December 26th features a match where Brighton & Hove Albion will play host to Brentford in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Brighton & Hove Albion recorded a 0-1 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Romain Saïss struck first for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Rúben Neves, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Brighton & Hove Albion was frustrated by Wolverhampton Wanderers’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wolverhampton Wanderers ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 3 of their last 10, while 12th placed Brentford is fresh off their 2-1 win against Watford. Emmanuel Dennis scored the first goal for Watford in the 24th minute, then Pontus Jansson tied it up for Brentford in the 84th minute on a feed from Marcus Forss But luckily in the 95th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Bryan Mbeumo. Brentford is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Brentford Community Stadium, Brighton & Hove Albion took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Leandro Trossard struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 90th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Brentford couldn’t muster any offence and Brighton & Hove Albion ran away with the shutout win.
Brentford’s most prolific scorer has been Ivan Toney. The English attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.
Adam Lallana, Leandro Trossard, Lewis Dunk, Steven Alzate, Adam Webster, Joël Veltman and Sarmiento are unavailable to play for Brighton & Hove Albion, while Kristoffer Ajer, Tarique Fosu-Henry, Ivan Toney, Joshua Da Silva and David Raya are unavailable to play for Thomas Frank’s team.