Thu Nov 08, 2018 9:29 am
Match facts
Cardiff and Brighton have never faced before in the top-flight of English football, making this the fourth new top-flight fixture this season (Bournemouth vs Cardiff, Brighton vs Fulham and Bournemouth vs Fulham the others).
Brighton have lost only one of their last 11 league matches against Cardiff (W3 D7), a 1-4 defeat in February 2016 at Cardiff City Stadium in the Championship.
Cardiff vs Brighton will become the 100th different fixture to have been played in all four divisions of the English Football League.
Cardiff are without a clean sheet in their last eight Premier League games, shipping 22 goals in total and losing seven of those matches (W1).
Brighton have won just one of their last 19 Premier League matches away from home (D5 L13), with that victory coming against Newcastle last month.
33% of Brighton’s Premier League away victories have been in Wales (1/3 – 1-0 vs Swansea in November 2017).