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[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham *** Official Match Thread ***



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Albion v Fulham

PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue:
The American Express Community Stadium
Date: Saturday 18th February 2023
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Darren England
Assistants: Dan Cook, Daniel Robathan
Fourth Official: James Linington
VAR: Andre Marriner
Additional VAR: Edward Smart

TEAM NEWS

Brighton head coach Roberto De Zerbi says midfielder Adam Lallana has a "big injury" and will be out for several months.


Jakub Moder and Danny Welbeck will again miss out, but Levi Colwill is nearing a return.

Fulham are definitely without injured midfielder Tom Cairney and long-term absentee Neeskens Kebano.

However, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Antonee Robinson and Willian are all expected be available.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

  • Fulham are unbeaten in all five of their Premier League fixtures with Brighton.
  • The Seagulls have faced Fulham more often without winning a Premier League game than any other opponent.
  • The Cottagers are looking to complete their first league double over Brighton since the 1992-93 season in the third tier.
Albion
  • Brighton are the only Premier League side still unbeaten in all competitions in 2023, having won five and drawn two of their seven matches this year.
  • Albion can equal the club top-flight record of three successive home victories, which they last managed in November 2019.
  • Only Manchester City, Arsenal and Spurs have scored more top-flight goals than Brighton's 39 this season. The Seagulls need only four goals to surpass their previous highest tally in a Premier League campaign, set last season.
  • The Seagulls are unbeaten in their last nine Premier League home games against promoted sides and have kept a clean sheet in each of the last seven.
Fulham
  • Fulham's tally of 35 points is the most by a newly-promoted side after 23 games of a Premier League season since Wigan's 37 in 2005-06.
  • Only the two Manchester clubs have earned more points since the Premier League resumed after the World Cup than Fulham's 16.
  • Their 10 top-flight wins this season is double the amount they managed in their previous top-flight campaign.
  • A fifth Premier League away win of 2022-23 would equal their highest tally in a season, set in 2003-04.

Roberto De Zerbi's Fulham Press Conference



 
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Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
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Willian seems to have been reinvigorated by his move to Fulham, he worries me as much as our old Nemesis Mitrovic.

We will do very well to win this game imo, having been able to beat Fulham at will in the Championship they are now a bit of a bogey team.

It promises to be a very open and exciting game.
 


Perfidious Albion

Well-known member
Oct 25, 2011
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At the end of my tether
It won’t be easy…. I don’t know what has got into them but they have had some great results. But so have we, so we can do it..
If the ball runs for us, if the forwards have their shooting boots, if the goalie does not drop it and if VAR doesn’t rob us … we will be fine ! :albion2:
 




























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