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West Ham United

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Brighton & Hove Albion

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	West Ham United	Brighton & Hove Albion
Shots	11 shots/match	12 shots/match▲
Shots on target	4 shots/match	6 shots/match▲
Expected goals	1.31 xG/match▲	0.94 xG/match
Possession	46%	54%●
Corners	8 corners/match●	4 corners/match
Fouls	14 fouls/match	20 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
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size = xG

West Ham United: 11 shots, 4 on target, 1.32 xG. Brighton & Hove Albion: 12 shots, 6 on target, 0.96 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: West Ham United 1.32 xG · Brighton & Hove Albion 0.96 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Brighton & Hove Albion's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. A second useful context is: Brighton & Hove Albion's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Brighton & Hove Albion's recent record differs from the season

weak

Brighton & Hove Albion's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.2 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.59 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.2 goals/match	1.59 goals/match	1.5 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Brighton & Hove Albion show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Brighton & Hove Albion's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

14.8 shots/match▲ShotsWest Ham United · Brighton & Hove Albion14.4 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	West Ham United	Brighton & Hove Albion	Baseline
Shots	14.8 shots/match	14.4 shots/match	13.6 shots/match
Shots against	16.5 shots/match	12 shots/match	12.6 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1West Ham United

1Draws

3Brighton & Hove Albion

2 Jan 2024West Ham United — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League0–0

26 Aug 2023Brighton & Hove Albion — West Ham United · Premier League1–3

4 Mar 2023Brighton & Hove Albion — West Ham United · Premier League4–0

21 Aug 2022West Ham United — Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League0–2

22 May 2022Brighton & Hove Albion — West Ham United · Premier League3–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

West Ham United favored in 1 of 13 directional metrics · Brighton & Hove Albion in 7 · 5 too close

1.29 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 17/17▲1.59 goals/match

1.76 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 17/17▲1.53 goals/match

1.5 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 17/171.42 xG/match

1.76 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 17/17▲1.57 xG/match

14.8 shots/matchShotsseason · 17/1714.4 shots/match

16.5 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 17/17▲12 shots/match

4.76 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 17/174.82 shots/match

5 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 17/17▲4.35 shots/match

47%Possessionseason · 17/17●53.7%

5.47 corners/match●Cornersseason · 17/175.29 corners/match

6.35 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 17/17▲5.24 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

12.1 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 17/1711.9 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

18%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 17/1718%

82%Scoring frequencyseason · 17/17▲94%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

West Ham United37.5

Brighton & Hove Albion67.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

West Ham United48.3

Brighton & Hove Albion63.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

West Ham United25

Brighton & Hove Albion50.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

West Ham United82.5

Brighton & Hove Albion52.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

West Ham United77.5

Brighton & Hove Albion67.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

West Ham United52.5

Brighton & Hove Albion47.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

West Ham United63.1

Brighton & Hove Albion60

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

West Ham United17 matchesBrighton & Hove Albion17 matches

1.29 goals/matchGoals scored17/17▲1.59 goals/match

1.76 goals/matchGoals allowed17/17▲1.53 goals/match

1.5 xG/match▲Expected goals17/171.42 xG/match

14.8 shots/matchShots17/1714.4 shots/match

4.76 shots/matchShots on target17/174.82 shots/match

47%Possession17/17●53.7%

5.47 corners/match●Corners17/175.29 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.1 fouls/matchFouls17/1711.9 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

West Ham United9 matchesBrighton & Hove Albion9 matches

1.44 goals/matchGoals scored9/9▲1.56 goals/match

1.89 goals/matchGoals allowed9/9▲1.56 goals/match

1.72 xG/match▲Expected goals9/91.26 xG/match

14.1 shots/match▲Shots9/913 shots/match

5.22 shots/match▲Shots on target9/94.89 shots/match

46.9%Possession9/9●53%

5.89 corners/match●Corners9/94.44 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.1 fouls/matchFouls9/910.9 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

4.79 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.04 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples17 / 17home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 21 Dec 2024, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4