Brighton & Hove Albion v Brentford, Premier League
- Kick-off
- Venue
- American Express Stadium
Our model, until the team news
Predicted line-ups
Brighton & Hove Albion
4-2-3-1
Brentford
4-2-3-1
1Verbruggen
21Boscagli
44Vušković
5Dunk- 20Costinha
13Groß- 14Andrés
29De Cuyper
26Ayari
25Gómez
19Kostoulas
1Kelleher
23Lewis-Potter
20Ajer
4van den Berg
33Kayode
18Sangaré
8Jensen
7Schade
9Igor Thiago
27Janelt
11Ouattara
Bench
- 35Yalcouyé
- 10Rutter
8Hinshelwood
30Svoboda
3Hadjam
33O'Riley
23Steele
Bench
19Anthony- 6Yarmoliuk
24Damsgaard- 44Schuster
2Hickey
25Diouf- 13Wilson
Brighton & Hove Albion
From 14 games this season; 4-2-3-1, the shape in 83% of them, weighted to recent games.
Out or doubtful
- KadıoğluInjured, expected back Back in training
- StruijkInjured, expected back early November
- YohannaInjured, expected back early November
- AzeezInjured, expected back early November
Injury and suspension news read for this game.
Brentford
From 12 games this season; 4-2-3-1, the shape in 100% of them, weighted to recent games.
Close calls
- Schade or Anthony
- van den Berg or Schuster
- Jensen or Anthony
Out or doubtful
- HenryInjured, expected back early November
- CarvalhoInjured, expected back late November
Injury and suspension news read for this game.
Our guess from each side's line-ups this season, recent form, the opponent and the injury news. The confirmed line-ups replace it about an hour before kick-off. Photos: AFC Bournemouth, CC BY 4.0 · Timmy96 / CC0 · Bryan Berlin / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mikael Hervestad / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Werner100359 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Supporterhéninois / CC0 · Keiteay / CC0 · Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Werner100359 / CC BY 4.0 · Harpagornis / CC BY-SA 4.0 · AFC Bournemouth / CC BY 3.0
Last 5 games
Coming in form
Brighton & Hove Albion
3rd in the table
- D
- L
- D
- W
- W
- Goals
- 4–4
- xG for / against
- 7.5–4.6
- xG difference per game
- +0.58
Brentford
6th in the table
- D
- L
- D
- L
- W
- Goals
- 8–8
- xG for / against
- 6.9–9.0
- xG difference per game
- −0.43
From our model
Our call
Our call
2–1
Frozen at kick-off, never changed afterwards. A model estimate, not betting advice.
- BHA 58%
- Draw 22%
- BRE 20%
Likeliest scores
1–0
12%
1–1
12%
2–0
11%
Even the likeliest score happens in only about 1 game in 8, so here are the top three.
- Brighton & Hove Albion have scored 11 from 7.1 xG in their last 5
- Brighton & Hove Albion's xG is down to 1.41 a game over their last 5, from 1.92 across the season
- Last meeting: Brentford 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion (21 Feb 2026)
This season
Players to watch
Brighton & Hove Albion
- Groß3 goals, 4 assists3 goals, 4 assists, 2.2 xG in 9 games
- Kostoulas3 goals, 2 assists3 goals, 2 assists, 2.2 xG in 9 games
Brentford
- Igor Thiago2 goals, 2 assists2 goals, 2 assists, 4.0 xG in 9 games
- Schade3 goals3 goals, 0 assists, 2.1 xG in 9 games
Recent meetings
Head to head
These two have not met in the games we hold.