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

[Dick Head]

Brighton v Norwich

Sky Bet Championship

Venue: The American Express Community Stadium
Date: Good Friday 3rd April 2015
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Andy Davies
Assistants: Ian Fissenden, Nigel Lugg
Fourth official: Tim Robinson


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TEAM NEWS

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  [*=left]Brighton's loanee winger Mustapha Carayol could be given his debut by former Canaries boss Chris Hughton.
  [*=left]Defender Lewis Dunk is back from suspension, but midfield trio Andrew Crofts (knee), Kemy Agustien (thigh) and Solly March (calf) are sidelined along with striker Sam Baldock (knee).
  [*=left] Ryan Bennett is back in defence for Norwich following a hamstring injury.
  [*=left]But ex-Brighton winger Elliott Bennett is out with a similar problem, and will not face his old club at the Amex.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-Head
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  [*=left]The earlier meeting this season ended as a 3-3 draw at Carrow Road in November.
  [*=left]Norwich have won five of the last six meetings in all competitions, drawing the other. Brighton's last win was 1-0 at Carrow Road in the old Division One on Boxing Day 2002.
  [*=left] Norwich are unbeaten in the last four meetings at Brighton, winning the last three. Brighton's last win at home was 1-0 in the FA Cup in January 1983.

Brighton
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  [*=left]Brighton won their last game 1-0 at Blackburn on 21 March - their first win in four games.
  [*=left] Brighton have won three of their last four home games, drawing the other. Their last defeat at the Amex Stadium was 3-2 against Nottingham Forest on 7 February.

Norwich
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  [*=left]Norwich have lost only one of their last 12 games, winning eight and drawing three. Their only defeat since January was 1-0 against Wigan at home on 4 March.
  [*=left]Norwich are unbeaten in their last seven away games, winning five. Their last defeat on the road was 2-0 at Preston in the FA Cup on 3 January.

 

[TomandJerry]

Started the day before the match, were loose.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Really excited about this game, predicting a THRILLING 3-3 draw with a late Gordon Greer header rescuing a point.

Gordon's got form for dramatic late goals against Norwich, from a time before he played for the Albion. He didn't score often for Swindon, but he scored against the Albion at Withdean in 2009 and against Norwich when they were in League 1.

 

[Beach Hut]

Enjoy the game everyone, will follow it on NSC and BBC website

 

[Dick Head]

Started the day before the match, were loose.

u wot m8?

 

[perseus]

Good thread start.

https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/showthread.php?320402-**-BHA-v-Norwich-**-Score-Predictor Score draw is most often predicted.

Match Preview:

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/830220

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/830220/Show/England-Championship-2014-2015-Brighton-Norwich

Away game 3-3
I thought our passing was uncharacteristically poor in that game and Ince received a handful of suicide passes. Albion had more of the ball, but did not make so good use of it. Frustrating match to watch as our mis-passes gave the ball away too much and Norwich were a bit like this as well.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/830039/Live

 

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

2-0 win to the Albion.

 

[GT49er]

What a miserable day - let's hope the result cheers us up!

 

[Everest]

Looks good, but

were steel loos

 

[crookie]

First match for me since Ipswich, let's hope for an East Anglian mauling double header

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

4-1 Brighton. You heard it here first.

 

[Everest]

4-1 Brighton. You heard it here first.

and probably last

 

[BensGrandad]

Same referee as our 1-0 defeat at home to Brentford

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Reports of the Celtic manager being in the directors box today have been dismissed as a typo error.

 

[:J)]

 

[Icy Gull]

Same referee as our 1-0 defeat at home to Brentford

I hope we show more ambition than we did in that game. A repeat of the excitement at Carrow Road earlier this season please.

 

[jcdenton08]

Wreel luse this one

 

[perseus]

Should be home before it gets dark: http://www.sunsettimes.co.uk/

 

[Juror#13]

Is it 3pm or 4pm kick off as seagull player says another 2 hours before kick off?

Forget that as now it says 56 minutes

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

BHAFC ‏@OfficialBHAFC 8s8 seconds ago

#BHAFC v #NCFC: Stockdale; Bruno, Greer, Halford, Bennett; Kayal, Ince, Stephens; Calderon, O'Grady, Teixeira. #BHAvNCFC

BHAFC ‏@OfficialBHAFC 45s46 seconds ago

#BHAFCvNCFC subs: Walton (GK), Dunk, Forster-Caskey, LuaLua, Carayol, Mackail-Smith, Best. #BHAvNCFC