Albion face Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday knowing a win could move them up into fourth spot in the Premier League.
Our match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium kicks off at 3pm.
Spurs will be just eager to secure a victory, knowing they could go above Aston Villa into fourth.
Team news
In Roberto De Zerbi's absence, first team coach Andrea Maldera took Friday's press conference. He discussed the availability of Joao Pedro and Kaoru Mitoma.
"Joao Pedro unfortunately has an injury in the hamstring and he cannot play tomorrow," Andrea explained. "He had a scan a few days ago and he needs another one. We don’t know how many weeks away he will be out for, we don’t want to take a risk.
"Kaoru is available, sure. But Roberto hasn’t decided [if he should start], he has asked us how he is. Kaoru has worked well but he has travelled a lot this week. I think we make the decision tonight or tomorrow morning. He is in the squad for sure, but we don’t if he can start, we are not sure. But he is with us and is an important player."
Our last meeting
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Albion enjoyed one of their finest performances of the campaign when they last played Spurs. Ange Postecoglou’s team visited us for our final match of 2023, which saw us lead 4-0 after 80 minutes at the Amex, before a late rally from Spurs saw them snatch two goals.
Player to watch
Son Heung-min’s return from the Asian Cup is a welcome one for Tottenham, who have won just one of their three Premier League matches without their South Korean captain. The 31-year-old has scored 12 goals in 20 Premier League matches this season, while he has 157 goals in 393 appearances in total for Spurs.
The Premier League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
ARS
|
36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | +60 | 83 |
|
2
|
MCI
|
35 | 25 | 7 | 3 | +54 | 82 |
|
3
|
LIV
|
36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | +43 | 78 |
|
4
|
AVL
|
36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | +20 | 67 |
|
5
|
TOT
|
35 | 18 | 6 | 11 | +11 | 60 |
|
6
|
NEW
|
35 | 17 | 5 | 13 | +22 | 56 |
|
7
|
CHE
|
35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | +11 | 54 |
|
8
|
MUN
|
35 | 16 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 54 |
|
9
|
WHU
|
36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | -14 | 49 |
|
10
|
BOU
|
36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 48 |
|
11
|
Albion
|
35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 47 |
|
12
|
WOL
|
36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 46 |
|
13
|
EVE
|
36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 45 |
|
14
|
FUL
|
36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 44 |
|
15
|
CRY
|
36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 43 |
|
16
|
BRE
|
36 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 36 |
|
17
|
NFO
|
36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -18 | 33 |
|
18
|
LUT
|
36 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -29 | 26 |
|
19
|
BUR
|
36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -35 | 24 |
|
20
|
SHU
|
36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | -65 | 16 |
Match stats
Tottenham have won six of their last seven home league games against Brighton, with the exception being a 1-0 loss in April 2022.
Following their 4-2 win at the Amex Stadium in December, Brighton are looking to win back-to-back league meetings with Spurs for the very first time.
After a run of four defeats in five Premier League games from the start of November (D1), Tottenham have now lost just one of their last eight (W5 D2). That loss did come in the reverse fixture against Brighton, however.
Having won their first two Premier League away games this season, Brighton have since won just one of their last nine on the road (D3 L5), conceding 21 goals across these nine matches.
Tottenham have scored in each of their last 35 Premier League games (73 goals total) since a 0-1 defeat to Wolves in March 2023. A goal in this match will make this the joint-second longest scoring streak by a side in the competition’s history (36, level with Liverpool from Mar 2019-Feb 2020 and Man Utd from Dec 2007-Nov 2008), and would be behind only Arsenal’s run of 55 from May 2001 to November 2002.
Tottenham have scored at least twice in their last eight Premier League games, only having a longer run between September and December 2011 (11). They’ve also conceded twice in each of their last three, with West Ham in April 2021 the last team to score and concede 2+ goals in four consecutive Premier League matches.
Spurs have scored more goals in the opening 15 minutes of games than any other side in the Premier League this season (8). However, they’ve conceded more often than anyone else in the 90th minute (incl. stoppage time) of games this term (8).
Since the start of December, Richarlison has scored more goals than any other Premier League player (9). The Spurs striker has netted nine goals in his last eight league appearances, with the reverse fixture against Brighton the only game in which he’s not scored in this run.
João Pedro has scored eight goals in his last seven appearances for Albion in all competitions, a run which started with a brace of penalties in the reverse Premier League fixture against Tottenham.
No player has had more touches in the opposition box (172) or created more chances from open play (46) in the Premier League this season than Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski.
Match officials
Referee: Sam Barrott.
Assistants: Neil Davies, Wade Smith.
Fourth official: Keith Stroud.
VAR: Jarred Gillett.
Assistant VAR: Richard West.