The midweek Premier League action continues on Wednesday night with several games including the meeting between Fulham and Brighton at Craven Cottage. The hosts begin the week in 18th place on 8 points while the visitors are in 16th place on 10 points, so this is an important match in terms of the bottom half of the table.
Fulham come into the game following a 1-1 draw at home against defending champions, Liverpool. Fulham will believe they should have taken maximum points from the match having created several good chances to score throughout the game. They were also unlucky to concede a penalty following a direct free-kick that struck the arm of a player in the wall.
Despite the good performance and point against Liverpool, that result means Fulham have won only one of their last 6 Premier League fixtures. The victory came away against Leicester City, which was a tremendous result but there have been defeats at home against Everton and away against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City.
Trends show Fulham of won only one of their last 7 home Premier League games. They have scored in each of their last 4 home matches in the Premier League but have kept just a single clean sheet in their last 7 at Craven Cottage. Fulham have conceded at least 2 goals in 6 of their 9 most recent home matches in all competitions.
Brighton make the journey into London having suffered a 3-0 defeat at Leicester City on Sunday evening. Having missed a good opportunity to open the scoring themselves, Brighton found themselves 3-0 down before half time. They failed to get back into the match in the second half but did prevent the hosts from adding to their goals tally.
That result means Brighton have won only one of their last 11 games in all competitions, with the victory coming away against Aston Villa. Following that win, Brighton picked up a point at home against Liverpool in a 1-1 draw but could not back that up against Southampton and they lost 2-1, also on home soil.
Trends show Brighton have won only one of their last 5 away fixtures in the Premier League. Over 2.5 goals have been seen in 6 of Brighton's last 7 away Premier League games and both teams scored in 8 of Brighton's last 10 matches in the competition.
Team news and Fulham are still without the injured defender Terence Kongolo. Aleksandar Mitrovic is a doubt due to a sprained ankle while Kenny Tete is nursing a calf injury.
Brighton continue without striker Florin Andone, who is unavailable until March. They also have doubts over the fitness of Adam Webster, Tariq Lamptey, and Adam Lallana.
This is a big match for both teams and we expect to see over 2.5 goals and them both to find the back of the net. Fulham have been performing well recently but wins continue to be rare and Brighton are the team who could come away with maximum points.