Brighton were slight favorites to win the match but the team, plagued with injury and Mitoma being called up for the Asian Games, they weren't really on their full squad. Brighton still created many chances but couldn't capitalize on any. Had 8 shots on target and 3 big chances missed, just couldn't get on the scoring sheet. West Ham won their previous match while being away to Arsenal, their fans would have expected another positive result and honestly, a draw even though hampers their chances to get into European football spots, still is a fairly good result as they looked outclassed by Brighton.