Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Arsenal 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:
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
The teams are out on the pitch at the Emirates Stadium, and kick-off is now just moments away!
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Teenage striker Ferguson starts for Brighton today, following his recent return to fitness; meaning former Arsenal forward Welbeck is relegated to a substitute role - one of four changes made by De Zerbi. Solly March has been sidelined by a thigh injury and joins Adam Webster on the visitors' growing absence list.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
As Oleksandr Zinchenko has joined William Saliba in being all but ruled out for the rest of the season, Tierney starts at left-back for Arsenal today. Jorginho holds off the challenge of Partey to feature in midfield, while Martinelli starts on the left wing; leaving ex-Brighton man Trossard to make do with a place on the bench.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBS: Tom McGill, Cameron Peupion, Danny Welbeck, Andrew Moran, Yasin Ayari, Deniz Undav, Odeluga Offiah, Jan-Paul van Hecke, Facundo Buonanotte.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION (4-2-3-1): Jason Steele; Pascal Gross, Lewis Dunk, Levi Colwill, Pervis Estupinan; Billy Gilmour, Moises Caicedo; Julio Enciso, Alexis Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma; Evan Ferguson.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBS: Matt Turner, Fabio Vieira, Leandro Trossard, Reuell Walters, Rob Holding, Thomas Partey, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith Rowe.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
ARSENAL (4-3-3): Aaron Ramsdale; Ben White, Jakub Kiwior, Gabriel Magalhaes, Kieran Tierney; Granit Xhaka, Jorginho, Martin Odegaard; Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli.
Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Though they remain strong contenders for European qualification, Brighton were battered 5-1 by lowly Everton last time out; suffering their heaviest defeat of the season. Roberto De Zerbi's side now sit eighth in the Premier League standings with five fixtures remaining, but have as many as three games in hand on some of their rivals for a top-seven finish. While the Seagulls have just two wins to show from their last seven away matches, they have prevailed in three of their last four trips to the Emirates.
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