Brighton vs Newcastle

Newcastle United remain winless in eight previous Premier League away games against Brighton and Hove Albion (D5 L3), the most times they have visited an opponent without winning in the competition.

Brighton and Hove Albion have won just one of their last seven Premier League games (D3 L3), having won four consecutive league matches prior to this run.

Today’s result ended a run of 20 consecutive Premier League games without a draw for Newcastle United (W14 L6) since a 3-3 draw with Liverpool in December. It was the longest ongoing such streak in the competition.

Newcastle are winless in all seven of their away Premier League games against Brighton (D4 L3), the joint-most they have visited an opponent in the competition without ever winning (also 7 v Watford & Wimbledon). It’s the outright most Brighton have faced a side without losing at home in the Premier League.

Following their 1-0 win in October, Brighton could complete their third league double over Newcastle, after 1978-79 (second tier) and 2020-21 (Premier League).

Brighton have already beaten Newcastle twice in all competitions this season, 1-0 in the reverse Premier League fixture and 2-1 in the FA Cup fifth round. The last side they won three games against in a single campaign were Wycombe Wanderers in 2009-10, while they have never beaten an opponent three times in a season as a top-flight side.

Brighton are one of two sides in the Premier League this season who’ve both scored and conceded 55+ goals (56 for, 55 against), along with Spurs. Since losing 1-0 to Everton in January, each of their last 11 matches has seen at least three goals scored with 45 in total (4.1 per game).

Newcastle United have won 19 Premier League matches this season and are looking to win 20 in a season for the first time since 2002-03 under Sir Bobby Robson (21). Eddie Howe would also become the first English manager since Frank Lampard with Chelsea in 2019-20 to win 20 Premier League games in a season.