On Thursday night, Brighton & Hove Albion make the trip to Amsterdam where they will face Ajax in the UEFA Europa League, and we take a closer look at how the action could unfold.
The hosts come into this fixture on the back of a convincing 4-1 victory at home in the Eredivisie against Heerenveen, where Chuba Akpom helped his side gain all three points with a brace.
Brighton travelled to Goodison Park in their most recent fixture and had to settle with a point after they went a goal down early on and could not come up with a winner in the later stages of the game.
Ajax v Brighton & Hove Albion
Thursday 9 November, 18:45
Johan Cruyff Arena
Brighton come into this fixture having won just once out of their last eight fixtures in all competitions, and this victory was against their opponents on Thursday night, Ajax.
However along this run, they have lost just twice in the English Premier League and this was away from home against both Manchester City and Aston Villa, meaning they sit at a respectable seventh place in the league standings.
After losing their first-ever game in Europe against AEK Athens, they have somewhat steadied the ship after they drew against Marseille and beat Ajax in their two most recent fixtures, and a victory on Thursday would take them into the top two of the group.
Ajax had a disappointing start to the season but have since appointed a new manager and won in their two most recent games, scoring five times and conceding just once.
The Dutch side sit bottom of Group B, so Maurice Steijn will know that if his side wants to progress into the knockout stages of the Europa League, then they will have to pick up all three points against Brighton on Thursday.
Bet9ja Tips
Although we think this game will be a tight affair, we expect Brighton to win and you can get odds of 1.73 for this to happen at Bet9ja.
Ansu Fati has scored once in the opening three fixtures in the Europa League and you can get odds of 2.60 for him to score anytime in this one. Joel Veltman has picked up one yellow card in two Europa League fixtures this season and you can get odds of 4.25 for him to be shown another one against Ajax.
Bet9ja Odds (at time of writing): Ajax win: 4.10, Draw: 4.40, Brighton win: 1.73
Booking codes: 5P92VSS, 5P92Z5Z, 5P932VP
