Brighton vs Leicester Predictions: Seagulls to coast past fragile Foxes
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- Leicester are on eight-game losing streak without scoring
- Brighton have suffered only three defeats in 15 at home
- Recommended bet: Over 2.5 Brighton goals
Premier League relegation is looming large for Leicester, who are 15 points adrift of survival with only seven games to go, and they are unlikely to get much sympathy from a Brighton side still chasing European qualification.
The Foxes have suffered eight straight league defeats to nil and their sheer lack of firepower could prove problematic at the Amex Stadium, where Brighton have lost only three of their 15 league games this season.
The Seagulls are bidding to respond to a pair of defeats against Aston Villa and Crystal Palace and this should represent the perfect opportunity as Leicester have picked up only three points from their last 10 away league matches.
Team news
Brighton must manage without suspended centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke, while fellow defenders Tariq Lamptey, Igor, Joel Veltman and Adam Webster are missing through injury.
Jason Steele, James Milner, Georginio Rutter and Ferdi Kadioglu are also sidelined for the Seagulls.
Meanwhile, Leicester are without loanee Facundo Buonanotte, who is ineligible to face his parent club, and injured duo Issahaku Fatawu and Harry Souttar.
Harry Winks has fallen out of favour with Foxes manager Ruud van Nistelrooy and continues to miss out.
The stats
After losing six of their first eight Premier League games against Leicester, Brighton are now unbeaten in five against the Foxes.
Leicester have lost 15 of their last 16 league games and they have lost each of their last eight without scoring a single goal.
Only rock-bottom Southampton, with five, have picked up fewer Premier League points away than Leicester City's eight so far this season.
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Both teams have scored in each of the last eight meetings between these two teams.
Yankuba Minteh has been involved in seven goals in his last 10 Premier League starts for Brighton.
Prediction
Leicester have lost their last eight Premier League games without scoring and in four of those defeats they have conceded at least three times, all of which spells trouble at Brighton.
At some point the Foxes will get back on the scoresheet and while that could finally happen this weekend, they do not look capable of getting anything more out of the game.
In what is expected to be a one-sided affair, backing the Seagulls to score at least three times in what should be a straightforward victory makes most appeal.
Leicester were 3-0 down inside 34 minutes at home to Newcastle on Monday and, with their fate all-but sealed, there is no point in just limiting the damage.
Brighton are still within six points of the top four, so have plenty of motivation to pick up points, and the attack-minded Seagulls could be capable of going through the gears.
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