Brighton and Liverpool will serve up some Monday night football when they meet to wrap up the 37th week of Premier League action. Hosts Brighton start the weekend in ninth place and hope to shock the newly crowned champions. Read on for our prediction.
There’s still a slim window of hope for Europe at Brighton, and they’ll want to keep winning their matches. They did so last weekend, picking up three points in a 2-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
After suffering two defeats to Liverpool this season, Brighton will feel the urge to halt the Reds’ dominance. They have never failed to score in the last seven matches against Liverpool.
Liverpool go into their third match after being crowned champions. They don’t have much to play for; therefore, they will be relaxed about everything, just as they were in their earlier two games.
Arne Slot’s men are coming from a 2-2 draw with Arsenal at home. It is a game they should have won after scoring two quick first-half goals. This is not an opponent that has troubled Liverpool a lot over the years.
The Reds are unbeaten in the last four meetings with Brighton. Their away record in recent matches isn’t great, as they lost two of the last three.
Brighton may never stumble on a better opportunity to beat Liverpool. They will be playing at home and meeting Liverpool for the third time this season. The fact that they lost in the earlier two meetings should motivate Brighton.
Another issue to motivate them here is the relaxed nature of Liverpool in their matches at this point of the season. The Seagulls themselves will want to finish higher and will go for it here. Our prediction for Brighton v Liverpool is for Brighton to win.