The live Monday night kick-off in the Championship sees Brighton welcome West Ham to the AMEX Stadium. The Hammers start as favourites at odds of 11/8 but they are ravaged by injuries and we fancy Brighton could be worth backing at 2/1 with Ladbrokes, with the draw available at 23/10.
Brighton have been struggling for form of late after starting life in the Championship well. They have failed to win any of their last six matches, drawing three, but they could be set to end that woeful run in front of their home faithful on Monday evening.
They may be twelfth in the league table but their home record is excellent and that should stand them in good stead for the visit of West Ham. They have suffered defeat just three times in their last 29 matches at home and are unbeaten in their last three league matches against the Hammers.
The form of Craig Mackail-Smith will undoubtedly be key to their hopes this season and he could be a key man on Monday. The Scottish striker has scored five goals in the league this season, with four of those coming at home, and he can be backed at tempting odds of 11/2 to be first goal scorer with Ladbrokes.com.
New loan signing Gonzalo Jara Reyes should make his debut following his move from West Brom and the only concern for Gus Poyet ahead of the match will be the fact that the influential Vicente is a fitness doubt.
Poyet's concern pales into insignificance in comparison to West Ham's problems though as Sam Allardyce is without Henri Lansbury, Matt Taylor, James Tompkins, Gary O'Neill and Rob Green for the trip to Brighton.
Despite being fourth in the league, they have won four one of their last four matches and are reeling after their 1-0 defeat to Southampton last week. It could be another unhappy trip to the South Coast on Monday as they struggle to cope with their injury problems.
John Carew is 5/1 to score first but of more interest could be the odds for West Ham to score more goals in the second half than the first at 11/8 with Ladbrokes, as Brighton have conceded 80% of goals this season in the second half.
Furthermore, West Ham are unbeaten in matches where more than two goals have been scored and Ladbrokes offer 2/1 for Brighton to win or draw with two or less goals scored in the match.
West Ham's three league defeats this season have all come by a 1-0 scoreline and the correct score of 1-0 to Brighton can be backed at 9/1.
Brighton v West Ham Form
Check the season's statistics for both Brighton and West Ham, plus the odds ahead of Monday's match.
Brighton Stats |West Ham Stats
Brighton v West Ham Tips
Tip #1: Brighton to win the match @ 2/1 with Ladbrokes.com
Tip #2: Brighton to win or draw with two goals or less scored in the match @ 2/1 with Ladbrokes.com
Tip #3: Craig Mackail-Smith to score first @ 5/1 with Ladbrokes.com
Match Odds
2/1 Brighton
23/10 Draw
11/8 West Ham
Correct Score Odds
9/1 Brighton 1-0
14/1 Brighton 2-0
10/1 Brighton 2-1
11/1 Draw 0-0
6/1 Draw 1-1
12/1 Draw 2-2
8/1 West Ham 1-0
10/1 West Ham 2-0
9/1 West Ham 2-1
First Goalscorer Odds
5/1 Carlton Cole
5/1 John Carew
5/1 Sam Baldock
11/2 Craig Mackail-Smith
6/1 Ashley Barnes
6/1 Kevin Nolan
7/1 Will Hoskins
7/1 Frederic Piquionne
8/1 Freddie Sears
9/1 Will Buckley
9/1 No Goalscorer
Odds supplied by Ladbrokes.com, who will provide a variety of betting markets, including live betting in-running, for all Championship matches.
Posted: Monday, 24th October 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: english championship, brighton, west ham, craig mackailsmith, ladbrokes,
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