Brighton vs Leeds match review, 10:00 p.m. November 1: Overcoming difficulties at Amex

Brighton vs Leeds form

After 5 unbeaten matches (3 wins and 2 draws), Brighton suffered 2 consecutive defeats in less than 1 week. The result is not really surprising because the Seagulls had to play away against stronger opponents such as Man United or Arsenal.

Coach Fabian Hurzeler and his team's performance in the two defeats mentioned above was not bad. However, poor finishing and a few moments of lack of concentration in defense prevented Brighton from improving their ranking in the Premier League, as well as having to stop at the 4th round of the English League Cup.

Before hosting Leeds, the Amex team was 13th with 12 points. The gap to the top 4 was only 5 points, while the gap was 7 points above the red light group, helping the Seagulls not to be under too much pressure.

Perhaps, Danny Welbeck and his teammates will need to quickly open a new impressive series of matches to hope to squeeze into the top half of the rankings as the race for a ticket to the European Cup this season promises to be very fierce.

Under Graham Potter, Roberto De Zerbi or the current Fabian Hurzeler, Brighton's philosophy has never been defensive. Therefore, it is not surprising that the Brighton & Hove team currently owns the 5th worst defense in the league (15 goals conceded in 9 matches), ranked only above Burnley, Nottingham, Wolves and West Ham.

According to statistics, in their last 21 Premier League appearances, Brighton have only kept a clean sheet once. Under coach Hurzeler, their style of attacking to compensate for defense has become more evident, keeping a clean sheet in only 17% of their matches.

However, when hosting Leeds, the home team showed a completely different face. Specifically, in the last 7 times facing guests from Yorkshire, Brighton won 6, drew 1 and did not even concede any goals.

Brighton vs Leeds match review, 10:00 p.m. November 1: Overcoming difficulties at Amex - photo 2 — Brighton won 6 and drew only 1 in the last 7 times hosting Leeds

But in the upcoming rematch, the story may not be easy for the Amex home team. Leeds, despite having the mentality of a rookie returning to the highest arena of the foggy island nation, is not a rookie.

The team under the direction of coach Daniel Farke left a lot of impressions thanks to their dedicated playing style, instead of focusing on defense. The efforts of the away team were rewarded with 15th place, 6 points more than the relegation group.

The problem Leeds are missing is perhaps finding a striker good enough to convert their chances into goals. While Calvert-Lewin is on the other side of the slope due to the burden of age and injuries, new recruits like Okafor and Nmecha have not really met expectations.

Over the past month in the Premier League, Leeds have had 26 more shots than Brighton (48 compared to 22). However, the ability to convert them into goals of Coach Farke's students only stopped at a very modest 6%, compared to 23% of Brighton.

Brighton vs Leeds squad information

Brighton: Solly March, Adam Webster, Jack Hinshelwood are absent. Kaoru Mitoma, Joel Veltman and Brajan Gruda still need further assessment to see if they can play.

Leeds: Full strength.

Expected lineup Brighton vs Leeds

Brighton: Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, Van Hecke, Kadioglu; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Rutter, Gomez; Welbeck

Leeds: Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Bijol, Gudmundsson; Longstaff, Ampadu, Tanaka; Aaronson, Calvert-Lewin, Okafor

Prediction: 2-2

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