Brighton and Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur
English Premier League, KO: 19:30 Dec 28, 2023, AMEX Stadium
AWAY day kings Spurs travel down the south coast to face a Brighton team who may be slightly off-form but still boast an excellent home record.
Ange Postecoglou's men burst back into the Champions League places after they held off an Everton fightback to make it three wins in a row in the league before the midweek fixtures.
Spurs have bounced back in style and come out of a sticky patch of their own after four losses in five although the one point they did collect was at champions Manchester City. They have also been without key duo Micky van de Ven and James Maddison.
Their run has included a win against West Ham and victory at Nottingham Forest too and they seem back to their early season form.
For Brighton, they pick up surprisingly few wins for a team as admired as them. They have actually won just two Premier League games in 12 in a run stretching back to September and they have only won one of their last five matches.
However, they have only lost once at the AMEX this season and they are draw specialists with six so far – the joint equal most at the time of writing on Tuesday.
How the bookies view it
There's nothing to choose between the teams here and different bookies have different teams as favourites here.
Best prices are 8/5 for a Spurs win with 888Sport and 13/8 for a Brighton win with 10Bet. The draw can be backed at 14/5 with UniBet.
Recent head to heads
Spurs did the double on Brighton last season with two wins and have won on each of their past two visits to the south coast at Brighton.
Players to watch
Danny Welbeck has never really been a prolific scorer in his career, but he's still a key man for Brighton at the age of 33 and scored in his last game for them against Crystal Palace. He is 47/20 to score anytime on Thursday with UniBet.
Heung-Min Son is Spurs' talisman and netted his 15th goal of the season for club and country in what turned out to be the winner against Everton last week. He is 13/8 to score anytime with Paddy Power.
Anything else catch the eye?
When bookies can't agree on who is even favourite here it tells you all you need to know. Back Brighton's favourite outcome this season and go for the draw. In fact, you get a slightly better price if you go for a scoring draw with bet365 at 10/3 and there surely are goals in these two teams.
Although Spurs are good away from home, Brighton are very hard to beat the AMEX and the capital club wouldn't be raging with only collecting a point after a busy round of Festive fixtures to keep their momentum going.
Layers seem to be expecting a blood bath here and have priced cards up according but both sides have seen total cards be under 5.5 in two of their last three games and you can get evens for that with bet365.
This English Premier League match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Tottenham Hotspur will be played on Dec 28, 2023 and kick off at 19:30. Check below for our tipsters best Brighton and Hove Albion vs Tottenham Hotspur prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
