Brighton vs Tottenham Prediction, 1/31/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 1/28/2021

Game: Brighton vs Tottenham

Date: Sunday, January 31, 2021

Location: The American Express Community Stadium in Brighton and Hove, Sussex

TV: Peacock Premium

Odds/Point Spread: Brighton (+300) Tottenham (-116)

The American Express Community Stadium is the venue where Leandro Trossard and Brighton (3-9-8, 17th in the EPL) will take on Tottenham (9-6-3, 6th in the EPL) on Sunday. The goaltenders who are expected to start will be Robert Sanchez for Brighton and Hugo Lloris for Tottenham. Brighton are at +300 while the Spurs are priced at -116. The total opens at 2.5.

Brighton faced Fulham in their most recent match and finished with a draw by a score of 0-0. In regard to passing, they ended with a 71.9% rate by connecting on 315 out of their 438 passing attempts in their last match. Brighton attempted 16 dribbles in this contest and completed 11 of those attempts for a rate of 68.8%. Regarding shot accuracy, Brighton wrapped this game up at a 31.3% clip by hitting 5 shots on target of 16 total shots. Brighton averages 1.05 g/90 (21 goals in total) and have racked up 12 assists in all matches this year.

Leandro Trossard is a player who should impact this matchup for Brighton. He has 23 assists while accumulating 11 yellow cards so far in his career. Trossard has been a starter in 153 contests in his career and he scores 0.38 G/90. The forward from Belgium has accumulated 58 goals in 13,705 professional minutes. One more player who should impact this match is Neal Maupay, the forward born in France. Maupay has been on the pitch for 14,314 mins during 155 starting assignments and has earned himself a total of 32 yellow card cautions. He has helped a teammate on a goal 20 times during his pro soccer career while he has scored 72 total goals. He scores 0.45 goals per 90 mins thus far in his career.

The man defending the goal for Brighton is Robert Sanchez. Sanchez has defended the goal for 3,150 mins and has 112 stops during his pro soccer career. His GA/90 is 1.54 (54 total goals given up) and he is the owner of a save percentage of .689. The goalkeeper from Spain has had 161 shots attempted at him in 35 career starting assignments. Sanchez (9-10-16 mark during his career) has accumulated 9 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 25.7% clean sheet percentage.

The last time they took the pitch, Tottenham took home the win by a final score of 3-1 against Sheffield United. Tottenham finished the match with a 64.7% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 11 out of the 17 dribbles they attempted. They finished this game by completing 493 out of their 560 pass attempts for a rate of 88.0%. Tottenham converted 5 shots tried out of the team's 14 shots tried giving them a 35.7% clip in their last game. With a total of 33 goals and 28 assists in all competitions, Tottenham is averaging 1.83 goals and 1.56 assists per 90 minutes.

Harry Kane should be someone to watch for Tottenham. The forward who is from England has played 21,843 minutes while he has scored 169 goals. He has 30 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 30 times. He scores 0.70 goals per 90 and has had a starting assignment in 244 games so far in his pro soccer career. Be sure to watch out for Son Heung-min, the forward who is from Korea. He has tallied 106 goals so far in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 43 times. Heung-min has been given 14 yellow card warnings in 20,866 professional minutes (240 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average so far in his career is 0.46.

Hugo Lloris will look after the net for Tottenham. Lloris has tallied 174 shutouts while seeing 1,888 shots against him in 44,305 minutes throughout his career. He has a save percentage of .738 and his clean sheet rate is 35.1%. He has given up 1.03 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a record of 253-129-111. So far in his career, Lloris has surrendered 507 goals and has earned 1,395 saves in 496 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tottenham (-116)

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