Brighton vs Bournemouth Bet Builder Tips, Preview

In-form Kaoru Mitoma clipped home his fifth goal in seven appearances with typical nonchalance in Brighton’s cosy 4-0 win at Southampton at the weekend and the Japanese international is playing with enough confidence to be a real nuisance against Bournemouth.

Mitoma, who has lodged eight shots on target in his last seven outings for Albion, has been averaging 1.88 shots and 0.83 shots on target per 90 minutes across the entire Premier League campaign, while the 27-year-old has also clocked more accurate attempts in total (19) than any other Brighton player in the division since August.

The ice-cool finisher also bagged one of his seven Premier League goals for the season in Brighton’s reverse meeting with Bournemouth back in November and Mitoma can unsettle the Cherries defence again on Tuesday.

The Bournemouth backline struggled to keep a lid on Wolves’ star Matheus Cunha at the weekend and Mitoma is a player with similar ball-carrying attributes and technical quality. Priced at a generous 1.67, Mitoma is begging to be backed in the 1+ shot on target bracket here.

We’re looking to the player foul market for the next two legs of our Brighton vs Bournemouth bet builder and Albion anchorman Carlos Baleba offers top value at 1.62 as our first pick in that direction in the 2+ fouls range.

Tempers threatened to boil over when Brighton and Bournemouth met at the Vitality Stadium (November) in a combative contest that featured a staggering 40 tackles and a shin-splintering 23 fouls.

Midfield areas were the main skirmish zones on that occasion and Brighton’s Carlos Baleba was at the epicentre of the action, committing three fouls during the Seagulls’ 2-1 triumph over ten-man Bournemouth.
Baleba, who is a key ball winner for Brighton, is generally an excellentt foul market candidate. The 21-year-old has committed at least two fouls in 13 separate appearances for Albion already this season and at least three fouls in a further seven runouts.

The hard-hitting Cameroonian starlet is likely to be in the thick of things again on Tuesday, so back Baleba to commit two or more fouls at an attractive price.

The high tackle (40) and foul count (23) from Brighton’s tussle with Bournemouth in November was in keeping with reoccurring trends for both clubs this term, with Albion (11.90) and the Cherries (13.70) ranking among the Premier League’s top five sides for fouls committed per 90 minutes across the campaign.

Lewis Cook, who committed a game-high equalling four fouls when Bournemouth lost to Brighton in November, has been doing his part to drive the Cherries’ foul count to its heady heights this season.

No-nonsense midfielder Cook (43) ranks second at Bournemouth behind Antoine Semenyo (47) for total fouls committed in the Premier League since August, while only eight players in the division have been collared for more fouls than the 28-year-old.

Like Brighton’s Baleba, Cook has committed at least two fouls in 13 different games this season and he should be a solid inclusion here to match that output at odds of 1.50.