In this 22nd week match, on Wed Feb 3rd, Liverpool plays host to Brighton & Hove Albion in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. In their last match, 3rd placed Liverpool, recorded a 3-1 win against West Ham United. Mohamed Salah scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 57th minute, then Mohamed Salah added another in the 68th minute. Liverpool is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Brighton & Hove Albion recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Tottenham Hotspur. Leandro Trossard struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 17th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Tottenham Hotspur couldn’t muster any offence and Brighton & Hove Albion ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sat Nov 28th, Brighton & Hove Albion hosted Liverpool at the The American Express Community Stadium in their last match together. Brighton & Hove Albion and Liverpool battled to a 1-1 draw. Diogo Jota struck first for Liverpool in the 60th minute on a feed from Mohamed Salah, but Pascal Groß got the equalizer for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning Brighton & Hove Albion at least a draw.
Brighton & Hove Albion hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Neal Maupay and Steven Alzate, and they each have 1 goal. Liverpool is glad to have Mohamed Salah in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho, Naby Keïta, Joël Matip, Joe Gomez, Konstantinos Tsimikas and Diogo Jota are unavailable to play for Liverpool, while Graham Potter’s squad will be without Adam Lallana, Aaron Connolly, José Izquierdo and Alireza Jahanbakhsh.