West Bromwich Albion boss Sam Allardyce is expecting their clash with the Seagulls to be their one of their 'hardest games' this season.

Graham Potter's side have had the sixth most shots in the Premier League this season with 334 but have only scored 32 goals from them.

25 of those efforts came in their 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday.

That result has left them 15th in the table and only four points above the bottom three.

But Allardyce believes Albion could be much higher up in the Premier League table if they were more clinical in front of goal.

He said: “This is one of the hardest games we’re going to have this season because Brighton are one of the most productive sides in the league. The only thing that has been missing for them this season has been scoring goals.

“I am convinced they would be in the top 8 if they had a finisher, maybe even better. I have seen the quality of their performances and what they’ve been able to put together.

“There’s been times where they haven’t finished teams off this season and that’s why they are sitting in the bottom half.

“I’m expecting a massively difficult game. I don’t want my players to take this lightly by thinking it’s going to be anything other than extremely difficult.

“It’ll be a totally different game to Burnley who are well-organised and direct. Brighton play to their strengths by being flexible in their systems and playing through the lines as quickly as possible.

“It’s a big game and one we cannot take lightly.”