Brighton v QPR Betting Preview – Championship 27th December
The Seagulls are looking forward to the chance of playing Premier League football next season as they are pushing for the Championship title against Newcastle at the moment. Brighton have been superb at home this season winning eight of their ten home league matches there and they have another comfortable looking home game as they take on the struggling QPR who have lost their last five league outings. The Seagulls are running on a three match winning streak at home against the R’s as well, not having conceded a goal in any of those three.
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Brighton v QPR Betting Tips
Will Brighton be able to continue their great form in the Championship? The Seagulls didn’t have the greatest of starts to the season as they managed just the two wins in their opening half dozen matches. However, things changed for them when they took a victory over Huddersfield back on September 13th, which saw them spark into life. Brighton have now put together a fantastic run of form with a W11 D4 L0 in their last fifteen league games. Little surprise that they are going as favourites here against the struggling QPR. The Seagulls have won their last three Championship matches and on home soil they have gone and posted a W8 D2 L1 record all season. They have won six of their last eight there (D2) since suffering their only home defeat against Brentford in early September. Brighton have been ahead at the break in six of their eleven home games this term and only 45% of their home games have gone over 2.5 goals.
You can take a wager of 3/4 at Bet365 on under 2.5 goals and considering how strong Brighton’s defence has been that’s a fair shot. The Seagulls have conceded only the six goals on home soil all season and in total have collected seven clean sheets in their eleven home games in the Championship this term. You can have a price of 5/4 on Brighton to win to nil in the match up and there is some weight to that because they are on a three match winnings streak at home against QPR without having conceded a goal. Overall, Brighton have conceded in just two of their last seven games against QPR home and away. So that would lead you to an option of Both Teams Not to score on the match up. Just another nod to Brighton’s defence, they have conceded only two goals in their last five home matches in the Championship.
In the anytime goalscorer market there’s a price of 6/5 at Bet365 on Glenn Murray who has 14 league goals this season in the anytime goalscorer market. So QPR are going to have a tough time of things in this game probably and it would be a big shock if they landed the three points. They are on a five match losing streak in the Championship now and they are going to have to dig very deep to get any change out of Brighton. A Brighton 2-0 correct score at Bet365 is a price of 5/1. QPR have netted just the one goal in their last five games and the Londoners are sitting just above the drop zone. Away from home in the Championship this season QPR have posted a W3 D2 L5 record so far and they have gone D1 L3 in their last four out on the road. They have scored just the one away goal in their last four which was in a draw at Nottingham Forest during that sequence. QPR have scored the joint-lowest amount of goals in the Championship this season alongside Wigan and may struggle to make a big impression aginast Brighton’s immense defence.
Brighton v QPR Betting Odds
Brighton 8/15, Draw 10/3, QPR 6/1
Brighton v QPR Predictions
On paper this looks as if it is going to be pretty routine for Brighton. They have been so strong at home and QPR’s form has fallen away so badly that the Seagulls are likely to collect maximum points here. But because of the lack of goals from the R’s and with Brighton being so tough at the back, there is a stack of value in backing Brighton to win to nil.
