Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford Preview

Brighton & Hove Albion host Brentford at the American Express Stadium on Sunday afternoon, with five points separating third from sixth in the Premier League. Brighton come into it on a two-game winning run but with only three days’ rest after Thursday’s 1-0 win at Getafe in the Conference League. Brentford, by contrast, have had eight days to prepare since beating Nottingham Forest 2-0. Kick-off is at 2pm GMT.

Brighton have two wins, a draw and two defeats from their last five, with four goals scored and four conceded, and they have kept clean sheets in their last two games. Thursday’s 1-0 win at Getafe was the latest, five days after a 1-0 win at Manchester City in the league. Before those, they lost on penalties at City in the Carabao Cup after a 2-2 draw and went down 2-0 at Liverpool, while the oldest result is a 0-0 draw at Jablonec in Europe. All five games in the sample were played away from home.

Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Nottingham Forest was Brentford’s only win in the sample. Three days earlier, they were knocked out of the Carabao Cup with a 3-2 defeat at Sunderland, and before that they drew 1-1 at Hull. Further back, they lost 2-1 at home to Liverpool and drew 2-2 at Aston Villa. That makes one win, two draws and two defeats, with eight goals scored and eight conceded, and the Forest win was their only clean sheet in the run.

Brighton have the edge in recent meetings, with two wins to Brentford’s one and two draws, and they have won the last two. The most recent was a 2-0 Brighton win away at Brentford in February 2026, and before that they won 2-1 at the American Express Stadium in November 2025. Brentford’s only win in the sample came 4-2 at home in April 2025, and the two older meetings both finished 0-0, one at each ground. Brighton are unbeaten at home against Brentford in the sample.

Brighton & Hove Albion sit third in the Premier League on 19 points, five ahead of sixth-placed Brentford on 14. A Brighton win would take them to 22 points and up to second, above Manchester City, while a Brentford win would lift them to 17 and into fourth, above Chelsea, on current standings.

In the UK, the match is streaming on Sky Sports+. US viewers can watch on NBCSN or stream it through Peacock and fuboTV, while in Canada it’s on DAZN Canada, fuboTV Canada and Fubo Sports Network 4 Canada.

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