Brighton vs Ipswich Town Matchday Stats Preview

Brighton vs Ipswich Town Matchday Stats Preview 

This is the first league meeting between Brighton and Ipswich since a 1-1 draw in February 2017, and the first in the top-flight since a 2-0 win for Ipswich in January 1983.

Ipswich have won two of their last four away league games against Brighton (D1 L1), with those wins coming in March 2014 (2-0) and December 2015 (1-0). They had been winless in their previous eight league visits to the Seagulls before this (D5 L3).

Brighton vs Ipswich will be the 936th different fixture to be played in the Premier League. They met eight times in the top-flight between 1979 and 1983 (4 Ipswich wins, 2 Brighton wins, 2 draws), with the Tractor Boys winning 2-0 in the most recent thanks to goals from John Wark and Alan Brazil.

Brighton have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League home games against promoted sides (W5 D7), going down 1-0 against Fulham in February 2023.

Brighton have won six of their last eight Premier League matches in September (D1 L1), scoring 3+ goals in each of their last four such victories. However, their last September match ended in a 6-1 defeat at Aston Villa.

In a run stretching back to March 2002, Ipswich have lost each of their last five Premier League away games by an aggregate score of 18-3. They’re winless in their last eight on the road in the top-flight (D1 L7) since a 2-1 win at Everton in February 2002.

Ipswich have had the fewest shots (19), shots on target (7) and the lowest expected goals total (1.2) of any side in the Premier League so far this season. The Tractor Boys ranked 1st, 2nd and 4th respectively for those metrics in the Championship last season.

Excluding own goals, Simon Adingra has scored five of Brighton's last eight Premier League goals against newly promoted opponents. This accounts for 71% of the Ivorian's Premier League goals (5/7).

Only Jérémy Doku (20) has attempted more dribbles in the Premier League this season than Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma (19). Mitoma has had the most one-v-one’s in the box (7) in the division so far this season (defined as a situation where the attacking player with the ball is isolated against a single defender).

Ipswich have applied more pressures than any other side in the Premier League so far this season (689), with winger Omari Hutchinson leading the way among players (128).