Overview
In the last 3 rounds of the Premier League, Brighton have shown signs of slowing down in terms of form. They suffered a 1-3 defeat against Fulham, as well as being held to draws by two newly promoted teams, Southampton and Leicester City. These results have caused the "Seagulls" to drop to 7th place in the rankings, just 1 point above the 10th place team.
At this time, Brighton need to return soon to continue to nurture the ambition of competing for a ticket to the European Cup next season. The opportunity will come to coach Fabian Hurzeler's team when they welcome Crystal Palace in round 16 of the Premier League.
However, Brighton cannot be complacent against Palace. Although currently in 17th place with 13 points, coach Oliver Glasner's team has a series of 4 consecutive unbeaten matches. Despite drawing 3 matches during that time, this still shows Palace's discomfort.
In terms of head-to-head record, Brighton has been outperforming their opponents recently with a streak of 6 consecutive unbeaten matches.
Human resources situation
Danny Welbeck could be brought back into the starting line-up in place of Evan Ferguson for Brighton, having missed the defeat to Fulham through injury and only played 20 minutes against Leicester.
Meanwhile, players like Joel Veltman, Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and James Milner on the home side are all uncertain about their ability to play.
On the other side of the front line, Palace could welcome new signing Chadi Riad back to the squad in the coming weeks after a period of absence due to a knee injury.
After a strong performance against Man City last weekend, there is little indication that Glasner will make any changes to his starting XI, so the Eagles are likely to stick with the same line-up barring any last-minute injuries.
Expected lineup:
Brighton: Verbruggen, Lamptey, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan, Baleba, Ayari, Minteh, Joao Pedro, Mitoma, Welbeck.
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi, Munoz, Hughes, Lerma, Mitchell, Sarr, Mateta, Eze.
The match between Brighton and Crystal Palace takes place at 9:00 p.m. on December 15 (Vietnam time).
