Albion v Palace
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: The American Express Stadium
Date: Sunday 15th December 2024
Kick-off: 14:00 GMT
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants: Stuart Burt, James Mainwaring
Fourth Official: Simon Hooper
VAR: John Brooks
Additional VAR: Derek Eaton
TEAM NEWS
Brighton defender Joel Veltman, who hasn't played for three weeks due to an unspecified injury, is rated 50-50 by head coach Fabian Hürzeler for the visit of Crystal Palace.
Jack Hinshelwood, Ferdi Kadioglu and James Milner are all doubtful with respective knee, toe and hamstring injuries.
Winger Solly March, who has been out for over a year with a serious knee injury, could be involved but Hürzeler has stressed the need to be patient with the player.
Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton is not quite ready to return from the groin injury that has kept him out since October but he could be fit for the midweek EFL Cup game at Arsenal.
Matheus Franca and Joel Ward remain long-term absentees.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- The Seagulls are unbeaten in their last six league meetings with Palace, with four of those games 1-1 draws.
- The teams have both changed managers since they last met in February, a match won 4-1 by Brighton.
- Brighton are unbeaten at home in the league this season (W3, D4).
- However, Albion have dropped 14 points from a winning position - only Fulham and Ipswich Town have fared worse in this season's Premier League.
- Brighton have drawn all four league games this season against teams that were in the bottom five of the table at the time. The Seagulls led in three of those four fixtures.
- Fabian Hürzeler's team have both scored and conceded in 10 of their past 11 league fixtures, including each of their last seven.
- Their seven most recent goals at the Amex Stadium in all competitions have been scored by seven different players.
- Tariq Lamptey has been involved in three goals (one goal, two assists) in four Premier League matches under Hürzeler, as many as he managed in his 34 league appearances under previous manager Roberto De Zerbi.
- Palace have only lost once in seven league matches, drawing four of their past six.
- The Eagles are unbeaten in three Premier League away games (W1, D2), their best run since a streak of five that ended in March 2022.
- Oliver Glasner's side have not scored or conceded more than two goals in a Premier League game this campaign.
- Crystal Palace can keep successive Premier League away clean sheets for the first time since September to October 2022.
- Daniel Muñoz has scored in two of his past three Premier League appearances, having not scored in any of his first 28.
Fabian Hürzeler's Palace Press Conference
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