Brighton And Hove Albion 5-0 Crystal Palace

Our call before kick-off

The model did not publish a free call on this game.

Our read before the game

Brighton's home advantage survives a stripped-out front line; the trap is backing both sides to score.

Brighton come in on a four-match home-form run and sit third to Palace's twelfth, but their front line is stripped bare with five regular attackers missing. That gap, plus a head-to-head record that has produced draws more often than not, makes this a tighter match than the table suggests, so treat any goals bet with care.

Written Thu 15 Oct, about 82 hours before kick-off, and left as it was.