulls.
🔘Newcastle haven't won their opening home game in any of their last six Premier League campaigns (D2 L4), losing each of the last three in a row. Their last such victory came against Spurs in the 2012-13 season.
🔘Brighton had more shots from outside the box than any other Premier League side on the opening weekend (6), with Leandro Trossard's goal against Chelsea coming from distance.
🔘After scoring on his Newcastle debut on MD1, Callum Wilson is looking to score in consecutive Premier League matches for the first time since a run of four in August/September 2019.
🔘Both Callum Wilson and Jeff Hendrick scored on their Premier League debuts for Newcastle against West Ham last week -only Les Ferdinand in August 1995 has scored in both of his first two appearances for the club in the competition.
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🔘In their opening defeat to Chelsea, Brighton's Tariq Lamptey had the joint-most chances created, the joint-most open play crosses and the joint-highest number of tackles and interceptions among all the Brighton players.
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