Liverpool vs. Brighton and Hove Albion Pick & Prediction JAN 14th 2023
Brighton vs Liverpool
The action in the Premier League continues and both the fight to keep the title, as well as to gain access to European cup positions, remains red hot. Indeed, matchday 20 will have several attractive matches among which Brighton and Liverpool stand out, who will face each other next Saturday at Falmer Stadium.
On the one hand, Roberto de Zerbi's Gaviotas are one of the revelations of sports forecasts, showing a great level of football that allowed him to win over higher-ranking rivals. Indeed, Brighton wants to continue in good shape and a home win against Liverpool will be the best way to prolong the great moment the team is going through.
For their part, Jürgen Klopp's Reds are also in a clear rise and after an irregular start to the season, Liverpool now wants to earn its place in the Champions League zone in line with what was anticipated by sports forecasts .
Last matches of Brighton
Roberto de Zerbi generated good sensations in the fans of Brighton from the first moment. Under its football project, the team spread its wings in the Premier League and after a season last where it showed glimpses of being a serious team, now Brighton wants to take a definitive step towards consolidation in the English league despite not being the favorite of sports betting .
Brighton has hierarchy players in all its lines, but with a collective performance that prevails over good individuals such as Pascal Gross, Alexis Mac Allister or Mitoma in attack. Indeed, the Seagulls remain expectant in the upper part of the standings, occupying eighth place as a product of 27 points in 17 days at stake.
Las Gaviotas remains outside the Europa League zone, one point behind Liverpool, who remains in that privileged position. For its part, to access the Champions League Brighton must shorten the gap of 8 points with respect to Manchester United.
So far, the Gaviotas have garnered 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses, scoring 32 goals for and receiving 25 goals. In addition, Brighton's last games in the Premier League were as follows: they fell 3-1 against Manchester City in a logical result for sports betting , they thrashed Chelsea 4-1, they defeated Wolverhampton 2-3 as a visitor, they lost 1-2 at home against Aston Villa, beat Southampton 3-1 away, lost 2-4 at home to leaders Arsenal and bounced back on the final day with a 4-1 away win against Everton.
Last matches of Liverpool
The Reds' reliability was conspicuous by its absence early in the season. Jürgen Klopp's project has always had reliability throughout its years, although the second start of 2022 was not positive at all.
Liverpool looked weak defensively despite having top players like Robertson, Van Dijk, Matip and Alexander Arnold. In addition, in the midfield area he stopped generating that suffocating pressure and in attack Darwin Núñez became a goal-missing machine. Indeed, the Reds fell into irregularity and quickly moved away from the vanguard positions despite being the favorites of the England League forecasts .
The Reds remain in sixth place in the standings, 16 points behind the leader, Arsenal, although they maintain their position in the Europa League zone as a result of 28 points in 17 games played after 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, scoring 34 goals in favor and receiving 22 goals.
For its part, Liverpool's last duels in the Premier League were as follows: they fell 1-2 at home to Leeds United, defeated Tottenham 1-2 as a visitor, defeated Tottenham 3-1 at Anfield, also beat Tottenham 1-3 as visitor to Aston Villa, defeated Leicester City 2-1 and fell 3-1 against Brentford on the last day.
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Background between both
Brighton and Liverpool played 19 Premier League matches with 11 wins for the Reds, 6 draws and just 2 wins for the Seagulls. For their part, at Falmer Stadium they met 9 times with 5 visiting victories for the Reds and 4 draws without local victories for Brighton against the Reds.
A piece of information to take into account when making Premier League forecasts is that the last match between the two at Falmer Stadium was a 0-2 away win for Liverpool during the 2021-2022 season.
The magnifying glass on…
Leandro Trossard is the Seagulls' top scorer with 7 accumulated goals in the Premier League. For his part, Pascal Gross scored six goals, while Alexis Mac Allister accumulated five cries in the tournament.
The magnifying glass on...
Mohammed Salah and Roberto Firmino are Liverpool's top scorers with 7 goals each, while Darwin Núñez has 5 goals in the tournament.
Sports bets
The main bookmakers agree on the favoritism of the Reds to keep the three points as a visitor this Saturday. Indeed, Liverpool's away win offers a odd of 1.95, placing the tie at 3.60 and Brighton's home win at 3.75.
If both teams convert, the sum to be received will be 1.53, while the favorite result is 1-1 whose odds are 7.50. Likewise, an interesting combination is that of Brighton 1-0 at halftime 1 and 1-1 final result whose sum amounts to 23.00.
Finally, if Mo Salah opens or closes the scoring, the fee to be received will be 5.50, while the goal at any time by Welbeck offers 3.10.
Schedules and television
Argentina: Saturday 12:00 p.m. Star+.
Brazil: 12:00 p.m. NOW NET, Claro, Marca and GUIGO.
Colombia: 10:00 a.m. Star+.
Mexico: 10:00 a.m. Paramount+.
United States: 11:00 a.m. SiriusXM FC , UNIVERSO NOW , USA Network , nbcsports.com , UNIVERSO , NBC Sports App , Telemundo Deportes En Vivo .