On the 6th of February, in this week 23 match, Burnley will host Brighton & Hove Albion in a clash of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Burnley is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 3rd minute, then Raheem Sterling added another in the 38th minute on a feed from İlkay Gündoğan At the end of 90 a dissapointed Burnley couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester City took the shutout win. Burnley is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while brighton & Hove Albion is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Liverpool. Steven Alzate struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 56th minute on a feed from Leandro Trossard, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Liverpool couldn’t muster any offence and Brighton & Hove Albion ran away with the shutout win. Brighton & Hove Albion is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Nov 6th, Brighton & Hove Albion hosted Burnley in their last match together. Brighton & Hove Albion and Burnley battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Brighton & Hove Albion nor Burnley could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Steven Alzate has been the most effective weapon for Brighton & Hove Albion lately. The English midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Jay Rodriguez has been the most prolific scorer on Burnley in the last five matches with 2 goals
Sean Dyche’s Burnley squad will be without Robbie Brady, Charlie Taylor, Jimmy Dunne and Peacock-Farrell, while Brighton & Hove Albion will be without Adam Lallana, Aaron Connolly, Yves Bissouma, José Izquierdo, Steven Alzate and Alireza Jahanbakhsh.