Football judgment of Brighton vs Fulham took place at 21:00 on August 16 in the first round of the Premier League 2025/26. Bongdaplus analyzes forces information, expected squad, house odds, and prediction.
Analysis of Brighton vs Fulham
Brighton was very excited about their opening match in recent years, winning in the last 4 matches and will be very confident in the opportunity to extend that impressive series when welcoming Fulham at Amex home. Besides, Fabian Hurzeler's team is in a very stable performance, extending from the end of last season.
Specifically, Brighton won 8, drew 2 in the last 10 matches in all competitions. At the home yard Amex, the bullet is only 1 loss in the last 12 matches, the rest drew 3 and won 8.
However, Brighton may have partly weakened the attack power after Joao Pedro moved to Chelsea and now they are about to lose the main midfielder Carlos Baleba when the player is MU's top target. And, Fulham can take advantage of this weakness to start like a dream before Brighton.
It should be emphasized that the West London team does not have the departure of a big name this summer, except for Reiss Nelson's return to Arsenal after the end of the borrowed contract. Fulham also only has a new contract with goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte of Montpellier.
In addition, in 3 friendly matches in the season, coach Marco Silva's team won, including two strong opponents compared to them, Frankfurt and Nottingham. This is one of the factors that help the fans can trust in Fulham.
Latest information for force Brighton vs Fulham
Brighton has no obedience to webster, March, and Enciso because of injury. While BaleBa's ability to play, Hinshelwood, Gomez, Kostoulas left open.
Fulham marched to Amex without Robinson because of injury, and Sessegnon's ability to play is 50/50.
Expected squad Brighton vs Fulham
- Brighton (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Lamptey, Van Hecke, Dunk, De Cuyper; Ayari, Wieffer; Minteh, Rutter, Mitoma; Welbeck.
- Fulham (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Andersen, Diop, Bassey; Berge, Lukic; Wilson, King, Iwobi; Jimenez.
The house is Brighton vs Fulham
- No team holds clean sheets: The last 9/13 confrontations in all competitions closed without any team to keep the home clean. In addition, Fulham's recent 10/13 matches and Fulham's last 6/9 matches also closed with at least 1 goal for each team. The same scenario happened in 5/6 of Brighton's recent home matches and 8/10 trips for Fulham's recent guests.
- Odd goals: 4/6 of the latest confrontation, 8/11 recent home matches of Brighton (excluding friendly) and 7/9 matches in Fulham's Premier League have a total goal. In addition, 9/10 recent trips of Fulham also closed with the total goal not divided by 2.
- Brighton scored the first half: Brighton scored at least 1 goal in the first half in the last 12/15 official matches. They also do the same in the last 8/10 home matches (except friendly). Meanwhile Fulham has always conceded in the first half in all 5 official matches, in all 6 recent trips in the Premier League.
Football expert predicts the match of Brighton vs Fulham
Alex Lawes (expert of The Stats Zone): “Brighton has home advantage, but lacks a few pillars due to injuries and some issues related to the players who are capable of leaving.
Gold Statistics Brighton vs Fulham
Fulham has an impressive confrontation achievement against Brighton. They lost only 1 in the 10 most encountered with the birds of the bullet, the rest drew 3 and won up to 6.
Bongdaplus predicts the ratio of Brighton vs Fulham
It seems that with many advantages, despite having to play on the opponent's field, it is likely that Fulham will disrupt the jubilant at Amex yard, causing Brighton to melt on the opening day of the Premier League.
Prediction: 1-2
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