Brighton Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur
Falmer Stadium will open the 8th week of EPL between Brighton & Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur. Each camp is experiencing a crisis so it will try to rise in the match tomorrow.
Tottenham Hotspur will be London’s second opponents faced by the hosts in a row. Previously, they went to Chelsea headquarters last Saturday (28/9) with a 2-0 defeat. Not only did they fail to win points, the disaster also made The Seagulls never win in the last 5 matches of the local competition, 4 in the EPL.
On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur was surprisingly slaughtered by Bayern Munich when they met on UCL’s second match day which was held last Wednesday (2/10). The Lilywhites are helpless despite playing at home with a score of 2-7 for the reigning Bundesliga champions. As a result, they fell to rank 3 in Group B.
The trip to Falmer could be said to be the best opportunity for Mauricio Pochettino to lead his men back to the track straight. The reason is, they have never won in the last three away matches with a draw against Olympiacos at UCL, losing to Leicester City in the EPL, then drawing with Colchester in the Carabao Cup during normal times.
On this trip they still cannot play Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon who are still haunted by injuries, while Christian Eriksen is likely to come down from the start after yesterday coming off the bench against Bayern Munich.
In contrast, the host is still without five players ahead of tomorrow’s match, and reportedly coach Graham Potter will field the same squad when facing the Blues.
Last season Tottenham Hotspur won two meetings against Brighton & Hove Albion, including with a score of 1-2 at Falmer. They will try to achieve the same results; in addition to immediately lifting the morale of players, also to lift their positions from the 6th EPL standings.
Our Prediction: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.75