Premier League · BHA
Brighton
3rd in the table on 19 points after 9 games (6 won, 1 drawn, 2 lost), form WWWLW. The next 6 fixtures rate as a fair run on the game's difficulty scale (average 2.8 out of 5).
How they're playing
Brighton have scored 24 goals in 9 matches — 2.7 a game against a league average of 1.4, from an expected-goals total of 17.6, so they are scoring more than their chances suggest. At the other end they've conceded 7 goals and kept 6 clean sheets; their goalkeepers have faced chances worth 13.0 expected goals.
Groß leads the scoring with 3. The club's most-owned FPL asset is Groß, in 46.9% of teams at £6.2m.
Set pieces: Groß on penalties and Groß on corners.
FPL assets
Every Brighton player in the game, ranked by points this season. Price and ownership are the game's current figures.
| Player | Pos | Price | Owned | Pts | Mins | G | A | CS | Bonus | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Cuyper | DEF | £5.4m | 45.2% | 69 | 741 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7.8 |
| Groß | MID | £6.2m | 46.9% | 60 | 790 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3.2 |
| Vuskovic | DEF | £5.2m | 7.4% | 58 | 797 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6.5 |
| Verbruggen | GKP | £4.6m | 23.2% | 51 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7.0 |
| Kostoulas | FWD | £5.8m | 10.2% | 45 | 643 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4.2 |
| Ayari | MID | £5.4m | 1.5% | 43 | 664 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7.0 |
| Gomez | MID | £5.0m | 4.0% | 42 | 783 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Boscagli | DEF | £4.5m | 0.6% | 39 | 692 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5.0 |
| Dunk | DEF | £4.5m | 1.4% | 36 | 659 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.5 |
| F.Kadıoğlu | DEF | £4.4m | 1.4% | 29 | 517 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Yalcouyé | MID | £4.5m | 2.9% | 24 | 321 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Hinshelwood | MID | £5.9m | 0.6% | 24 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 |
| Andrés | MID | £5.5m | 0.1% | 20 | 405 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.0 |
| Georginio | FWD | £5.3m | 0.4% | 13 | 146 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.8 |
| Costinha | DEF | £4.5m | 0.0% | 13 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 |
| Hadjam | DEF | £4.5m | 0.1% | 9 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 |
| Wieffer | DEF | £4.8m | 0.1% | 8 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Struijk | DEF | £4.9m | 0.1% | 5 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.5 |
Availability
Players the game currently flags:
- F.Kadıoğlu — Hip injury - 75% chance of playing
- Struijk — Hamstring injury - Expected back 8 Nov
- Mitoma — Hamstring injury - Expected back 22 Nov
- Yohanna — Unspecified injury - Expected back 22 Nov
- Tzimas — Knee injury - Unknown return date
- Ferguson — Ankle injury - Unknown return date
- Azeez — Hamstring injury - Expected back 8 Nov
Results
| GW | Opponent | Venue | Score | Result | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW1 | Aston Villa | H | 4–0 | W | Report |
| GW2 | Chelsea | A | 3–4 | L | Report |
| GW3 | Leeds | H | 1–1 | D | Report |
| GW4 | Coventry City | A | 5–0 | W | Report |
| GW5 | Arsenal | H | 3–0 | W | Report |
| GW6 | Sunderland | A | 2–0 | W | Report |
| GW7 | Crystal Palace | H | 5–0 | W | Report |
| GW8 | Liverpool | A | 0–2 | L | Report |
| GW9 | Man City | A | 1–0 | W | Report |
Fixtures
| GW | Opponent | Venue | Difficulty | Preview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW10 | Brentford | H | 3 | Preview |
| GW11 | Hull City | A | 2 | Preview |
| GW12 | Newcastle | H | 3 | Preview |
| GW13 | Bournemouth | A | 4 | Preview |
| GW14 | Nott'm Forest | A | 2 | Preview |
| GW15 | Everton | H | 3 | Preview |
In your mini-league
If Brighton players are the spine of your rival's team and not yours, that's where the week's swing comes from. Compare two managers to see whose squad is built on which clubs, or read how effective ownership turns a club's big week into rank places.