Leeds United v Brighton & Hove Albion Match Preview, 5/15/22

Match Facts

1. Leeds have lost eight of their last 10 league meetings with Brighton (W1 D1), also failing to score on eight separate occasions in that run.
2. Brighton have won five of their last seven away league games against Leeds (L2), having won just one of their first 16 visits to Elland Road (D6 L9).
3. Leeds have only lost their final home game in just one of their last 18 top-flight campaigns (W10 D7), with that defeat coming against Spurs in 1995-96 (1-3).
4. Brighton have won their final away league game in just one of the last seven seasons (D4 L2), beating Burnley 2-1 on the final day of the 2019-20 campaign.
5. Leeds have lost nine Premier League home games this season, and conceded 37 goals at Elland Road. Only in 1946-47 (10) have they lost more, while only in 1959-60 (46) have they conceded more at home in a single top-flight campaign – they were relegated at the end of both seasons.
6. Brighton have scored nine goals in their last three Premier League games, as many as they had in their previous 14 beforehand. They’ve beaten Wolves 3-0 and Manchester United 4-0 in their last two, last winning three consecutive league games by at least three goals in February 1969.
7. Leeds are averaging fewer than 10 shots per game under Jesse Marsch in the Premier League this season (9.7), having averaged almost 14 under Marcelo Bielsa this term (13.7).
8. Leeds United have been shown a red card in the first half in each of their last two Premier League games – no side has ever had a player sent off before half-time in three consecutive matches in the competition before.
9. With 97 yellows and three reds this season, Leeds have become the first side to receive 100 cards in a single Premier League campaign. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Whites have also committed more fouls than any other side this term (440).
10. Brighton’s Leandro Trossard has been directly involved in six goals in his last five Premier League games (4 goals, 2 assists), as many as in his previous 37 league appearances (5 goals, 1 assist). His 11 goal involvements in total this term (8 goals, 3 assists) is his best return in a single Premier League campaign.