West Ham – Brighton : Preview & Prediction
West Ham and Brighton & Hove Albion meet at Olympic Stadium in a match for the 21st round of the Barclays Premier League. Brighton & Hove Albion won at home for (1-0) the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 10-05-2018. The record of recent direct clashes favors the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches has won 3. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
West Ham
The home team is currently in 11th place with 27 points, after 8 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, he won away to Southampton by (1-2). In the last match, he lost out to Burnley by (2-0). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 matches it has 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats as a visitor, with 24 goals scored and 20 conceded, against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats at home with 27 goals scored and 20 conceded. In the last 10 home games for the championship, West Ham has 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses, having won 13 points out of 30. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 20 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 10 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. In the last 10 home games in this competition there are 2 highlights: he scored 5 of his 14 goals in minutes (61′-75 ‘); suffered six of his 16 goals in minutes (76’-90 ‘).
West Ham is a club that has won two Premier League titles, plus three FA Cup titles, one English Super Cup title and two English League Cup runners-up. In the current season, the team has been making an irregular campaign within the national championship, having won 27 of 60 points so far, thus being in the middle of the table, relatively distant from the relegation zone. In the last five games that West Ham played as principal, counting more than one competition, in all they were scored more than 1.5 goals and in four were scored more than 2.5 goals. I believe that in this match West Ham, by playing at home, can score goals, and so will make one more a busy game.
Brighton & Hove Albion
The visiting team is currently in 13th place with 25 points earned after 7 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied at home to Arsenal by (1-1). In the last match, won at home to Everton by (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats as a visitor, with a total of 11 goals scored and 25 conceded. Already inside the home, won 7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, with a total of 20 goals scored and 15 conceded. His last away game for this competition ended with a 2-0 defeat by Bournemouth. In the last 10 away games, Brighton & Hove Albion have won 2, 1 draw and 7 defeats, having won 7 points out of 30. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 1-0 (6 out of 10 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 20 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 12 games in which he conceded the first goal.
Brighton & Hove Albion is a club that has been runner-up to the Championship twice, in addition to having two League 1 titles (third national division) and a League 2 (fourth division) . In the current season, the team has been making an irregular campaign within the national championship, having won 25 of 60 points so far, thus being in the middle of the table, away from the first and last placed. In the last five games that Brighton & Hove Albion played as a visitor, in four of them were scored more than 1.5 goals and in three were scored more than 2.5 goals. I believe that in this match, even playing away from home, Brighton will be able to pick up their goals and make one more a busy game.
West Ham – Brighton : Betting Tips
West Ham – Win Odds: 2.25
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
