Key occasions
There’s masses occurring within the 3pm video games, together with a romp for Spurs at Turf Moor. Barry Glendenning is ready to furnish you – and solely you, since you are particular – with updates.
Team information
Roberto De Zerbi makes three adjustments from the defeat to West Ham. Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke and Joao Pedro substitute James Milner, Adam Webster and the injured Danny Welbeck.
Sven Botman’s damage means one change for Newcastle. Matt Targett is available in and Dan Burn strikes throughout to centre-back.
Brighton (4-2-4) Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Estupinan; Gross, Gilmour; March, Ferguson, Joao Pedro, Mitoma.
Substitutes: Steele, Lamptey, Igor Julio, Webster, Milner, Dahoud, Lallana, Buonanotte, Adingra.
Newcastle (4-3-3) Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Targett; Tonali, Bruno, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Gordon.
Substitutes: Dubravka, Lascelles, Hall, Livramento, Barnes, Murphy, Anderson, Longstaff, Wilson.
Preamble
It’s been a canine of per week for Newcastle. They had been mugged by Liverpool, irked by the Carabao Cup draw and mercilessly trolled by the Champions League draw. Eddie Howe wouldn’t have minded a pleasant straightforward away recreation to revive a few of the good vibes of 5.15pm final Sunday; as a substitute Newcastle are off to Brighton, whose distinctive attacking verve would take a look at any workforce on the earth.
The upside is that it could be an excellent recreation to win, particularly as Newcastle have a good run of Premier League fixtures (if not Champions League) after the worldwide break.
Brighton additionally suffered an unwelcome actuality test final weekend, when David Moyes’ West Ham did a traditional quantity on them on the Amex Stadium. Their life is about change much more than Newcastle’s, with their first European marketing campaign starting in opposition to AEK Athens on 21 September, so that they’d prefer to put as a lot credit score as potential within the Premier League financial institution earlier than then.
In the previous couple of days Brighton have signed Ansu Fati on mortgage from Barcelona, although he isn’t concerned immediately. Nor is the Cameroon midfielder Carlos Baleba, who joined from Lille and can transfer to a Big Seven membership for £200m in the summertime of 2025.
Kick off 5.30pm.
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