Brighton & Hove Albion vs Leicester City *** Official Match Thread ***

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Venue: Amex Stadium
Kick off: 15:00
Referee: Andy Woolmer

Team News:

Mauricio Taricco and Kazenga Lua Lua are both fit and available for selection for today's visit of the Foxes.

Joe Mattock could make his Brighton debut following his acquisition on loan from WBA. Jara Reyes is welcomed back to the Amex on a second loan spell this season and is expected to start.

Tommy Elphick and Gary Dicker remain long-term absentees, Marcos Painter misses out, whilst Sam Vokes is in line for his home debut.

New signings Danny Drinkwater, Wes Morgan and Nathan Delfonesco hope to be involved for the Foxes.

My prediction? An entertaining 2-2 draw, Buckley and Noone for the Albion.

 

[TKC]

With all the games being cancelled we may get more of a mention today.

 

[Everest]

Assistants: Michael Bull and Michael Webb
Fourth Official: Harry Lennard

League Matches at Brighton - all time
Brighton wins - 5
Leicester wins - 3
Draws - 2
Brighton goals - 16
Leicester goals - 11

League Results at Brighton - all time
English League One
28.10.2008 Brighton 3-2 Leicester
English League Championship
11.02.2006 Brighton 1-2 Leicester
09.04.2005 Brighton 1-1 Leicester
English Division One
20.12.2002 Brighton 0-1 Leicester
English Division Two (old)
30.10.1991 Brighton 1-2 Leicester
20.02.1991 Brighton 3-0 Leicester
17.02.1990 Brighton 1-0 Leicester
11.02.1989 Brighton 1-1 Leicester
English Division One (old)
20.04.1981 Brighton 2-1 Leicester
English Division Two (old)
03.02.1979 Brighton 3-1 Leicester

Head-to-head
• These clubs cannot be separated after 24 competitive meetings; both have won 10, with four drawn.
• Leicester have only won three league games on Brighton turf. A fourth would complete their first double over the Seagulls in nine years.
• Brighton have only registered one home victory over Leicester since 1994.

Brighton
• 11th placed Seagulls, four points outside the play-offs, are one of four clubs still unbeaten in 2012 in the Championship.
• They have picked up 10 points out of 12, and have not lost any of their seven league and cup games in this calendar year, after ending 2011 on a four-match losing run.
• Gus Poyet's club are one of two to have conceded just once in the first 15 minutes of a Championship game this season.

Leicester
• The mid-table Foxes have won three and drawn one of their last four in all competitions, but in the Championship, they have only won two of the last nine.
• Three points will give Leicester their third double of this Championship campaign, having already notched home and away victories over Southampton and Crystal Palace.
• Jermaine Beckford has scored six goals in four games for Leicester (all comps).

 

[perseus]

Leicester are blaming their referees for their below expectations start to the season:

Andy Woolmer - Football Referee

Andy Woolmer - Referee profile 2011/2012 - transfermarkt.co.uk

Andy Woolmer (todays ref) - Page 2

No controversies @
BBC Sport - Football - Sheff Wed 1-0 Brighton


But he has been around for over four years, so he can't be that bad.

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Cardiff City | Cardiff boss wants referee barred

 

[severnside gull]

Reading between the lines of his twitter posts, Nooney is also likely to be fit if selected.

How effective is undersoil heating at reducing how hard the pitch will be? Big risk with players coming back from hamstring injuries surely if the ground is very hard so maybe one or both on the bench rather than starting?


On the plus side let's hope for a good result because we should be nailed-on for extended highlights on the FLShow tonight with so many games called off

 

[Acker79]

Per game

Brighton
Goals 1.11
Shots 7.75
On Goal 3.36
Fouls 10.61
Yellow 2.29
Red 0.18


Leicester
Goals 1.36
Shots 10.89
On Goal 4.64
Fouls 10.04
Yellow 1.57
Red 0.18

 

[Tomnorthi]

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[severnside gull]

Andy Woolmer - Football Referee
Andy Woolmer (todays ref) - Page 2

Most telling is that he is basically a lower league referee which is not usually good news.
Looking at those stats we can expect a match with 4 bookings (probably 3:1 to us given the way our season is going) and a 25% chance of a penalty being given - about average really.

 

[perseus]

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BBC Sport - Brighton v Leicester

Pre-match, Team Guesses Thread.

About 62% for a home Albion win and less than 10% think that Leicester will win

BHA v Leicester City - Score Predictor

I don't know what is in Gus Poyet's thinking, whether he wants a go for the play-offs and pick up a point anywhere he can. Or whether he is trying to give the younger player's experience for next year.

Who will take the corners for the Albion? Buckley again?

My view: three points to day and we could make the play-offs. A draw (my forecast) and we could miss out on goal difference (unless we win at West Ham in the final run in).

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[portlander]

Hope today isn't something of an anti-climax after the Newcastle and Palace games. Then again we have momentum on our side after January so maybe we can continue to ride that. Hope so.

 

[glasfryn]

2-0
Mattlock if he plays and no reason why he should'nt and Mr reliable Buckley

 

[KZNSeagull]

We will win 2-1. Buckley and CMS

 

[Notters]

Just met David Nugent's parents on the train and lovely they were too.

 

[Uncle C]

Just eat David Nugent's parents on the train and lovely they were too.

 

[Aseros]

Vicente on bench I heard.

-edit-

it's true. Paul Camillin just tweeted it.

 

[glasfryn]

player on loud and clear

 

[The_Viper]

Naylors tweeting no Jara in squad, first 11 unchanged and Vokes, Mattock and...... VICENTE on bench.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Lets hope Vicente has smothered his legs with Deep Heat otherwise the cold will cramp his muscles , I wonder if they've given him a blanket today while he is on the bench ?

 

[glasfryn]

Lets hope Vicente has smothered his legs with Deep Heat otherwise the cold will cramp his muscles , I wonder if they've given him a blanket today while he is on the bench ?

for deep heat read horse embrocation...................fecking need it in this weather

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

player on loud and clear

Meggy or Lu-Lu as today's lucky mascot ?