LEAGUE leaders Arsenal travel to the south coast on Wednesday for a midweek trip to Brighton.
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Brighton vs Arsenal preview
Having played a game more than title rivals Manchester City, Arsenal will be hoping their lead at the top remains at least five points after the Wednesday fixtures.
In-form City are at home to relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest at the same time so only a win will do that you’d think.
Not for the first time, the Gunners were a tough watch in open play at the weekend and relied on set pieces to once again get them over the line, this time to beat ten man Chelsea.
The derby win over Spurs was probably their only really convincing performance of the last four league games, which has also saw them drop points to Wolves and Brentford.
Other than beating a hapless Spurs, things just don’t seem to be firing at the top end of the park and that’ll need to change for the trip south.
Brighton have had a real up and down season so far which is perfectly indicated by their current 11th place standing.
But after six games without a win, they’ve now won back-to-back games against Brentford and Nottingham Forest as they look for a strong end to the season.
They did go down narrowly at the Emirates in the reverse fixture, with the hosts hanging on for the points when 2-1 up.
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Brighton vs Arsenal predictions
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Brighton were 2-1 up inside just 15 minutes at the weekend, as they started brightly but also switched off momentarily.
Whereas for the second game in a row, Arsenal both scored and conceded before half time themselves, as their wait for a league clean sheet stretched for four games.
Brighton should come out the traps and no surprise to see the patterns of the last couple of games for both sides continue here.
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