[Albion] Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[Dick Head]

Tottenham v Albion

PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Date: Saturday 8th April 2023
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Stuart Attwell
Assistants: Darren Cann, James Mainwaring
Fourth Official: Jeremy Simpson
VAR: Michael Salisbury
Additional VAR: Daniel Robathan
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TEAM NEWS

Tottenham forward Richarlison is not expected to return from a muscle injury until next weekend.

Lucas Moura begins a three-match ban, while Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, Ben Davies, Emerson Royal and Ryan Sessegnon are all still out.

Brighton's Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo are fit despite coming off with injuries against Bournemouth.

Adam Lallana, Tariq Lamptey, Jakub Moder and Jeremy Sarmiento are all absent.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Brighton ended a run of eight consecutive away defeats versus Tottenham in all competitions with a 1-0 Premier League win on 16 April last season.
• Following their victory at the Amex Stadium earlier this season, Spurs are aiming to record a second Premier League double over Brighton. They beat them home and away in 2018-19.

Tottenham

• Tottenham have won just one of their last six matches in all competitions.
• They have 50 points, one fewer than at this stage of last season when they took 20 points out of a possible 27 in their final nine games to finish fourth. Their only defeat during that run came at home to Brighton.
• Spurs have conceded 41 league goals in 2022-23, which is already one more than they did in the whole of last season.
• They are on a club-record run of 24 home league fixtures without a draw since a 2-2 result versus Liverpool in December 2021.
• Harry Kane has scored 11 goals in his last 13 league games at home.
• Kane has scored nine goals in 11 appearances for Tottenham against Brighton. The Seagulls could become the ninth team he reaches double figures against in his career.

Albion

• Brighton have lost only one of their 15 matches in all competitions in 2023, a 1-0 Premier League home defeat versus Fulham in February (W10, D4).
• They are one short of equalling their club top-flight record of 14 wins in a season, set in the 42-game 1980-81 campaign.
• Albion can also equal the club top-flight record of eight consecutive away games unbeaten, set from February to September 2020 under Graham Potter.
• The Seagulls have scored 51 league goals this season. Their top-flight record is 54, set in 1980-81.
• However, they have only won two of their 12 league fixtures this season against the other teams currently in the top half of the table.
• Kaoru Mitoma is the first Brighton player to register a goal or assist in five consecutive Premier League appearances.

Roberto De Zerbi's Tottenham Press Conference

 

[Mortdecai]

🕰3:00PM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS BRIGHTON
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EPL
OPTUS SPORT 3
NOW PREMIER LEAGUE 1
ASTRO SUPERSPORT 1
BEIN SPORTS ENGLISH 1
PREMIER SPORTS 1 (IRELAND)
SKY SPORT PREMIER LEAGUE 8 (NEW ZEALAND SKY)
SUPERSPORT PREMIER LEAGUE
PEACOCK

Sorry, couldn't get my usual production.

 

[jcdenton08]

Through to the next round here lads, no excuses.

Caicedo and Mac ready to boss the midfield.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

🕰3:00PM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR VS BRIGHTON
---------------
EPL
OPTUS SPORT 3
NOW PREMIER LEAGUE 1
ASTRO SUPERSPORT 1
BEIN SPORTS ENGLISH 1
PREMIER SPORTS 1 (IRELAND)
SKY SPORT PREMIER LEAGUE 8 (NEW ZEALAND SKY)
SUPERSPORT PREMIER LEAGUE
PEACOCK

Sorry, couldn't get my usual production.

Can’t recall a Brighton game that Peacock haven’t covered (outside of a UK broadcast) this season

 

[jcdenton08]

Can’t recall a Brighton game that Peacock haven’t covered (outside of a UK broadcast) this season

They have the full rights available for every PL game via their premium service, you can literally switch between any PL game on the fly. They’re introducing dual display now too, so you can watch two games simultaneously in either split screen or on dual monitors.

 

[Beach Hut]

So excited

 

[Icy Gull]

Must do better

• However, they have only won two of their 12 league fixtures this season against the other teams currently in the top half of the table.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Mainwaring for the second week running, Don’t Panic.

 

[albionfan37]

Tottenham are a tough nut to crack at home so this’ll be a great time to beat them close the gap and put on a show

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

These last 11 games could be season-defining

 

[Albion Robster]

Any away pub been allocated for this game?

 

[Berty23]

We may well lose but it shows just how far we have come that the bookies have a Brighton win as favourite as we travel away to spurs.

Sky bet
Spurs win 2.7 draw 3.5 Brighton win 2.45

 

[bluenitsuj]

Surely Kane is out for months after getting beaten up the other night........

 

[OzMike]

I will be asleep for this one and expect to wake up to see another 3 points in the bag.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

They have the full rights available for every PL game via their premium service, you can literally switch between any PL game on the fly. They’re introducing dual display now too, so you can watch two games simultaneously in either split screen or on dual monitors.

Version I have had all live games with the exception of those on US cable (typically the 12:30 sat and super Sunday) but you can watch full replays of all 380 games

I’ve got sky and bt anyway so basically fully covered.

Will have a look at the dual screen functionality

 

[oldboyroy]

Will take a point here but obviously would love 3

 

[Auckland seagull]

Strangely more confident for this one than Bournemouth away. Their crowd will insist they play on the front foot. March and Mitoma will exploit the space at the back.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

This could be a good time to play Spurs, they have a long injury list and a temporary manager. But they will always be a top team .I am sure they will also use the dark arts of gamesmanship so we have to be careful.
Whatever happens

 

[Official Old Man]

Excited. When was the last time we went to a big club as favorites to win? We may sometimes think we could sneak a win or a 0:0 but today we are going certain that we are the better team.
3:0 defeat then.

 

[Berty23]

Spurs are a rich man’s Brentford. Park the bus and hoof it to a striker and hope that if he can’t get a shot away that he can throw himself to the floor and win a set piece. Spurs are up there with Brentford in terms of set piece goals. Let’s hope we manage to score quite a few today because I worry about the threat of set pieces!