Crystal Palace vs Brighton Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 💯
Crystal Palace are looking to secure consecutive league victories against Brighton for the first time since September 2011, following their 1-0 victory at the Amex Stadium in February last season.
Brighton have lost just one of their five top-flight away games against Crystal Palace (W2 D2), going down 2-3 in their first such visit in the Premier League in April 2018.
At just over 31 %, Crystal Palace have the lowest average possession in the Premier League this season, while they've also played the highest percentage of their passes long so far in 2020-21 (19%). Having won their opening two Premier League games this season, Crystal Palace have since lost their last two in the competition by an aggregate score of 1-6.
Brighton have lost their last two Premier League matches, last losing three in a row in November 2019. The Seagulls have shipped at least three goals in each of their six Premier League defeats since the competition restarted in June.
Brighton have kept just one clean sheet in their 16 Premier League games in London (W3 D4 L9), conceding in each of their last 14 in the capital since beating West Ham 3-0 in October 2017.
Crystal Palace failed to win any of their Sunday Premier League games last season (D3 L3), with their last such victory in the competition coming on the final day of the 2018-19 season (5-3 vs Bournemouth).
Crystal Palace have the oldest average starting XI age in the Premier League this season (29y 89d), while Brighton have the youngest (24y 326d). Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha has scored more goals against Brighton in all competitions than he has any other opponent (6). Brighton's Neal Maupay has been directly involved in six goals in his last five Premier League games (4 goals, 2 assists), including five in his last three.
He's looking to become the first player to score in four consecutive league appearances for Brighton since Tomer Hemed in February 2017 (5).
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