Premier League 2018-19: 5 Talking Points from Game-week 29

#2. Brighton earn a pivotal victory

Brighton & Hove Albion earned a much needed victory

After a half of the season had finished, Brighton sat pretty in 13th spot. The Seagulls had seemingly staved off the threat of relegation and positivity was high at the Amex Stadium.

However, they’ve endured a wretched 2019 and they arrived at the weekend without a league win to show for their efforts this year. Inevitably, they found themselves flirting dangerously with the relegation spots.

But, courtesy a 1-0 win over bottom dwellers, Huddersfield. The game on Saturday wasn’t pretty and was a war of attrition. Yet, when battling for one’s future, substance takes precedence over style.

With the favourable outcome, they succeeded in establishing a five-point gap between themselves and the drop zone.

Though the Seagulls could still get dragged down into the relegation dog-fight in the weeks to come, the victory at the weekend helped calm their nerves.

With the way this season has played out, the magic mark to escape relegation would probably be 35 or 36. Brighton, in light of their triumph are now on 30 and need only a couple of good results to avoid the dreaded drop.

Though funnier things have happened in the league before, the Seagulls can surely not go down from here.