Comments, predictions Brighton vs Crystal Palace: Easy draw

This Sunday sees the 142nd meeting of the A23 derby, as Brighton & Hove Albion host Crystal Palace at the Amex Stadium in the Premier League.

Although both teams were considered contenders for European football at the start of the season, Brighton have had a much more impressive start to the season than Crystal Palace. However, Fabian Hurzeler's team have struggled in recent weeks.

Latest Brighton vs Crystal Palace team information

Danny Welbeck could return to the starting line-up in place of Evan Ferguson after missing the defeat to Fulham through injury and playing just 20 minutes against Leicester recently.

Coach Fabian Hurzeler was cautious when talking about the possibility of the injured players playing, only giving percentages rather than making definite statements. Joel Veltman has a 50% chance of playing, Ferdi Kadioglu 20%, Jack Hinshelwood 40% and James Milner just 10%, suggesting that none of these players will start.

Crystal Palace could welcome back summer signing Chadi Riad in the coming weeks after he featured for the Under-21s a few days ago, ending three months out with a knee injury.

Joel Ward picked up a calf injury this week and is likely to miss out, along with Matheus Franca, who is not expected to return until 2025. However, Adam Wharton is still a chance to play, although the possibility is slim.

After an impressive performance against Man City last weekend, manager Oliver Glasner is likely to keep his squad intact, unless there are any last-minute injuries.

Latest predicted lineup Brighton vs Crystal Palace

Brighton & Hove Albion:

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

Latest football commentary Brighton vs Crystal Palace

Brighton head into the weekend on their longest winless run under manager Fabian Hurzeler, having gone three games without a win, leaving them seventh in the table.

Failure to beat the bottom teams could prove costly come May, as Brighton did last week when they let two points slip away in the final five minutes of the game against Leicester City. Yankuba Minteh scored in the 80th minute to give Leicester what looked like an easy away win, but Jamie Vardy and Bobby Decordova-Reid scored late on to salvage a point.

A recent 1-1 draw at home to Southampton also marked a run of five consecutive games in which Brighton have failed to win against teams in the bottom four.

Crystal Palace, this time's opponents, are also bottom of the table. However, Brighton have maintained a stable form at home, being one of three teams yet to lose a Premier League match this season, along with Arsenal and Brentford.

A clean sheet will be key to ending their worrying run of results against weaker opposition. Despite their strong attack, Brighton have conceded in each of their last seven games, taking their total to 37 goals and conceded in 53 games since the start of last season.

Against Crystal Palace, Brighton have won back-to-back home games for the first time since the 1980s, and they will be confident of extending that run, especially after a 4-1 win in the same fixture last season.

Crystal Palace have not beaten Brighton in their last six meetings, but they go into the game in better spirits than they were a few weeks ago, having moved clear of the bottom three.

The relegation zone sides all lost last week, while Palace held champions Manchester City to a 2-2 draw to move four points clear of the danger zone. However, manager Oliver Glasner was left with some regrets after his side twice took the lead but failed to capitalise when City were reduced to 10 men in the final minutes.

Victory over Ipswich Town in midweek was the most important result, after draws with both Aston Villa and Newcastle United, leaving Palace with just one loss in their last eight games in all competitions.

Despite their struggles on the road, Palace head into the weekend unbeaten in three away games and a win would see them win back-to-back Premier League away games for the first time since the 2022-23 season.

Brighton vs Crystal Palace score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Brighton vs Crystal Palace match:

• Sportsmole: Brighton 2-2 Crystal Palace

• WhoScore: Brighton 1-0 Crystal Palace
• Our prediction: Brighton 1-1 Crystal Palace

When and where to watch Brighton vs Crystal Palace live?

To watch the Brighton vs Crystal Palace match live in the Premier League at 9:00 p.m. on December 15, viewers can watch it on K+ Sport, K+PM or online sports channels. Wishing you happy football watching moments.

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