Brighton vs Fulham
August 30, 2022 2:30 pm EDT
The Line: Brighton +130 / Fulham +225 // Total: 2.5
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Fulham and Brighton face off on Tuesday in an early-week English Premier League showdown at the Craven Cottage. When these two teams faced off in January 2021, the two teams played to a 0-0 draw.
Brighton comes into this game sitting 4th place in the standings having picked up 10 points. Coming into the season there wasn’t a lot of talk surrounding this Brighton team, but after the first few games, maybe there should be. Brighton has already had wins over Manchester United, West Ham, and Leeds United so far this season, and they have leaned on the defense for the success. In the first game of the season against Manchester City, they gave up one goal, but since that point, they haven’t conceded anything. In the last game against Leeds United, it was a goal by Pascal Gross that was the difference as they should be able to win 1-0. Gross has been the star of the team early in the season. In goal is Robert Sanchez, and he is going to be leaned on heavily again in this game.
On the other side of this matchup is Fulham, who sits in 11th place in the standings, having picked up five points so far this season. In the last game against Arsenal, Fulham was competitive, but the pressure became too much, and they were defeated 2-1. Aleksandar Mitrović scored a goal in the 86th minute, but it wasn’t enough as they were defeated. Fulham had three shots on goal, but only 28 percent of the possession. Two games ago against Brentford, Fulham scored three goals and that led to the one-goal victory. Fulham has scored six goals and Aleksandar Mitrović has scored four goals total. Harry Wilson and Manor Solomon are both dealing with knee injuries, and they aren’t expected to be back for a couple of weeks.
The last time these two teams played, the game had zero total goals, and this game is also going to be low scoring. Brighton has given up only one goal total, and I expect Fulham are going to really struggle to get good shots here. Look for Brighton to maybe score a goal, but they aren’t going to score more than that here. Look for this game to be low scoring and the under 1.5 will cash.
