Match Today: Liverpool vs Brighton 14-01-2023 English Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion had the perfect build-up for their Premier League match against Liverpool and thrashed Middlesbrough 5-1 in the FA Cup third round.

And he hopes to carry this level at home to the league giants. The host team enters this match after scoring 27 points, in eighth place, while Liverpool has 28 points in sixth place.

Ahead of this game Brighton will feel confident of getting past their more established opponents in the league standings where they are in better form Brighton's 5-1 win over Middlesbrough was their third win in four games and they have only lost once in their last five Brighton have had a good goalscoring run, scoring At least two goals in each of their last four games and in four of their five league games However they need to improve their defence, both sides have scored in their last seven league games which is partly why each of their last seven league games has netted more than one goal. Just one clean in six league matches at home and their last two home league matches ended in losses against Arsenal and Aston Villa.

In the last five league matches, Brighton scored first in four matches. Liverpool, on the other hand, will look to recover after not winning any matches in the last two matches. Which comes right after this game.

Liverpool have had only two wins in their last five matches and defensively they have not performed well, conceding twice in three of their last five matches however they have scored twice in four of the five matches and the high scoring nature of their matches has seen eight of their last 10 goals produce more than one. .

In four of the last five matches Liverpool have conceded the opening goal, both teams have scored in their last six league matches and have achieved four wins in five league matches, while only failing to score in one of 10.

Three away defeats in five league matches will not paint a great picture for Liverpool in this difficult match.

Liverpool have won only two of their last eight away matches, and have a clean sheet in 10 away matches.

Liverpool will retain their place as the favorites in this match, but at the same time seek to improve their last level. They did not perform great defensively, but they were consistent in attack, and so is the case with Brighton.

The hosts go into this match with just one clean sheet in six home matches, indicating they are weak in defense but have done well in attack.

Liverpool has a clean sheet in 10 away matches. Both teams have scored in Liverpool's last six league matches. Both teams have scored in Brighton's last seven league matches.

Brighton have managed one clean sheet in six league matches at home, Liverpool have failed to score in one of their 10 league matches, Brighton have scored first in four of their last five league matches.

Liverpool have conceded first in four of their last five matches, and one player who will really want to feature here is Belgium's Leandro Trossard who is hoping to add to Liverpool's misery after scoring a hat-trick at Anfield earlier this season.

Trossard missed the team's victory over Middlesbrough with a calf problem but will have a late check-up ahead of this game. However, midfielder Jakob Moder is set to miss this match with a knee injury that will also see him out for the next few weeks, after an impressive display in the FA Cup. England's World Cup winner Alexis McAllister should get a starting point here as Roberto De Zerby lines up his best at 11.

In Liverpool the injury curse hangs; Diogo Jota, Arthur and Luis Diaz are still sidelined, and recently joined by Virgil van Dijk, newcomer Cody Jacobo made his debut in the midweek game and is expected to make a good impression.