Brighton & Hove Albion vs Leicester City Match Preview


On Sunday Sep 4th, Brighton & Hove Albion hosts Leicester City at The American Express Community Stadium in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which is great football weather. Brighton & Hove Albion sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Fulham. Aleksandar Mitrović scored the first goal for Fulham in the 48th minute, then Lewis Dunk added another on an own goal in the 55th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Leicester City recorded a 1-2 loss against Chelsea. Raheem Sterling struck first for Chelsea in the 47th minute on a feed from Cucurella, then Raheem Sterling added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Reece James. Leicester City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.

Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City last played eachother at the King Power Stadium on the 10th of February. Leicester City won by a score of 1 to 0. Kelechi Iheanacho struck first for Leicester City in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Youri Tielemans, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Brighton & Hove Albion was frustrated by Leicester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Leicester City ended the match with the shutout victory.

Both Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Maddison have been the hottest scorers for Leicester City in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Brighton & Hove Albion’s top weapon lately has been Pascal Groß, who has three goals in the last five matches

Adam Lallana, Joël Veltman and Sarmiento are unavailable to play for Graham Potter’s team, while Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City squad will be without Ryan Bertrand, Ricardo Pereira and Wesley Fofana.