West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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The 2023/24 Premier League season is under way and you can follow every game and every goal right here with The Independent.
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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West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Milner is making his 632nd Premier League appearance, going level with former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs – only Gareth Barry (653) has made more appearances in the competition. How the former Liverpool man would love to mark this milestone with a victory.
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Bowen glides down the left-hand side before his shot deflects into the path of Alvarez, who goes down inside the area under the challenge of Gilmour. The referee points for a goal-kick and the VAR concurs with the original decision.
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Referee Samuel Barrott gets this Premier League clash underway!
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
West Ham won the reverse fixture against Brighton 3-1 in August, ending a 12-game winless league run against the Seagulls (D6 L6). They last did the league double over them in 2011-12, but they’ve never done so in the top flight. Can the Hammers achieve that feat here? We’re about to find out as kick-off approaches…
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
De Zerbi makes two changes from the Tottenham win, although one of them is enforced as captain Lewis Dunk misses this game due to his one-match suspension for racking up five yellow cards in the league this term. Webster comes into centre-back alongside Van Hecke, while the fit-again Estupinan starts at left-back in place of Igor Julio, who is not in the squad at all. Milner also starts in the middle in what will be another milestone Premier League appearance for the veteran.
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
The big news for West Ham is that Ghana manager Chris Hughton – a former Brighton boss, too, – has insisted Mohammed Kudus travels to the Africa Cup of Nations with his country before this game, so the in-form midfielder is absent for the Hammers. Lucas Paqueta is missing through injury, while an unhappy Vladimir Coufal is not present due to apparent unsettlement over his contract situation. Johnson, Benrahma and Fornals come into the starting XI from the Arsenal win as makeshift striker Bowen continues to lead the line.
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBSTITUTES: Bart Verbruggen, Mahmoud Dahoud, Adam Lallana, Jakub Moder, Carlos Baleba, Evan Ferguson, Imari Samuels, Benicio Baker-Boaitey, Leigh Kavanagh.
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON (4-3-1-2): Jason Steele; Jack Hinshelwood, Adam Webster, Jan Paul van Hecke, Pervis Estupinan; Pascal Gross, Billy Gilmour, James Milner; Facundo Buonanotte; Joao Pedro, Danny Welbeck.
West Ham United vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBSTITUTES: Lukasz Fabianski, Aaron Cresswell, Maxwel Cornet, Danny Ings, Conor Coventry, Kaelan Casey, Divin Mubama, Levi Laing, Lewis Orford.
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