Big Match Breakdown: Brighton & Hove Albion v Tottenham

Will Spurs continue away-day hot streak?

Tottenham Hotspur continue their bid to chase down Manchester United and Liverpool, and head to the AMEX Stadium on the back of five away wins.

Hosts Brighton & Hove Albion have taken a single point from their last four Premier League games. They sit just two points above 17^th-placed Swansea City, but a victory would lift them to 11^th in a tightly-packed table.

There’s plenty to play for, and the Coral News Team are back with all the info in another Big Match Breakdown…

Head-to-Head

These sides have met three times since the millennium, with Tottenham winning each of those clashes.

The last two have both ended 2-0 to the North London club. Serge Aurier and Son Heung-Min did the damage in December’s meeting, with goals either side of the break.

Brighton won their last home meeting with Spurs, though that came way back in 1983 – the year the Seagulls reached their only FA Cup Final to date.

Likely XIs

Brighton have had most success this term playing a 4-4-2 with two men out wide. With Davy Propper suspended, Beram Kayal and Dale Stevens are likely to start as a holding midfield duo, with Jose Izquierdo and Anthony Knockaert on the flanks.

Up front, Pascal Gross is likely to partner the in-form Glenn Murray.

Spurs’ line-up depends largely on how many players Mauricio Pochettino chooses to rest ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final with Manchester United.

Harry Kane is likely to make the starting XI, but Erik Lamela – subbed off at Manchester City – could be rested. That would likely leave an attacking trio of Son, Dele Alli and Lucas Moura behind the prolific Kane.