Brighton vs Leicester Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th April 2025

Mid-placed Brighton face relegation-threatened Leicester at The American Express Community Stadium in round 32 of the Premier League in a match that kick-offs on Saturday. The visitors have a lot more at stake, but are lacking in quality.

Brighton approach the next Premier League round as number 9 in the table, having claimed 47 points this season so far. With 31 games behind them, Leicester amassed 17 points, placing them as number 19 before their next fixture.

Brighton have their eyes set on a good performance and, more importantly, three points, when facing Leicester. On home soil, the former should have the upper hand, as they aim to move inside the top six.

The Seagulls scored an average of 1.7 goals in ten matches or a total of 17 while allowing 18 goals against. This is an average of 1.8 goals against per match with two clean sheets along the way.

Leicester travel to their next Premier League match, averaging a lowly 0.2 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of two goals, while also conceding 24 goals. That amounts to an average of 2.4 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Brighton played against Leicester. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair.

Brighton vs Leicester Prediction

Brighton Form

A single point is all Brighton can show for their efforts in the past three matches. They managed a 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest, before getting trounced 0-3 against Aston Villa while Crystal Palace won 2-1. Brighton won three of their previous six matches at The American Express Community Stadium in the Premier League. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring eight goals to seven against.

Leicester Form

Leicester lost their previous three matches by 0-3 against Manchester United, 2-0 against Manchester City and 0-3 against Newcastle. Leicester managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Premier League. On top of winning once they also drew zero as well as losing five, while scoring 12 time and letting in three.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, and we fully expect the trend to continue, when Brighton renew Leicester their acquaintance.

Brighton recorded 14 points following three wins from their last nine games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored 15 goals, but also conceded seven. Leicester won one matches and picked up four points from their last 16 encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League. They scored 11 goals and conceded 36. Brighton have a record of 12 wins, 11 draws and eight defeats in the Premier League this season. Leicester have a record of four wins, five draws and 22 defeats in the Premier League.

Brighton vs Leicester Squads

Brighton Squad

Fabian Hurzeler will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Leicester from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Bart Verbruggen (0/29), Carl Rushworth (0/0), Jason Steele (0/2), Thomas McGill (0/0), Adam Webster (0/11), Eiran Cashin (0/0), Igor (0/12), Jan Paul van Hecke (1/29), Joel Veltman (0/19), Lewis Dunk (0/21), Pervis Estupinan (1/24), Tariq Lamptey (2/13), Carlos Baleba (2/27), Diego Gomez (0/9), Ferdi Kadioglu (1/6), Jack Hinshelwood (2/19), James Milner (0/3), Kaoru Mitoma (7/31), Mats Wieffer (1/19), Matthew O'Riley (1/14), Solly March (0/0), Yasin Ayari (0/27), Adrian Mazilu (0/0), Brajan Gruda (0/15), Danny Welbeck (8/24), Georginio Rutter (5/28), Joao Pedro (8/25), Simon Adingra (2/22), Yankuba Minteh (5/25).

Leicester Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Leicester players that the manager Ruud van Nistelrooy will choose from for the upcoming game:

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/6), Mads Hermansen (0/24), Conor Coady (0/15), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (2/29), Jannik Vestergaard (0/18), Luke Thomas (0/7), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/17), Ricardo Pereira (0/5), Victor Kristiansen (0/28), Wout Faes (1/28), Woyo Coulibaly (0/0), Bilal El Khannouss (2/26), Boubakary Soumare (0/24), Facundo Buonanotte (4/27), Harry Winks (0/22), Kasey McAteer (0/12), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/17), Wilfred Ndidi (0/22), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/20), Jamie Vardy (7/29), Jordan Ayew (4/26), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/18), Stephy Mavididi (3/28).

Brighton vs Leicester Team News

Brighton just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Leicester at The American Express Community Stadium.

Brighton are unable to field Solly March this coming Saturday against Leicester, as he is sidelined with an injury.

At the time of writing, Leicester just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Saturday.

Leicester need to do without Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira, who are not fit enough to travel to The American Express Community Stadium.

Brighton vs Leicester Lineups

Brighton vs Leicester H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 2-2 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Saturday. Brighton have a 20% win rate against Leicester, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 2-4-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Brighton vs Leicester Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Brighton welcome Leicester as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Brighton vs Leicester Betting Tips

In their last 10 matches at The American Express Community Stadium across all tournaments Brighton won four times, drew three and lost three times. Leicester claimed one wins, zero draw and nine defeats in their last 10 games away. Brighton will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet on Saturday, as Leicester have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 away games. The hosts fought their way to three clean sheets in their last 10 games on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Brighton managed an average of 1.4 goals, with Leicester averaging 1.7 goals in these. Both teams to score was a winning bet seven times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals came out nine times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Brighton, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Leicester, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 0.3 times goals per game themselves.