FK Jablonec vs Brighton Prediction & Preview - Conference League
The UEFA Conference League takes FK Jablonec and Brighton & Hove Albion into the same fixture on Thursday 22 October 2026, kick-off 17:45 BST in the Czech Republic. Both clubs played in the competition seven days earlier, and the results went in opposite directions: Jablonec lost 2-3 away to SC Freiburg, Brighton won 4-0 at home to FK Kauno Žalgiris. Full fixture detail and the call sit on the FK Jablonec vs Brighton & Hove Albion match page.
What time is kick-off for FK Jablonec vs Brighton & Hove Albion?
FK Jablonec vs Brighton & Hove Albion kicks off at 17:45 BST on Thursday 22 October 2026, in the UEFA Conference League, with Jablonec at home in the Czech Republic.
- Fixture: FK Jablonec v Brighton & Hove Albion
- Competition: UEFA Conference League
- Date: Thursday 22 October 2026
- Kick-off: 17:45 BST
- Jablonec at home
FK Jablonec's recent form
Jablonec have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last six, taking 10 points and scoring 11 against 9 conceded. That is a side that keeps turning games into shootouts rather than controlling them.
The 5-3 win at home to Rangers 56 days before this match is the one that tells you most. Jablonec had lost the away leg 0-1 63 days before, then scored five. Three or more goals have landed in 3 of those 6 matches, and both sides have scored in 4 of 6.
Since then it has been tighter work. A 1-1 draw at home to FC Zlín 32 days out, a 1-0 win away to FC Zbrojovka Brno 12 days out, then the defeat in Germany. One clean sheet in six, and only 1 win from 2 at home.
Brighton & Hove Albion's recent form
Five wins, one draw, no defeats. Brighton have 16 points from their last six, with 18 goals scored and 3 conceded, which is the kind of split that usually belongs to a side beating weaker opposition. It isn't. The 3-0 came at home to Arsenal 33 days before this match.
They have also been better on the road than at home, winning 3 of 3 away and 2 of 3 at home. The away three: 5-0 at Coventry City 39 days out, 3-2 at Manchester United in the EFL Cup 36 days out, 2-0 at Sunderland 12 days out.
Brighton have failed to score in none of those six and have put away 2 or more in 5 of them. Their only dropped points came in a 1-1 draw at home to Leeds United 47 days before this match.
What the two European runs look like
Jablonec have been in this competition for a while. They beat RFS 2-1 away 70 days before this match, lost and then won against Rangers, and have now played Freiburg. Eleven goals scored across their six and nine conceded is the signature of all of it.
Brighton's 4-0 against Kauno Žalgiris was a routine night, four clean sheets inside six and nothing forced. Different profiles of team arriving at the same fixture.
Where this match gets decided
Jablonec will score if the game opens up. They have done it repeatedly, and 2 or more goals in 3 of 6 is not an accident against this standard of opponent.
The problem is the other end. Brighton have conceded 3 goals in six matches, and a Jablonec side that has kept one clean sheet in six will have to defend better than it has done all autumn to stay in the tie. If Brighton get the first goal, there isn't much evidence in Jablonec's six that they shut games down from behind.
FK Jablonec vs Brighton & Hove Albion prediction
Brighton & Hove Albion should beat FK Jablonec in the UEFA Conference League on Thursday 22 October 2026, and the scoreline is more likely to be open than tight. Brighton are unbeaten in their last six with 18 goals scored and 3 conceded, and they have won 3 of 3 away. Jablonec's goals are real - they scored five against Rangers at home - but one clean sheet in six against a side conceding this rarely points one way.
Our prediction: FK Jablonec 1-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
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