AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as AFC Bournemouth face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Bournemouth substitution. Brooks replaces the quiet Traore.
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Mac Allister goes down injured in the centre of the pitch, but Bournemouth are in no mood to stop play. Tempers are starting to flare between the two teams.
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Gross has an effort blocked, so it's Brighton's turn to try their luck from the corner spot. The Seagulls again take the corner short, but can't create anything useful.
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Billing miscontrols the free-kick in the box and it deflects to Solanke, who smashes it against the head of a team-mate and out for a goal-kick. That's as close as Bournemouth have come to scoring in this second half.
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Bournemouth achieve little with the corner. Gross gets penalised for handball though, so the hosts get a free-kick near the left touchline.
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Steele miscalculates a routine catch and hands Bournemouth a corner down their left. What can the Cherries make of this?
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton calmly play their way through Bournemouth's press and launch their latest attack. Estupinan loses out, and Caicedo slides in to stop Ouatarra from bursting down the right. The Ecuadorian takes an accidental kick to the abdomen but should be OK.
AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Lerma shoves over Veltman for dawdling over a throw-in. Somehow, he escapes a booking.
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