Tomer Hemed celebrates.
Image by: Paul Hazlewood
PUBLISHED
06:00 31st March 2016
by James Hilsum
Albion have some big games coming up.
Brighton & Hove Albion are gearing up for the business end of the season as they head into the month of April with six games in the space of 21 days.
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Chris Hughton’s men begin the month with arguably their biggest match of the season to date against Burnley, in a top-two clash at the Amex, to be shown live in front of the Sky Sports cameras.
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Albion will move to within a point of the Clarets with a victory on Saturday as the race for automatic promotion gathers momentum.
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Three days later, the Seagulls head to St Andrew's for an evening match against Birmingham City, who still have play-off aspirations of their own. Goals from Solly March and Bobby Zamora edged out the Blues in a 2-1 win at the Amex back in November.
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Brighton are back on the TV the following Monday (11th April) for a match against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, aiming to complete the double over the East Midlands side. A 1-0 opening-day victory in the reverse fixture set Albion off to a blistering start to the season - as the team embarked on a 21-game unbeaten league run.
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Following Forest are two games against west London opposition at the Amex, with Fulham and Queens Park Rangers on 15th and 19th April respectively.
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Sam Baldock and Tomer Hemed were on target in a 2-1 victory at Craven Cottage back in August, to ensure Albion made it two wins from two games at the start of the season.
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QPR and Albion played out a thoroughly entertaining game at Loftus Road back in December, when strikes from Rajiv van La Parra and Dale Stephens put the Seagulls 2-0 in front, before Charlie Austin’s brace earned Rangers a share of the spoils.
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The month’s action ends at The Valley on 23rd April, as Albion embark on their penultimate away trip of the season to take on a Charlton Athletic side looking for points to secure their Championship status for another season.[h=3]ALBION V BURNLEY
[/h]SATURDAY 2ND APRIL, KICK-OFF 12.30PM
[h=3]ALBION V FULHAM
[/h]FRIDAY 15TH APRIL, KICK-OFF 7.45PM
[h=3]ALBION V QPR
[/h]TUESDAY 19TH APRIL, KICK-OFF 7.45PM
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