Kick-off: 1730, 08/10/2022
Stadium: Amex Stadium
TV: Sky Sports
Fourth-placed Brighton and Tottenham, who are third, tend to be involved in close Premier League encounters, but stalemates are rare.
There hasn’t been a draw in their last eight top-flight meetings, but six of those fixtures were settled by just a one-goal margin.
We’re taking 5/4 for either side to continue that trend here in our first Brighton vs Tottenham prediction.
Brighton Odds
Albion have only lost one of seven games in this competition and Roberto De Zerbi began his reign with a fine 3-3 draw at Liverpool.
Leandro Trossard bagged an early brace before the Reds rallied well and took the lead with just over an hour gone.
Fortunately for the Seagulls, Trossard wasn’t finished and he completed his hat-trick late on to earn Brighton a share of the spoils.
The Belgium international paid tribute to new head coach De Zerbi, who was making his Premier League managerial debut.
“He tried to work already a lot on the technical stuff,” said Trossard. “I think we will have some good times with him.”
De Zerbi, in turn, thanked his predecessor, now at Chelsea, for leaving him with a squad capable of playing the way they did at Anfield.
“I believe Graham Potter deserves credit because he has left to me a great deal,” he said.
Trossard is a player who thrives on confidence and often scores goals in bunches, netting in four of his final six games last term.
Looking at the Brighton vs Tottenham odds, he is 12/5 to strike at any time again here.
Last Brighton line-up: Sanchez, Webster, Dunk, Estupinan, Veltman, March, Mac Allister, Gross, Caicedo, Trossard, Welbeck.
Brighton will check on midfielder Moises Caicedo. Enock Mwepu (illness) is not expected to feature again, while fellow midfielder Jakub Moder (knee) is a long-term absentee.
Tottenham Odds
Spurs tasted defeat in the Premier League for the first time this season when beaten 3-1 by Arsenal in last Saturday’s north London derby.
Tottenham put that chastening experience behind them when drawing 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Tuesday.
They created plenty of opportunities in Germany, with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min guilty of failing to make the most of several openings.
“The match was a good match,” Antonio Conte told BT Sport. “I think we played a match with great intensity.
“We didn’t allow them to play their football and we pressed a lot in every area of the pitch.
“At the same time, we have to be more clinical because we created many, many chances to score and instead, at the end, we are talking about a draw.”
Spurs have now gone seven matches without winning away from home in European competitions, having lost 2-0 against Sporting in Portugal last month.
In domestic action, they have only won once from four road trips this term – and that was at bottom club Nottingham Forest.
Putting all the evidence together, we like 10/3 for Albion to prevail by exactly one goal for our final Brighton vs Tottenham prediction.
Last Spurs line-up: Lloris, Emerson, Dier, Romero, Lenglet, Hojbjerg, Perisic, Bentancur, Son, Richarlison, Kane.
Tottenham will be without defender Emerson Royal (suspension) and forwards Lucas Moura (calf) and Dejan Kulusevski (hamstring).
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