Here we go again. Nul points for me - same prediction again; long may it continue (20 games since I predicted something different, a 1-0 loss in our first game).
I feel a bit more confident with a centre back pairing of Greer and BFG. Worked very well earlier in the season and Dunky has been prone to the odd lapse recently. Boro are without Nugent as well, which has got to be a big plus. We've lost March of course, but VLP is a very good alternative.
Strangely I also actually feel more confident because we have slipped to second place. Overtaking us to claim first spot may have given Boro just that little bit more motivation - instead, it's up to us to beat them to go top so I can see us really going for it.
2-0 to the Super Seagulls...
(although sadly I won't be there to see it - missing my first home game of the season to go to a bloody wedding. The groom is a Sheff Weds fan, enuff said...)
Have predicted a 1-2 home defeat (think it might be my first home prediction loss this season). Hopefully, I won't be adding to my predictor point tally!
Prediction
The battle of the top two - both could make a real statement of intent at the Amex.
Brighton are remarkably still unbeaten after 21 games and deserve all the credit they are getting.
Albion have drawn their last two allowing, Boro to climb to the top of the table in midweek.
Boro have won more games than anyone else in the league and won three of their last four away from home.
Prediction: Brighton 1-1 Middlesbrough
(THIS IS NOT MY VIEW.)
EXTRAPOLATED STATS:
Goals Albion 1.5 Middlesbrough 1 (Just as likely to be 2-1 as 1-1)
Possession 51 - 49%
Passing 79 - 79%
Shots Total 17 - 13
On Target 5 - 3
NB: Albion underperformed by predicted stats v Derby, except the important one on goals when the prediction was 2-1.