Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City
Team news
Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma faces a late fitness test after suffering a knock against Crystal Palace.
Jan Paul van Hecke is suspended, while Igor Julio, Ferdi Kadioglu, Tariq Lamptey, James Milner, Georginio Rutter, Jason Steele and Adam Webster remain out.
Leicester City defender Wout Faes will be assessed after picking up an unspecified injury this week.
Midfielder Facundo Buonanotte is ineligible to face his parent club.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Brighton are unbeaten in five top-flight matches against Leicester after failing to win any of their first eight Premier League games against them (D2, L6).
The Foxes have lost their last two away games in Brighton, following a run of three victories and a draw on the south coast.
Leicester could lose three successive away games to the Seagulls for the first time.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton have drawn two and lost two of their past four matches.
Defeats in their last two Premier League games is as many as they had suffered in their previous 13 top-flight matches (W6, D5).
They are looking to avoid losing three league matches in a row for the first time since a run of six under Graham Potter in March 2022.
The Seagulls have not won any of their last seven league matches played in April (D2, L5), dating back to a 6-0 thrashing of Wolves in April 2023.
This season they have drawn with Southampton and Ipswich Town at home and away to Leicester City.
Danny Welbeck became Brighton's highest Premier League scorer last weekend as his 31st goal for the club took him beyond Pascal Gross.
The 47 Premier League goals Brighton have conceded is the most of any team currently in the top half.
Leicester City
Leicester have collected just eight points from the last 69 available (P23, W2, D2, 19).
They could become the first ever team to lose nine consecutive top-flight games without scoring.
If they fail to score they will equal Crystal Palace's Premier League record of nine successive matches without a goal which was set in January 1995.
It's been 760 minutes since Leicester's last league goal was scored by Bilal El Khannouss in a 2-1 victory at Tottenham.
The Foxes have lost 15 of their last 16 league matches and have failed to score in 13 of those. Of the four goals they have scored across those 16 matches two came in the win over Spurs.
They accrued 14 of their 17 league points before 8 December.
The Foxes have lost nine of their last 10 away league matches, with Southampton (five) the only side to have collected fewer Premier League points on the road this season than their eight.
They have not won a top-flight away game against a team starting the day in the top-half of the table since May 2021 at Manchester United.
