When will Brighton lose?

Brighton and Hove Albion extended their impressive Championship unbeaten streak to ten matches following their 2-0 victory at Ashton Gate. Their bonfire night victory came courtesy of a breath-taking long range strike from midfielder Steve Sidwell and winger Jamie Murphy’s first half efforts.

The seagulls’ run has kept them in second position in the league only three points behind league leaders Newcastle United. Thanks to results earlier in the day, Albion are now five points clear of third placed Huddersfield Town.

The win is also their eleventh clean sheet of their league campaign which is incredibly impressive given that they are only sixteen league games gone.

Their resilience at the back is joyous to watch and considering only six teams have only been able to score past Chris Hughton’s side this season, you can’t help feeling that their defence alone can put Brighton as big contenders to go up this season.

Hughton’s side have used a very consistent back four formed by their captain Bruno, Shane Duffy who arrived on the south coast in the summer from Blackburn, former Bristol City loanee Lewis Dunk and Cameroon international Gaetan Bong.

The quartet have played together 10 times in the league this season and in those matches have kept a staggering six clean sheets. Lewis Dunk was heavily linked to join Crystal Palace in the summer and if he can keep clean sheets in the way that he has been, it may not be long before we see more speculation surrounding the Albion centre half.

Sidwell grabbed his first league goal of the season with a superb left footed effort over Richard O’Donnell from 50 yards out. The whole team including the goalkeeper celebrated their opener with an Anthony Knockaert shirt who was missing from the side today after the passing of his father earlier this week.

Sidwell said; “It’s been a tough week, football always comes second to family, our thoughts to go out to him and his family and that goal comes for them.”

Even without star man Knockaert, Brighton and Hove Albion have proved that they have what it takes to push for promotion this season with Bristol City manager Lee Johnson claiming that “Brighton deserve promotion this season”.

It’s fair to say that ten games unbeaten is a very impressive streak, and the question on everyone’s lips now is, when will they lose a league game?