Brighton have had some absolutely shocking results this season. They haven't plateaued too badly this season considering they lost 2 of their more important players in MacAllister and Caicedo last summer, but they have been taken to the cleaners a few times this season, particularly away from home. 4-0 loss to Roma, 3-0 loss to Fulham, 4-0 loss to Luton, 6-1 loss to Villa. When they have a bad day, they have a bad day.
They're season is starting to fizzle out a little bit following their Europa League exit, but they're only 5 points behind United in 6th so are still very much in the race for Europe. Thomas Frank biffed his audition (for whatever slim chance he might have had) when Brentford came here, hopefully De Zerbi biffs it also.