Brighton and Aston Villa are in the fight for a place in the top 6, so this match is of great importance for both sides today. Brighton were unexpectedly knocked out of the FA Cup by Nottingham Forest the other day, but the Seagulls are doing much better in the Premier League - 13 points in the last 5 rounds, with matches against Manchester City and Chelsea.
Aston Villa still have quarter-final matches with PSG in the UEFA Champions League, but the situation in the Premier League needs to be corrected, as the gap from the European Cup zone is only 2 points, and in the last 5 rounds ‘lions’ scored only 8 points.
Nominally Brighton looks the favourite in this meeting, but the ‘seagulls’ spent a lot of energy in the FA Cup match, as they played there for 120 minutes, and Aston Villa quickly dismantled Preston away with a score of 0:3. In any case, we expect a hard fight, as both teams need 3 points, the Seagulls and the Lions are scoring a lot, but they also make enough mistakes in defence.
Prediction: both teams to score. We recommend the “BTTS - Yes” bet, odds 1.53
