Albion v Leicester
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: The American Express Community Stadium
Date: Saturday 6th March 2021
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Michael Oliver
Assistants: Stuart Burt, Simon Bennett
Fourth Official: Keith Stroud
VAR: Stuart Attwell
Additional VAR: Andrew Halliday
TEAM NEWS
Brighton & Hove Albion will assess the fitness of forward Aaron Connolly, who suffered a back spasm during training on Thursday.
Tariq Lamptey will see a specialist following a setback in his recovery from a hamstring issue, while Florin Andone and Adam Webster remain out.
None of Leicester City's seven injured players are expected to return in time to play against Brighton.
Ayoze Perez and Dennis Praet could be available to face Sheffield United.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
[*=left]Brighton are winless in all seven Premier League meetings, failing to score in five of them (D2, L5).
[*=left]Leicester have beaten Brighton twice this season, in the Premier League and FA Cup. They have not earned three wins against the same top-flight team in a season since 1963.
[*=left]Brighton have suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats, as many as in their previous 12 matches.
[*=left]They could lose three successive league fixtures for the first time since November 2019.
[*=left]Albion have recorded 66 shots, including 20 on target, in their past three games, but only scored once.
[*=left]The Seagulls have earned only 10 points at home, the joint-worst record in the division.
[*=left]Brighton have missed three of their eight Premier League penalties this season. Pascal Gross has missed two of his last four top-flight spot-kicks.
[*=left]Gross has created 242 chances in the Premier League since Brighton's promotion in 2017-18, second only to Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne in that time.
[*=left]Leicester could go three consecutive Premier League games without a win for the first time this season.
[*=left]They are unbeaten in 12 away matches in all competitions (W7, D5), just two short of the club record set in December 2015.
[*=left]Forward Kelechi Iheanacho has scored two goals in his past three away starts. He also scored a 90th-minute winner in Leicester's FA Cup victory at Brighton in February.[*=left]Jamie Vardy has scored just one goal in his past 13 appearances in all competitions.
Graham Potter's Leicester Press Conference
