Brilliant Brighton thrash Leeds to go within touching distance of top four

Brighton person moved wrong 2 points of the apical 4 aft blowing distant Leeds United successful a one-sided Premier League brushwood astatine the Amex Stadium.

Paraguay midfielder Diego Gomez was the prima of the amusement arsenic the 22-year-old scored a six-minute brace successful the 2nd fractional to guarantee each 3 points remained connected the southbound coast.

Danny Welbeck besides got connected the scoresheet, scoring Brighton's opener aft conscionable 11 minutes. The in-form striker capitalised connected clever build-up enactment from Yankuba Minteh and Mats Wieffer, earlier rattling the nett for the sixth clip successful 5 Premier League matches. 

Leeds, who person a unspeakable grounds distant astatine Brighton, could lone travel up with a mates of shots connected people - some of which came successful the 2nd fractional - successful what proved to beryllium a precise disappointing time astatine the bureau for Daniel Farke and his men.

SPORTS MOLE'S VERDICT

Brighton came into this fixture connected the backmost of a league decision to Manchester United and an EFL Cup nonaccomplishment to Arsenal, though their determination to instrumentality to winning ways was evident from the precise archetypal whistle.

Fabian Hurzeler's men were a measurement up of Leeds successful each section and ne'er looked successful occupation arsenic they powered to their 4th Premier League triumph of the season.

With lone the FA Cup and the Premier League connected their database of duties this season, Brighton are surely successful a presumption to propulsion for European shot - thing they missed retired connected past term.

For Leeds, this was the continuation of their rotten tally of results distant astatine the Amex. The Whites person ne'er tasted triumph astatine the ground, and their past extremity astatine the venue came each the mode backmost successful 2012 during a Championship fixture.

Farke's men person picked up conscionable 1 triumph from their past 5 Premier League games, portion their distant results this play proceed to overgarment a bittersweet picture, with the Whites losing 5 of their six distant matches crossed each competitions. 

BRIGHTON VS. LEEDS UNITED HIGHLIGHTS

Highlights volition beryllium posted arsenic soon arsenic they go available. 

MAN OF THE MATCH - Diego Gomez

Diego Gomez produced his champion show of the season, not lone scoring 2 bully goals but besides showing a batch of bully qualities successful the mediate of the park.

The Paraguay planetary went into this fixture without a Premier League extremity this season, though helium did container 4 against Barnsley successful a cupful crippled a mates of months ago.

BRIGHTON VS. LEEDS UNITED MATCH STATS

Possession: Brighton 50%-50% Leeds United

Shots: Brighton 14-5 Leeds United

Shots connected target: Brighton 7-2 Leeds United

Corners: Brighton 4-7 Leeds United

Fouls: Brighton 10-7 Leeds United

BEST STATS

Best stats from the lucifer volition look here. 

WHAT NEXT?

Brighton volition present instrumentality plentifulness of assurance into adjacent week's derby against in-form Crystal Palace - a tasty brushwood considering some teams person performed good truthful acold this season.

Leeds United, connected the different hand, volition beryllium looking to bounce backmost erstwhile they invited Nottingham Forest to Elland Road adjacent Sunday. 

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