Liverpool vs Brighton Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Liverpool's league record this season reads two wins, three draws and no defeats, but the goals have been hard to come by. They've drawn a blank against Fulham and shared the points in three of their last four league outings, even though they remain unbeaten.

Liverpool: 20 completed matches; Brighton: 20 completed matches.

Liverpool

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

28

Difference

+6

Brighton

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

20

Difference

+25

Brighton have been much livelier in front of goal. They've won three of their five league games, including a 3-0 win over Arsenal and a 5-0 win at Coventry, though they did lose 4-3 at Chelsea. Across their wider run of matches they've also been scoring heavily and defending tightly.

Brighton's scoring form makes them a live threat even on the road.

Comparative Team Statistics: Liverpool vs Brighton

How this fixture has gone recently

Anfield has generally suited Liverpool in this fixture lately. They've won the last few meetings there, including a 3-0 FA Cup win and a 2-0 league win last December. Go back further and Liverpool have also won away at Brighton on a few occasions.

Brighton's most recent success in the head-to-head actually came at the Amex in March, when they won 2-1. So while Liverpool have the better recent record at home in this particular fixture, Brighton have shown they can get a result against them.

Liverpool's home record in this specific fixture is decent, but not untroubled.

Where they sit in the table

Five games into the season, Brighton are third with ten points from three wins, a draw and a single defeat, having scored sixteen and conceded just five. Liverpool sit sixth on nine points, unbeaten but with three draws already, and have scored only seven times themselves.

Key men in form

Alexander Isak has been Liverpool's standout in recent matches, with four goals in his last five appearances, while Cody Gakpo has chipped in three assists. For Brighton, Pascal Groß leads the way with three goals and three assists of his own, backed up by Kostoulas and Yalcouyé with two goals apiece.

Liverpool:

Best scorers:

A. Isak - 4

Best assist providers:

C. Gakpo - 3

Penalty cards:

M. Kerkez x 2

Brighton:

Best scorers:

P. Groß - 3

C. Kostoulas - 2

M. Yalcouyé - 2

Best assist providers:

P. Groß - 3

M. De Cuyper - 2

D. Gómez - 2

Penalty cards:

M. De Cuyper x 2

On the discipline side, both De Cuyper and Kerkez have picked up a couple of yellow cards in their recent matches, but nobody on either list has been sent off.