Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace Stats: Goals, fouls and head-to-head record

Brighton & Hove Albion welcome Crystal Palace to the Amex Stadium on Sunday afternoon (14:00, live on Sky Sports Main Event) for the latest edition of the M23 Derby.

Brighton are unbeaten on home soil this season, with Fabian Hurzeler looking to guide the Seagulls to a potential European spot, meanwhile the visitors are currently languishing in 17th place but they'll be hoping that their 2-2 draw with Manchester City last time out can kickstart their campaign. Below you can find the Brighton & Hove Albion and Crystal Palace Stats as we delve into the facts and figures.

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Form Guide

Brighton and Palace's form over the past six games has been similar - they've taken eight and seven points respectively during that time.

A 2-1 win for the Seagulls over Man City on November 29 was followed up with another victory over Bournemouth, before a loss against Fulham was sandwiched in-between draws against Southampton and Leicester City.

Palace's most recent outing saw them share the spoils with City in a 2-2 draw at Selhurst Park, after taking the lead twice, leaving them four points clear of the relegation places. The Eagles also managed to secure a point in the encounters against Aston Villa and Newcastle United, before enjoying a crucial win over Ipswich.

However, Oliver Glasner's side have only won once on the road this term, while Brighton have won three and drawn four of their seven matches in front of their own fans.

Head-to-head

Five of the last eight Premier League meetings between these two sides have resulted in draws, with two wins for Brighton and a solitary triumph for Palace.

In fact, the Seagulls edge the all time head-to-head record over their rivals, racking up 39 wins in the league compared to Palace's 35, with 28 of those meetings ending in a stalemate.

Brighton have won the last two encounters against Palace at the Amex, winning 4-1 last term courtesy of goals from Lewis Dunk, Jack Hinshelwood, Facundo Buonanotte and Joao Pedro, as well as enjoying a slender 1-0 victory the season prior.

Palace's last win at the Amex came back in 2021 in a 2-1 victory thanks to a 90th-minute winner from Christian Benteke.

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Goals

The hosts have scored 25 goals across 15 games this term and they've created an xG of 1.44 per 90 minutes, while Palace's xG is ever so slightly less at 1.38.

However, only Southampton (11) have scored fewer than Palace's 14 strikes, while the visitors have also kept a clean sheet in just 20 per cent of their league fixtures this season.

Both teams to score has landed in 80 per cent of Brighton's matches this year, and their outings tend to produce around three goals per game with an average of 3.13 to be exact. Meanwhile, Palace's average of 2.27 total goals per game is the lowest in the entire division.

Former Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck is Brighton's top bagsman this season with six, with his most recent strike coming in the 2-2 draw with Wolves at the end of October.

As for Palace, Jean-Philippe Mateta leads the goalscoring chart with four goals, with one of those efforts being the winner against Ipswich at the start of this month.

Cards & Fouls

Will Hughes has accumulated the most yellow cards when assessing both teams with six, while Jefferson Lerma, Jan Paul van Hecke and Daniel Munoz have been cautioned four times each.

Munoz also tops the foul chart for both sides with 22, while Georginio Rutter has committed the most fouls for the hosts with 20. Brighton have had the sixth-fewest amount of bookings with 32 - tied with Tottenham Hotspur and Man City - but Palace have had 35 which leaves them 12th in the Fair Play table.

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