Liverpool vs Brighton Prediction, 2/3/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 2/2/2021

Game: Liverpool vs Brighton

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Location: Anfield in Liverpool, England

TV: NBCSN

Odds/Point Spread: Liverpool (-286) Brighton (+800)

Anfield is the venue where Sadio Mane and Liverpool (11-7-3, 3rd in the EPL) will take on Brighton (4-9-8, 17th in the EPL) on Wednesday. The goalkeepers protecting the net are Alisson for Liverpool and Robert Sanchez for Brighton. Brighton are at at +800 while the Reds are at -286. The over/under is set at 3.

Liverpool played West Ham United in their last game and notched a win by a score of 3-1. Liverpool tried 5 dribbles in this outing and completed 4 of those attempts for a percentage of 80.0%. In sharing the ball, they earned a 92.4% rate by converting 690 of the 747 pass targets in their last outing. In relation to shooting accuracy, Liverpool wrapped this game up at a 35.7% rate by hitting 5 shots on target out of 14 shots. Liverpool sports an average of 1.95 goals per 90 min (41 total goals) and have tallied 26 assists in all matches for the season.

Sadio Mane is a guy who should be able to impact this game for Liverpool. Mane has had a starting assignment in 263 matchups so far in his pro soccer career and accounts for 0.49 G/90. The forward who is from Senegal has racked up 123 goals in 22,680 professional minutes. He has 56 assists while accumulating 42 yellow cards in his pro soccer career. One more player who could decide who wins is Mohamed Salah, the forward born in Egypt. He has helped a teammate on a goal 59 times during his soccer career while scoring 134 total goals. Salah has played 19,913 mins during 223 career starting assignments and has earned himself 9 yellow cards. He averages 0.61 goals per 90 thus far in his career.

The man who is expected to defend the goal for Liverpool is Alisson. Alisson (104-33-23 mark during his career) has accumulated 74 clean sheets, which leaves him with a 46.3% shutout percentage. The keeper born in Brazil has had 360 shots attempted at him in 160 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 minutes is 0.72 (88 total goals allowed) and his save percentage is .775. Alisson has defended the goal for 14,259 minutes and has accumulated 277 saves in his pro soccer career.

For their last match, Brighton walked away with a victory by a final of 1-0 against Tottenham. Brighton had a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 8 out of the 16 dribbles they attempted. They finished the contest by completing 355 of the 425 passing attempts for a rate of 83.5%. Brighton connected on 2 shots attempted out of their 16 shots attempted giving them a 12.5% clip in their last outing. With 22 goals and 13 assists for all their matches, Brighton has an average of 1.05 goals and 0.62 assists per 90 minutes.

Neal Maupay will be counted on for Brighton. He is currently averaging 0.45 goals per 90 mins and has had a starting assignment in 156 matches in his career. The forward hailing from France has earned 14,392 professional minutes while scoring 72 goals. He has accumulated 33 yellow card warnings in his career and has assisted on a goal 20 times. Be sure to watch out for Leandro Trossard, the forward representing Belgium. He has accumulated 59 goals during his pro soccer career while helping a teammate on a goal 23 times. Trossard has been handed a total of 11 yellow card cautions in 13,783 mins played (154 starts). His goals per 90 min average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.39.

Robert Sanchez will be residing in front of the net for Brighton. Sanchez has racked up 10 shutouts and defended 165 shots attempted against him in 3,240 career mins. He is the owner of a save % of .697 and his clean sheet rate is 27.8%. He has surrendered 1.50 goals per 90 mins while earning a mark of 10-10-16. In his pro soccer career, Sanchez has allowed 54 goals while earning 116 saves in 36 starting assignments.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Brighton (+800)

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