Brighton Hove Albion vs Brentford Full Match 2024-25 • fullmatch

Brighton Hove Albion vs Brentford Full Match 2024-25.

Brighton Hove Albion vs Brentford Full Match Highlights — Brighton Hove Albion vs Brentford Full Match 2024-25

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford Full Match Replay.
Full Match & Highlights Premier League 2024-2025

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English Commentary
December 27, 2024

Friday night’s festive Premier League action kicks off at the Amex Stadium as Brighton look to rediscover the magic of the season by ending a frustrating five-game winless run (D3, L2). Perhaps the most annoying part of that run for the Seagulls’ faithful is the fact that they failed to see out victories from leading positions in two of their last three outings.

Returning home may well help the Seagulls take flight once again as their recent 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace here was their first in Premier League action this season (W3, D4, L1). No matter the result, the consistent theme throughout Hürzeler’s short reign to date has been goals at both ends, with 16 of his 20 games at the helm seeing both teams score, including nine of his 11 competitive home games in charge (W5, D4, L2).

Sitting two points behind the hosts over the Christmas period, Brentford travel here in similarly poor form, having lost four of their previous five competitive outings in the run up to the holiday season (W1). Stating that he has a “very strong starting XI on the sidelines,” Brentford boss Thomas Frank clearly has a job on his hands to navigate the packed festive schedule in the midst of an injury crisis.

Playing away doesn’t usually help the Bees in their quest for points either, as they’ve picked up a Premier League low one point on their travels this season (D1, L7). In fact, only relegation-threatened Everton had picked up fewer away points than Brentford’s ten across the entirety of 2024 ahead of this round (excluding promoted/relegated sides). Despite their failures, each of Brentford’s last seven competitive away defeats at least saw them score exactly once.

Players to watch: Mats Wieffer scored his first goal in Brighton colours to help his side earn a point last time out, which was the midfielder’s fourth straight club goal which was the team opener. For Brentford, Yoane Wissa has scored in every other appearance across his last eight competitive games – he failed to score last time out but has netted before half-time in his last five scoring Premier League appearances.

Hot stat: Brentford have alternated between wins and defeats in their last five league calendar year-ending league games (W3, L2), most recently losing in 2023.