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Aston Villa host Brighton at Villa Park on Saturday and Dean Smith’s team will be looking to keep pace with  the Top 4 (not league leaders, let’s not get carried away).

For Villa, since they thrashed Liverpool 7-2 on that memorable night back in October, they’ve lost their last two matches. First a 3-0 defeat to Leeds, followed by a 4-3 defeat at home to Southampton.

For Brighton, their season got off to a bright start, with unlucky defeats at home to both Chelsea and Manchester United.

Sandwiched in between those defeats was an excellent 3-0 away win at Newcastle - he Seagulls only win of the season. 

Since then it has gone down hill for Brighton though. They now sit in 16th place in the Premier League table, just 3 points from the relegation zone.

The Seagulls do look too good to down - to coin an old phrase, but if they’re not careful, they will get sucked into a relegation fight, and then anything can happen.