MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

  • This is their first top-flight meeting. It becomes the 100th different fixture to be played in England's top four divisions.
  • Brighton have lost just one of their last 11 league matches against Cardiff (W3, D7), a 1-4 away defeat in 2016.


Cardiff City

  • Cardiff have won just once in 15 Premier League matches, drawing three and losing 11.
  • They have equalled the club's worst record after 11 fixtures of a league season, last set in 1974 in the second tier.
  • The Bluebirds have failed to keep a clean sheet in eight league games, and are two short of conceding 100 Premier League goals.
  • They have also failed to score in six of their 11 games this season, a joint-league high with Huddersfield and Southampton.
  • Cardiff's shooting accuracy of 26% - hitting the target with 31 of 119 attempts on goal - is the worst in the competition.
  • The Bluebirds have completed 1,948 passes, 500 fewer than any other Premier League side, while their completion rate of 61% is also the lowest.
  • Cardiff have conceded the first goal in eight league fixtures this campaign, a joint-high with Fulham.


Brighton & Hove Albion

  • Brighton have managed just one win in their last 19 Premier League away games (D5, L13).
  • They have 14 points after 11 league matches, one fewer than at this stage last season.
  • The Seagulls and Manchester City are the only clubs not to have lost a Premier League point from a winning position in 2018-19.
  • Glenn Murray's six Premier League goals is bettered only by Eden Hazard, Sergio Aguero and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on seven.
  • Chris Hughton is unbeaten in five meetings with Cardiff manager Neil Warnock, winning four and keeping five clean sheets.