Fantasy Football tips: Premier League team news and statistics
Team news and key Opta statistics to help Fantasy Football picks and bets for Monday night's clash between Brighton and Stoke.
Monday November 20
Brighton and Hove Albion v Stoke City
- Kick-off time & date: Monday November 20, 2000 GMT
- Venue: Amex Stadium
- TV Channel: Sky Sports Premier League
- Sky Bet odds: Brighton 7/5, Draw 21/10, Stoke 2/1
Team news
Brighton manager Chris Hughton reported no fresh injury problems following the international break ahead of Monday night's Premier League match against Stoke at the Amex Stadium.
Goalkeeper Mathew Ryan helped Australia secure qualification for the World Cup after a 3-1 win over Honduras, and has been travelling back from Sydney.
Midfielder Steve Sidwell continues his recovery from a back problem.
Stoke's Geoff Cameron remains sidelined.
The United States international is still suffering with the after-effects of a concussion suffered in training nearly three weeks ago.
Boss Mark Hughes is hopeful keeper Jack Butland could be back in less than a month after breaking a finger while on England duty.
Brighton squad: Ryan, Dunk, Bong, Duffy, Bruno, Stephens, Propper, Izquierdo, Knockaert, Murray, Gross, Krul, Brown, Hemed, Suttner, Schelotto, March, Goldson.
Stoke squad: Grant, Haugaard, Zouma, Wimmer, Shawcross, Martins Indi, Johnson, Pieters, Ngoy, Edwards, Diouf, Fletcher, Allen, Adam, Afellay, Jese, Shaqiri, Choupo-Moting, Sobhi, Berahino, Crouch.
Opta statistics
- This will be the first competitive meeting between these two sides since February 2011 when Stoke won 3-0 in an FA Cup fifth round tie.
- Stoke have won their last eight matches against Brighton in all competitions, keeping five clean sheets in the process. Indeed, only against Wrexham (9) have the Potters enjoyed a longer winning run versus a single team.
- Brighton have gone four games without defeat (W2 D2) in the Premier League – they last went five in a row without losing in the top-flight back in April 1983.
- Stoke won last time out on the road in the Premier League, beating Watford 1-0 – they haven’t enjoyed back-to-back away victories since October 2015.
- Stoke have conceded as many first-half Premier League goals this season as Brighton have in total (11).
- Xherdan Shaqiri, who has provided four assists in the Premier League this season, has earned his team more points via his assists than any other player in the competition (6).
- Darren Fletcher has now appeared in 102 consecutive Premier League matches for his clubs (WBA & Stoke combined). This is the joint-fifth longest run by an outfield player in Premier League history, with only Frank Lampard (164), Matt Holland (115), Wayne Bridge (113), and Jonathan Walters (104) beating this run.
- Glenn Murray has scored in three successive Premier League games for the first time since April 2015.
- Indeed, Murray has netted more Premier League goals this season (4 in 9) than he managed in his last top-flight campaign back in 2015-16 (3 in 21).
- Pascal Gross has been directly involved in 63.6% of Brighton’s 11 Premier League goals this season (two goals, five assists); only Tammy Abraham (71.4% for Swansea) has a higher share for a PL team this season.
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