Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Brighton & Hove Albion face Crystal Palace 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:
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
Palace have started this game very brightly, and it's causing Brighton some early problems. It's knocked back to Steele, who's chased down by Edouard, but he just manages to clear his lines in time.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
GOOD SAVE! Palace have a shot on target in the first minute! Caicedo's wayward crossfield pass is cut out by Mitchell and he threads it down the left for Zaha. He drives into the box and holds off Dunk before having a go from a tight angle. Steele pushes it wide.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
Welbeck gets the game underway for Brighton!
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
The teams are out on the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away!
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
Palace have won just two of their last 14 Premier League away games (D5 L7), and are yet to win on the road in the league in 2023 (D1 L3). Indeed, no side has fewer away points in the competition this year so far than the Eagles (one, level with Everton and Leeds).
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
Vieira makes three changes from their defeat to Manchester City last time out. The big news is that first-choice goalkeeper Vicente Guaita is injured, so the manager has turned to 19-year-old Whitworth, who makes his debut for the club. Doucoure returns from suspension and Edouard leads the line in their other alterations. Milivojevic and Ayew start on the bench, as does another 19-year-old keeper, Goodman.
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