Preston vs Brighton
England – Carabao Cup
Date: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Kick-off at 19:00 UK/ 20:00 CET
Venue: Deepdale.
Match preview
Even in defeat against Chelsea at the beginning of last week, Graham Potter would have felt encouraged by the performance of his new look side Brighton.
This opinion was justified Sunday afternoon as the Seagulls outclassed Newcastle United, with two early goals to take the game away Magpies.
In the eyes of their head coach, the display at St James Park has become the reference in advance of the rest of the campaign as they bid to finish well clear of 15th place which they achieved during the last campaign.
Although Tariq Lamptey has received praise for his pace on the right flank, it would be unfair to single out the former Chelsea youth when several of his teammates match its high level.
Potter will select a range changed to Wednesday's game, but it will probably curious to see if the second string can learn from the success in the Northeast.
Preston have had a mixed start to the season, combining a race at this stage of the competition with only one point during recording their first two league games.
In Swansea City and Norwich City, they went against the opposition fancied to win a place in the top six of the second-tier ranking.
However, failure to maintain their lead at Carrow Road on Saturday transferred from Alex Neil on the front of the rear foot of a difficult race venues.
Tom Barkhuizen offset in each of the victories over Mansfield and Derby, goals were scored after a series of 14 games without a rear-end of last season.
Team News
Louis Moult, Josh Earl and Daniel Johnson are all excluded from the third round Wednesday night with Brighton & Hove Albion, while Paul Huntington is suspended after having copped yellow cards in each of the first two rounds.
This means that Alex Neil Manager will not be able to make as many changes as it did in the previous round, when only Alan Browne survived the clash of the opening day with Swansea City.
Six players have retained their place for the weekend's clash with Norwich City at Carrow Road and even the players who do not play on Saturday, could give a chance, including Jayden Stockley, who had to withdraw from the game with the Canary just hours before kick -off, but was later given the green light to return to training and the action of the game.
Seagulls boss Graham Potter has also made changes - 11 of them in fact - for their second round 4-0 win over Portsmouth in the AMEX Stadium.
Forward Alireza Jahanbakhsh impressed with a superb strike in a man of the match performance in a range that experienced included household names such as Dan Burn, Dale Stephens and Jayson Molumby among others.
Preston vs Brighton Prediction
Neil's men have yet to win their first match in the championship in 2020-21. They also won five times in their previous 21 aircraft, and were able to score goals in three of their six previous matches.
At home, they lost eight of their last five appearances, and had not scored goals in their last two games here.
On the other hand, their counterparts were unbeaten in seven of their previous eight overall matchups, and the only loss came against Chelsea - one of the best teams in the PL.
Leaving, Potter's men also recorded a 7-0 aggregate score card of their two previous meetings, and it has been eight months since they had lost a road game.
Suffice it to say that the Seagulls are the team in form, while their number in front are facing at present.
However, the most important in determining the outcome of the unit would be the fact that men are Potter EPL - probably the best world championship, while their counterparts in the lower division.
For these reasons, expect to Brighton to have the upper hand on Wednesday. They are supposed to win, but to be on the safe side, we will opt for a Double Chance relatively safer on Seagulls.
Preston vs Brighton: Betting Tips
Double Chance: Brighton or Draw @ 1.40 (2/5)
Brighton to Win Either Half @ 1.75 (3/4).
