Brighton vs Stoke: Prediction, betting tips, odds, team news, live stream and TV channel for Premier League clash

Stat attack

• This will be the first competitive meeting between these two sides since February 2011 when Stoke won 3-0 in an FA Cup fifth round tie.
• Stoke have won their last eight matches against Brighton in all competitions, keeping five clean sheets in the process. Indeed, only against Wrexham (9) have the Potters enjoyed a longer winning run versus a single team
• Brighton have gone four games without defeat (W2 D2) in the Premier League – they last went five in a row without losing in the top-flight back in April 1983.
• Stoke won last time out on the road in the Premier League, beating Watford 1-0 – they haven’t enjoyed back-to- back away victories since October 2015.
• Stoke City have conceded as many first-half Premier League goals this season as Brighton have in total (11).
• Xherdan Shaqiri, who has provided four assists in the Premier League this season, has earned his team more points via his assists than any other player in the competition (6).
• Darren Fletcher has now appeared in 102 consecutive Premier League matches for his clubs (WBA & Stoke combined). This is the joint-fifth longest run by an outfield player in Premier League history, with only Frank Lampard (164), Matt Holland (115), Wayne Bridge (113), and Jonathan Walters (104) beating this run.
• Glenn Murray has scored in three successive Premier League games for the first time since April 2015.
• Indeed, Murray has netted more Premier League goals this season (4 in 9) than he managed in his last top-flight campaign back in 2015-16 (3 in 21).
• Pascal Groß has been directly involved in 63.6% of Brighton’s 11 Premier League goals this season (two goals, five assists); only Tammy Abraham (71.4% for Swansea) has a higher share for a PL team this season.