Brighton & Hove Albion V Millwall ****Official Match Day thread****

[dadams2k11]

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Referee: JAMES LININGTON
Referee's Assistants: Richard Hulme and Chris Powell
Fourth Official: Lee Collins


TEAM NEWS

Brighton will be without skipper Gordon Greer and striker Sam Baldock for their match with fellow strugglers Millwall.
Greer is still struggling with a knee injury, while Baldock missed Saturday's defeat to Derby with a thigh problem.
However, striker Adriano Colunga is available for the Seagulls after returning from suspension.
Millwall's Lee Martin is set to be absent with a toe injury, but centre-back Danny Shittu could return to the starting line-up.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Brighton are unbeaten in their last six meetings with Millwall, having won two and drawn four.
Milllwall's last victory came in January 2010, with Steve Morison securing a 1-0 away win.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton have won just once in their last 16 Championship games.
Despite their poor run, Saturday's defeat to Derby was the first time Brighton had failed to score in 10 Championship games.
Defender Lewis Dunk is the Seagulls' top scorer with five goals.

Millwall

Millwall have picked up one win from their last 15 Championship games.
Four of Millwall's last five away matches have ended in draws.
Only Huddersfield and Fulham have conceded more than Millwall's 31 goals in the Championship this season.​

 

[BensGrandad]

James Linington refereed our home game vs Sheff Wed. His record this season is 46 yellow cards 6 red.

 

[Tooting Gull]

It does feel like a very big game and night, for all sorts of reasons. First and foremost for the team and its chances of staying up, the win ratio is pitiful. One in the last 16 in the league, that is terrible. However late in the day getting three points from a winnable match is absolutely vital - but Millwall won't be pushovers even though they are also one of the weaker sides, coming back from 2-0 down at Bournemouth recently showed what they can do.

If Brighton don't win tonight, even though there are so many games to go a lot of fans will leave the ground thinking we're going down, so for morale of supporters and players a win is crucial.

Secondly, and obviously, for Hyypia. He is the man overseeing the above sequence of results, other clubs who were below us have sacked their manager and left us behind after seeing a big improvement. That is what the Brighton board will have been considering. There are certain kinds of results and situations that scream out 'he's gone' and if Brighton lost tonight it is hard to see how he will cling on.

Hopefully we can just nick any kind of win, psychologically getting out of the bottom three would be a massive start of any turnaround - and Darren Bent at 5-1 first goalscorer looks decent to me relative to the prices of some of the others on offer.

 

[Mackenzie]

I'd imagine that defending has been high on the agenda during training this week. I don't think the team has got the balls required to battle out a win tonight, we're light weight. With this in mind I think a 0-0 might not be out of the question, a result that helps no one and keeps Hyypia in limbo for another week.

Please prove me wrong Brighton, it's been so long since a win I'm losing hope.

 

[TomandJerry]

Ref's name fully in caps?!

Wheel loose now

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Come on you super seagulls

 

[WhingForPresident]

Let's hope the players pull their fingers out for a change and put in a performance tonight against a Millwall team that we really should be capable of beating despite our shortcomings this season.

If we lose tonight however, it would be a ****ing outrage if Hyypia doesn't have his P45 by Monday.

 

[Keith Patel]

However, striker Adriano Colunga is available for the Seagulls after returning from suspension.

Who's Adriano Colunga?

We'll looooose.

 

[dadams2k11]

Ref's name fully in caps?!

Wheel loose now

Who's Adriano Colunga?

We'll looooose.

Sorry! That's copy and paste for you. Should off check what i was pasting. School boy error.

 

[severnside gull]

Adam Chicksen recalled from Gills loan & available for tonight's squad

 

[BensGrandad]

Adam Chicksen recalled from Gills loan & available for tonight's squad

Why who is doubtful?

 

[Turkey]

Joe Bennett injured?

 

[MattBackHome]

The resurgence starts tonight.

5-0 Albion.

 

[Rookie]

Predicting a win and the Hyypia out poll after the game being around the 65-70% mark.

 

[Max Paper]

What's the guest pie tonight?

 

[Luke93]

What's the guest pie tonight?

Humble.

 

[jabba]

Feeling optimistic. My fiver is on Bent to score in a Brighton win. 3/1 with SkyBet

 

[Mowgli37]

How many fans are Millwall expected to take down?

 

[Sweeney Todd]

How many fans are Millwall expected to take down?

Too many...

 

[SweatyMexican]

How many fans are Millwall expected to take down?

I think they've sold out every time they've come down here.