Premier League In Focus – Brighton vs Liverpool Preview
When? Saturday 2nd December, 15:00 (UK)
Where? AMEX Stadium
What channel is it on? Brighton vs Liverpool will not be televised live in the UK
Are tickets still available?
Brighton – SOLD OUT
STATS & FACTS
Head-to-head – last five meetings: Brighton W1, Liverpool W4
Head-to-head – all-time meetings: Brighton W4, Liverpool W13, D8
Brighton have not beaten Liverpool since January 1984 in all competitions and March 1982 in an English top flight meeting.
Liverpool have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games, winning five and drawing four.
Mohamed Salah has had the most shots on target from inside the box in the Premier League this season, with 15. The Egyptian international is the Premier League top goalscorer at present with 12 goals to his name; he is responsible for 43% of Liverpool’s league goals this season.
Liverpool have had the most shots in the Premier League this season with a total of 251 - an average of 17.9 shots per game.
Liverpool have scored the joint second highest amount of goals from open play with 20 from 14 Premier League matches (joint with Arsenal).
Jurgen Klopp has made a total of 48 personnel changes this season - an average of 3.7 changes each Premier League game.
Brighton have not lost at home in the Premier League since the opening weekend of the season when they lost to Manchester City. Since then, they have won two and drawn four of the six matches at the AMEX.
Brighton have scored the fewest goals out of all the teams in the top half of the Premier League with just 13 goals in 14 matches. At the other end they concede an average of one goal against per game.
40% of Brighton’s attacks come from the left-hand side of the pitch; this is the highest amount in the Premier League from this particular flank.
Brighton have created the third fewest chances in the Premier League this season with 122 - an average of 8.7 per league game.
MEMORABLE MEETING
The last time these two teams met was back in February 2012 with the FA Cup fifth round pairing Liverpool and Brighton together at Anfield. It was an easy win for the Reds as the eventual finalists strolled to a 6-1 win.
