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Two matches of the 29th round of English Premier League will be played on Sunday and in the first of them 12th-placed Brigton meets 6th-placed Arsenal, which currently has 14 points more. The Seagulls are in much better shape than the Gunners from London and it will be very interesting to see can they finally revenge for four consecutive defeats in their head-to-heads.

Brighton

Brighton was defeated in the league at the Emirates 2-0 last autumn but then Arsenal played much better than it does right now. In fact it is in a great crisis, which the home team should definitely exploit to win very valuable points for the survival race. Although Brighton won two home matches and pulled two away draws in last four league rounds the Seagulls still have just four points more than teams in the drop zone, which is why they have to be fully focused in each match by the end of season.

Team led by manager Hugton won at home in the said period West Ham 3-1 and Swansea 4-1, while away it drew 1-1 with Southampton and Stoke. In the meantime it won in the FA Cup Middlesbrough and Coventry, which qualified them for the quarter-finals where will face Manchester United. Now, everyone in Brighton is fully focused on league match with Arsenal, while out of action are only from before injured midfielder Sidwell and forward Skalak.

Probable lineups Brighton: Ryan – Schelotto, Duffy, Dunk, Bong – Knockaert, Stephens, Propper, Izquierdo – Gross – Murray

Arsenal

We have said in the introduction that the guests from London are currently in much worse shape than Brighton. Culmination of negative series was two defeats by Manchester City in a row. The Gunners were firstly defeated in the final of League Cup played at the Wembley by the Citizens 3-0, while on Thursday evening they lost to them by the same result in the league, so now they have big 10 points fewer than the fourth place, the last one that leads to the Champions League.

On the other hand, they reached the round of 16 in the Europa League despite home defeat by Swedish Ostersunds 2-1 as the Gunners won them away by 3-0. That was in fact the only Arsenal’s victory in last five matches as this team lost remaining four, so it was no wonder they played against the Citizens on Thursday evening in front of half-empty stands of the Emirates stadium. Let’s add that due to injuries still out of action are defender Monreal, midfielders Wilshare and Cazorla, and forward Lacazette.

Probable lineups Arsenal: Cech – Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Kolasinac – Ramsey, Xhaka – Mkhitaryan, Ozil, Iwobi – Aubameyang

Verdict:

Regardless of fact that the home team is in much better shape ahead of this league match we nevertheless believe that groggy Gunners should finally play a good match, which is why we have opted here for a pick with plenty of goals.

Pick:  under 2.5 goals 2.11 - 111/100 @1XBet