On April 26, Brighton will play West Ham in the 34th round of the English Premier League. Both teams do not spend the end of the season in the best way, they often play in a draw, and in the previous two face-to-face matches they parted in peace. Is it worth betting on a high-odds draw today? - the answer is in our expert's betting tip
Command Analysis
Brighton & Hove Albion
Current form
Brighton is completely failing at the end of the season and, given its current performance, can hardly claim a place in the European Cup zone, as the gap from the top 7 has reached nine points. There are too many losses in the squad, the defense is not coping with its duties. Still, two missed goals from Leicester, who almost never scores at all, is definitely too much. The Seagulls' unbeaten streak in the Premier League reached five matches, in which they managed to score only two points, drawing 2-2 with Manchester United and Leicester. In the last round, Fabian Hürzeler's team failed to cope with Brentford's attack - a 2-4 away defeat.
Disqualifications and injuries
Kadioglu, Milner, Igor, Lampty, Rutter, Webster will not play in the upcoming match due to injuries. Veltman and van Hecke are in question. Plus, Joao Pedro will also be serving a suspension.
Interesting betting trends
In five consecutive matches, Brighton had been at odds with their rivals in the first half.
In six of the Seagulls' previous seven Premier League matches, there was an exchange of goals scored.
West Ham's situation is no better than Brighton's. The hammers have not won for six rounds in a row, they strictly alternate defeats and draws. In the table, the Londoners occupy 17th place and are 15 points ahead of the relegation zone. In the previous round, Graham Potter's team failed to beat the main outsider Southampton (1-1) on their own field. Throughout the season, West Ham has had problems attacking in away matches, scoring only 16 goals in 16 matches played.
Disqualifications and injuries
Antonio and Summerville are injured and will not play in Brighton today.
Interesting betting trends
In 11 of West Ham's last 12 Premier League matches, no more than three goals have been scored.
For six matches, the Hammers have not scored in the first half.
Brighton and West Ham are approaching the face-to-face confrontation in far from optimal form, they did not win in the previous five rounds. It would seem that the chances of winning today are equal, especially since in the previous two personal meetings we parted in peace. However, bookmakers give a clear advantage to seagulls. And this is against the background of the fact that the team has huge losses in the squad, and the defense regularly fails and concedes two goals even from Leicester. We believe that there is a serious overestimation of the owners in the bookmakers' line.
Our betting tip is that West Ham will not lose by a factor of 2.20
Both Brighton and West Ham are having problems defensively, missing even from obvious outsiders. It is unlikely that any of them will be able to score in a face-to-face match, especially since they have exchanged goals in two of the last three face-to-face meetings.
The second bet is that both will score with a coefficient of 1.67
Betting on corners
In seven of the last eight home matches in the Premier League, Brighton did not serve more than five corners. We don't expect the hosts to dominate the field so much today.
The betting tip is that Brighton's total corners are less than 5.5 with a coefficient of 1.91
xG (from English "expected goals" translates as "expected goals") is the sum of the probabilities of scoring chances, a mathematical value calculated taking into account the parameters of potential scoring chances, which include shots on goal and dangerous moments without finishing shots.
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