Albion v Brentford
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: The American Express Stadium
Date: Friday 27th December 2024
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Referee: Andy Madley
Assistants: Nick Hopton, Craig Taylor
Fourth Official: John Busby
VAR: Chris Kavanagh
Additional VAR: Lee Betts
TEAM NEWS
Brighton & Hove Albion will assess midfielder Mats Wieffer, who was substituted because of a thigh problem shortly after scoring against West Ham on Saturday.
Jan Paul van Hecke suffered a cut to the head during that game but is expected to be available, while Adam Webster and Solly March are back in full training after lengthy absences.
Brentford's Kristoffer Ajer faces several weeks on the sidelines again after hurting his ankle against Nottingham Forest.
Mads Roerslev is fit but this match comes too soon for Sepp van den Berg and Mathias Jensen.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Brentford's solitary win in six Premier League meetings with Brighton was by 2-0 at home in October 2022 (D2, L3).
- Brighton have earned seven Premier League points from a possible nine at home in this fixture. Their most recent home defeat against Brentford at Amex Stadium came in the Championship in September 2016.
- Brighton are winless in five league matches since a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth on 23 November (D3, L2).
- Albion have dropped 16 points from winning positions this season, second only to Fulham's 17 in the division.
- They have scored in 13 successive Premier League fixtures but kept just one clean sheet during that spell, and none in nine since beating Newcastle 1-0 away in October.
- Joao Pedro has gone five league appearances without a goal, having scored four times in his first six games this season.
- The Bees have the worst away record in the division this season, with their only point from eight matches coming at Everton on 23 November.
- They have scored just six goals in those eight Premier League away fixtures, failing to score more than once in any of them.
- Brentford have lost 17 of their past 22 top-flight away games (W3, D2).
- Only bottom side Southampton have faced more shots and more shots on target in the Premier League this season than Brentford.
- Yoane Wissa needs one goal to join Ivan Toney as Brentford's 36-goal leading Premier League scorer.
- Wissa has failed to score in his five Premier League appearances versus Brighton.
Fabian Hürzeler's Brentford Press Conference
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