Brighton & Hove Albion welcome West Ham United to the south coast within the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
The Seagulls are aiming to safe a primary victory in any competitors because the starting of March and their five-game winless Premier League run has seen them crash down the desk. As soon as boasting an out of doors shot of Champions League qualification, Brighton are actually tenth with nothing to play for however delight within the remaining weeks of the marketing campaign.
West Ham are in equally uninspiring kind as they proceed to wrestle below Graham Potter. Drawing 1-1 at dwelling to already relegated Southampton was not an excellent look as Lesley Ugochukwu’s stoppage-time equaliser prolonged their winless run to 6 matches. Whereas they’re in no hazard of relegation, they’ll formally safe their Premier League standing for one more time period ought to they keep away from defeat on the Amex Stadium – relegating Ipswich City within the course of.
Right here is 90min’s information to the conflict.
Brighton vs West Ham head-to-head document (final 5 video games)
Present kind (all competitions)
Brighton | West Ham |
|---|---|
Brentford 4-2 Brighton – 19/04/25 | West Ham 1-1 Southampton – 19/04/25 |
Brighton 2-2 Leicester – 12/04/25 | Liverpool 2-1 West Ham – 13/04/25 |
Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton – 05/04/25 | West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth – 05/04/25 |
Brighton 0-3 Aston Villa – 02/04/25 | Wolves 1-0 West Ham – 01/04/25 |
Brighton 0-0 (3-4p) Nottingham Forest – 29/03/25 | Everton 1-1 West Ham – 15/04/25 |
Nation | TV channel/dwell stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Not televised – dwell radio commentary and updates on Talksport 2 Radio & BBC Radio 5 Stay |
United States | Peacock |
Canada | fuboTV Canada, Fubo Sports activities Community 4 Canada |
Brighton’s unforgiving harm record has been one of many elements of their current droop, with notable defensive absentees leaving Fabian Hurzeler’s facet uncovered on the again. The excellent news is that Jan Paul van Hecke, Joel Veltman, Tariq Lamptey and Igor might all return in some capability this weekend, though Adam Webster, Ferdi Kadioglu and James Milner are all lacking.
Georginio Rutter’s absence has been felt following the ankle harm he sustained at the beginning of the month and Hurzeler’s attacking choices are additional restricted by Joao Pedro’s suspension. The Brazilian was despatched off for violent conduct through the 4-2 defeat at Brentford final weekend and can now miss the subsequent three video games.
Brighton predicted lineup vs West Ham (4-1-4-1): Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, Cashin, Estupinan; Baleba; Minteh, Ayari, Hinshelwood, Mitoma; Welbeck.
West Ham’s harm record is considerably kinder than Brighton’s however they’re nonetheless with out key personnel. Michail Antonio and Crysencio Summerville are long-term absentees, whereas Edson Alvarez missed final weekend’s conflict with Southampton as a result of a again harm.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka was additionally absent towards the Saints however ought to return to the fray on Saturday, seemingly coming straight again into the beginning lineup. He will not be joined by Evan Ferguson, nonetheless, with the Eire worldwide ineligible to face his mum or dad membership.
West Ham predicted lineup vs Brighton (4-2-3-1): Areola; Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson; Soler, Ward-Prowse; Bowen, Paqueta, Kudus; Fullkrug.
Brighton have seemed a shadow of themselves in current weeks and their injury-hit defence has been significantly underwhelming. They’ve conceded two or extra of their final 4 outings and even their spectacular firepower on the different finish of the pitch has been unable to avoid wasting them.
Nevertheless, West Ham boast one of many tamest assaults within the division throughout current months, regardless of their abundance of expertise within the remaining third. They have not scored greater than two targets in a recreation since mid-January and have usually been unable to surpass a single strike.
These two out-of-form sides might produce something in a battle of little consequence however Brighton’s dwelling benefit and attacking high quality might be the distinction between the pair.
