Sep 4th features a match where Leicester City will travel to Falmer to battle Brighton & Hove Albion in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 4th placed Brighton & Hove Albion, recorded a 1-2 loss against Fulham. Aleksandar Mitrović scored the first goal for Fulham in the 48th minute, then Lewis Dunk added another on an own goal in the 55th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 20th placed Leicester City is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Chelsea. Raheem Sterling scored the first goal for Chelsea in the 47th minute, then Raheem Sterling added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Reece James. Leicester City looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion last played eachother at the King Power Stadium on the 10th of February. Leicester City won by a score of 1 to 0. Kelechi Iheanacho struck first for Leicester City in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Youri Tielemans, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Brighton & Hove Albion couldn’t manage to score, and Leicester City took the shutout win.
Both Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Maddison have been the hottest scorers for Leicester City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Pascal Groß has been the most prolific scorer on Brighton & Hove Albion in the last five matches with 3 goals
Graham Potter’s Brighton & Hove Albion squad will be without Adam Lallana, Joël Veltman and Jeremy Sarmiento, while Leicester City will be without Ryan Bertrand, Ricardo Pereira and Wesley Fofana.