Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton & Hove Albion: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head
Tottenham are winless of their final three Premier League video games in opposition to Brighton (D1 L2), having beforehand by no means gone greater than eleven with no win in opposition to the Seagulls within the top-flight.
Brighton have gained two of their final 4 away league video games in opposition to Spurs (L2), together with a 4-1 victory final season. They’d solely gained one in every of their first 9 visits between 1977 and 2020 (D2 L6).
Brighton have scored 14 objectives of their final 5 Premier League video games in opposition to Spurs (2.8 per sport), having scored simply 10 of their first 12 in opposition to them within the competitors (0.8 per sport).
Tottenham are the one Premier League facet with no win in 2026, profitable none of 14 video games (D5 L9). It’s their second-longest winless league run of their historical past, solely having an extended stretch with no win between December 1934 and April 1935 (16 video games).
Brighton and Hove Albion have gained 5 of their final six Premier League matches (L1), as many wins as they’d had of their earlier 20 mixed. Since MD27, they’ve gained extra factors than every other team (15).
Tottenham Hotspur have gained simply one in every of their final 26 Premier League matches performed throughout January, February, March, April and May (D7 L18), and are winless of their final 21 video games in these months since a 3-1 win over Southampton final April.
Brighton have gained their final three away Premier League video games – they’ve by no means gained 4 in a row within the top-flight. The Seagulls have additionally saved a clear sheet in all three wins, final profitable 4 on the bounce on the street within the league with out conceding in March 2011 in League One.
This can be Roberto De Zerbi’s first dwelling Premier League sport accountable for Spurs – solely one of many earlier 13 managers to take cost of Spurs have misplaced their first dwelling sport, though it was his predecessor Igor Tudor in February in opposition to Arsenal. Spurs have misplaced their final 4 dwelling video games, solely dropping 5 in a row eleven of their league historical past in February 1994.
Since his first begin of his second spell at Brighton on seventh January, solely three gamers have created extra probabilities within the Premier League than Pascal Groß (24), whereas he additionally ranks second for passes into the field (108) behind Bruno Fernandes (139), and the German is high for profitable crosses (28).
Roberto De Zerbi’s first dwelling Premier League sport accountable for Brighton was in opposition to Tottenham in October 2022, dropping 1-0. It’s the primary time in Premier League historical past a supervisor’s first dwelling sport accountable for two golf equipment has been the identical fixture.
