Albion have been in top ten form in the Championship under Chris Hughton.
A table compiled by The Argus since Hughton took charge 11 games ago reveals that Albion are tenth with as many points as Ipswich and just one fewer than three more of the promotion candidates, Derby, Bournemouth and this Saturday's Amex visitors Wolves.
Replicating the form over the course of the season would have been enough to put the Seagulls bang in contention for the play-offs again.
Instead the improvement has dragged Albion out of the trouble they were in when Hughton was appointed on New Year's Eve.
A win a Reading this evening, to build on three in a row at home, would go a very long way to guaranteeing Championship football again next season.
Albion would then be 12 points clear of the bottom three and up to 16th, their highest position since early September.
Albion Under Hughton
Norwich P11 W8 D1 L2 F24 A9 Pts 25
Watford P11 W8 D1 L2 F28 A21 Pts 25
Forest P11 W7 D1 L3 F26 A16 Pts 22
Boro P11 W7 D1 L3 F16 A9 Pts 22
Leeds P11 W7 D1 L3 F13 A9 Pts 22
Wolves P11 W5 D3 L3 F21 A11 Pts 18
B'mouth P11 W5 D3 L3 F20 A14 Pts 18
Derby P11 W5 D3 L3 F21 A16 Pts 18
Ipswich P11 W5 D2 L4 F17 A14 Pts 17
ALBION P11 W5 D2 L4 F14 A11 Pts 17
Charlton P11 W5 L4 D2 F17 A16 Pts 17
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A table compiled by The Argus since Hughton took charge 11 games ago reveals that Albion are tenth with as many points as Ipswich and just one fewer than three more of the promotion candidates, Derby, Bournemouth and this Saturday's Amex visitors Wolves.
Replicating the form over the course of the season would have been enough to put the Seagulls bang in contention for the play-offs again.
Instead the improvement has dragged Albion out of the trouble they were in when Hughton was appointed on New Year's Eve.
A win a Reading this evening, to build on three in a row at home, would go a very long way to guaranteeing Championship football again next season.
Albion would then be 12 points clear of the bottom three and up to 16th, their highest position since early September.
Albion Under Hughton
Norwich P11 W8 D1 L2 F24 A9 Pts 25
Watford P11 W8 D1 L2 F28 A21 Pts 25
Forest P11 W7 D1 L3 F26 A16 Pts 22
Boro P11 W7 D1 L3 F16 A9 Pts 22
Leeds P11 W7 D1 L3 F13 A9 Pts 22
Wolves P11 W5 D3 L3 F21 A11 Pts 18
B'mouth P11 W5 D3 L3 F20 A14 Pts 18
Derby P11 W5 D3 L3 F21 A16 Pts 18
Ipswich P11 W5 D2 L4 F17 A14 Pts 17
ALBION P11 W5 D2 L4 F14 A11 Pts 17
Charlton P11 W5 L4 D2 F17 A16 Pts 17
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