Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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This year sees Manchester City try to defend their crown and claim a historic fourth title in succession. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who also won the Champions League and FA Cup last season, will have to see off Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and the rest to claim an unprecedented sixth league title in seven years.
Meanwhile Luton Town are making their first appearance in the Premier League, having risen from non-league in an incredible decade of progress. They followed Championship winners Burnley and second-placed Sheffield United in earning promotion to the top flight.
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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
Brighton scored a league-high 19 goals from open play across the first nine matchdays of the Premier League season, but they are without a clean sheet in 13 league outings. There is usually plenty of goalmouth action when the Seagulls are involved, but will that be the case here? The players are making their way out of the tunnel ahead of kick-off!
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
Silva makes three changes to Fulham's starting lineup from Monday's 2-0 defeat at Tottenham. Carlos Vinicius misses out with a minor injury, so Jimenez leads the line, while Reed and Iwobi replace Lukic and Pereira further back. Silva is still without right-sided centre-backs Issa Diop and Tosin Adarabioyo, so Bassey – who struggled against Spurs – keeps his place alongside Ream.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
De Zerbi makes six changes to the team which started Thursday's European win over Ajax, with their goalscorers from that game – Joao Pedro and Fati – joining Milner, Van Hecke, Veltman and Gilmour in dropping to the bench. Ferguson, Lallana, Baleba, Dahoud, Webster and Igor come in – the latter potentially at left-back with both Pervis Estupinan and Tariq Lamptey sidelined by injury.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
FULHAM SUBS: Marek Rodak, Harry Wilson, Tom Cairney, Fode Ballo-Toure, Andreas Pereira, Rodrigo Muniz, Sasa Lukic, Devan Tanton, Luc De Fougerolles.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Timothy Castagne, Calvin Bassey, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson; Joao Palhinha, Harrison Reed; Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Alex Iwobi, Willian; Raul Jimenez.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
BRIGHTON SUBS: Bart Verbruggen, James Milner, Joao Pedro, Billy Gilmour, Jan Paul van Hecke, Ansu Fati, Joel Veltman, Facundo Buonanotte, Jack Hinshelwood.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Jason Steele; Pascal Gross, Lewis Dunk, Adam Webster, Igor Julio; Mahmoud Dahoud, Carlos Baleba; Simon Adingra, Adam Lallana, Kaoru Mitoma; Evan Ferguson.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
Fulham, meanwhile, have taken a respectable 11 points from their first nine games of the season to sit six points clear of the relegation zone, and they received a huge boost earlier this week as boss Marco Silva penned a three-year contract extension at Craven Cottage. In the short term, Silva's main objective must be to solve Fulham's goalscoring woes – Bobby De Cordova-Reid (two goals) remains the only Fulham player to net more than once in the Premier League this season.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
Brighton are looking to get back to winning ways in the Premier League after enduring a difficult run in recent weeks. While the Seagulls managed a 2-2 draw with Liverpool on their last league outing at the Amex, that result was sandwiched between a 6-1 thrashing at Aston Villa and a 2-1 defeat at Manchester City, leaving them seventh in the table ahead of kick-off. This is Brighton's longest winless run in the league since they failed to win any of their first five games under Roberto De Zerbi last year, but they did taste victory in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, beating Ajax 2-0.
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