Opta Stats: Brighton v Newcastle

Dan Fitch
25 April 2019

Will Chris Hughton point Brighton towards victory against Newcastle?

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Brighton desperately need a win over Newcastle as they look to avoid relegation. Opta weighs up the odds.

"Newcastle have failed to score in all three of their Premier League meetings with Brighton, losing 0-1 twice and drawing the other 0-0."

Under 2.5 goals is 1.625/8.

Brighton are looking to complete the league double over Newcastle for the first time since the 1978-79 second tier campaign, following their 1-0 win at St James' Park in October. They are 2.3811/8 to win.

Newcastle have failed to score in all three of their Premier League meetings with Brighton, losing 0-1 twice and drawing the other 0-0. Under 2.5 goals is 1.625/8.

Newcastle have only won one of their last 10 Premier League away games on the south coast (D4 L5), beating Bournemouth 1-0 in November 2015. Their last four such games have all ended in a draw. The draw is 3.259/4.

Brighton have lost their last three home Premier League games, scoring none and conceding eight. They've not lost four league games in a row at home since January 2009 when they were in League One. A Newcastle win is 3.613/5.

Brighton have failed to score more than once in their last 10 home Premier League games, failing to find the net at all in five of their last seven and the last three in a row at the Amex Stadium. Under 1.5 goals is 2.915/8.

Newcastle's win at Leicester in their last away match ended a run of eight consecutive away league games without a win (D3 L5). They last won consecutive matches on the road back in January 2018. Newcastle are 2.56/4 in the Draw No Bet market.

Glenn Murray has failed to score in his last 10 Premier League home games for Brighton, last netting at the Amex Stadium back in December. Murray is 2.68/5 to get back among the goals.

Newcastle's Ayoze Perez has scored six goals in his last six Premier League games, as many as he had in his previous 30 in the competition. Perez is 4.3100/30 to find the net.

Newcastle's Salomon Rondon has scored nine Premier League goals this season - he's never reached double figures in a season in the competition before. Rondon is 3.711/4 to score.

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