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Brighton's perfect timing to get in good form

Everton have a golden opportunity in the FA Cup

With the end of the Championship campaign nearing, the teams in the top 6 contest must find their best form and make the final sprint towards the Premier League. That is exactly what Brighton are doing at the moment, winning 4 of their last 5 games and achieving a draw in the other against league leaders Hull City.

For exactly one month, Brighton found themselves in a rather unpleasant situation. They struggled a lot in attack and rarely scored a single goal in that period. Between 12.12.2015 and 12.01.2016, Brighton didn’t won any of their matches.

Still, they managed to snap out of this poor form and won 4 games in a row to occupy the 3rd position in the table. Now just 1 point behind Middlesbrough, who are losing many points lately, the direct promotion doesn’t seem that far for Brighton.

On Saturday Brighton face a tough visit to Cardiff. The home side will be highly motivated to win in front of own audience, as they haven’t done so in the past 3 games. Cardiff City are traditionally very strong at home and lost just once this Championship season at their stadium.

This match might turn out to be a really tight affair with both teams with chances of promotion. Last three times Cardiff City and Brighton met, the outcome was a draw and now a similar result is quite likely.

Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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