Can Stoke City surpass Brighton in their FA Cup encounter?
Stoke City vs Brighton - 06/01/2024
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One of several fixtures in the third round of the FA Cup to take place on the 6th of January is at the Bet365 Stadium as Stoke City host Brighton.
The hosts are currently 19th in the Championship while the visitors are in 7th place in the Premier League.
Stoke City come into the match on the back of a 0-0 draw at home with Ipswich Town in the Championship on Monday.
The only major incident in the game took place on the 67th minute when Stoke City had a player sent off and they did well to hold off the team currently in second place to take a point.
The draw with Ipswich Town means Stoke City are undefeated in each of their 6 most recent fixtures, all in the Championship.
However, winning matches has been tough for Stoke City and they have recorded just a single victory in those 6 games, with the win coming at Birmingham City.
There have been draws at West Bromwich Albion and Watford plus at home against Millwall and Swansea City.
Trends show Stoke City have seen under 2.5 goals in 6 of their last 7 games. In terms of the FA Cup, Stoke City have won 4 of their 6 most recent matches in the competition.
They have won 3 of their last 4 FA Cup games at home but lost against Brighton at home in the fifth round in 2022.
Brighton travel north to the Bet365 Stadium having picked up a point thanks to a 0-0 draw at West Ham in the Premier League on Tuesday night.
The Seagulls were the better team, especially in the second half but could not make the breakthrough to win the match.
The draw at West Ham means Brighton are undefeated in 6 of their 7 most recent fixtures in all competitions.
There have been wins over Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur at home in the Premier League plus Marseille at home in the Europa League.
Brighton were held at home by Burnley and away by Crystal Palace in the Premier League, with the defeat coming at Arsenal.
Trends show Brighton have won 4 of their last 5 matches in the FA Cup.
They have managed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 3 FA Cup games and have won 3 of their last 4 matches on the road in the competition.
Team news: Stoke City are without the injured trio of Frank Fielding, Enda Stevens, and Emre Tezgel. There are also doubts over the fitness of Tyrese Campbell.
Brighton make the trip without several players due to injury, including Igor, Simon Adingra, Kaoru Mitoma, Joel Veltman, Solly March, and Julio Enciso. Tariq Lamptey and Ansu Fati are also struggling for fitness.
It will be interesting to see if Roberto De Zerbi decides to give some youth players a chance in this game. If so, that could open the door for Stoke City but despite being tough to beat of late, Stoke City have not been winning games.
Just a single goal could be scored in this game, with Brighton getting the all-important strike.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
FA
292348
2
0 - 1
2.34
3°
1.53
5.75
4.33
1.53
no
no
no
2 - 4(1 - 1)
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