Match facts

  • Five of the last six league meetings between these two teams in Brighton have ended level, with Cardiff winning the other.
  • Cardiff haven't lost a league game away at Brighton since January 2002, when Bobby Zamora netted the winner for the Seagulls.
  • The Seagulls are unbeaten in their last 17 league games (W13 D4); they last went 18 without defeat earlier this season back in August [excluding play-off matches].
  • The Bluebirds are winless in their last four away league games, drawing two and losing two.