Follow live coverage as Brighton & Hove Albion face Brentford today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola’s side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United’s latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year – yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it’s Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
The players are out on the pitch, and kick-off in this Premier League contest is now just moments away!
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
Making just one change to his starting lineup, Frank is forced to switch things around at right-back: Roerslev replaces the injured Kristoffer Ajer. In the centre of defence, Collins will make his 50th Premier League appearance for Brentford, while a familiar trio of Wissa, Mbeumo and Schade feature up front.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
Brighton make a couple of changes from last week’s draw with West Ham, as Enciso is handed his first league start of the season and O’Riley comes into the midfield. Due to injury, Mats Wieffer drops out of the squad altogether, joining Danny Welbeck, Ferdi Kadioglu, Evan Ferguson and several others on the sidelines. March is back on the bench after a long absence.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
SUBS: Hakon Valdimarsson, Fabio Carvalho, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Jayden Meghoma, Yunus Konak, Paris Maghoma, Kim Ji-Soo, Tony Yogane, Benjamin Arthur.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
BRENTFORD (4-3-3): Mark Flekken; Mads Roerslev, Nathan Collins, Ben Mee, Keane Lewis-Potter; Vitaly Janelt, Christian Norgaard, Mikkel Damsgaard; Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa, Kevin Schade.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
SUBS: Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey, Igor Julio, Solly March, Simon Adingra, Georginio Rutter, Jakub Moder, Yankuba Minteh, Yasin Ayari.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupinan; Carlos Baleba, Matt O’Riley; Brajan Gruda, Julio Enciso, Kaoru Mitoma; Joao Pedro.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
In a similar run of form to their hosts, Brentford have recently suffered four defeats from five games across all competitions. Despite being inside the bottom half of the Premier League, Thomas Frank’s men are still one of the division’s highest scorers; yet they were unable to find the net last week, losing 2-0 at home to Nottingham Forest. While that was their the first league loss on home turf, the Bees have not travelled well – one away point is the lowest tally in England’s top flight.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford
Brighton come into their final home fixture of 2024 on a five-game winless run, including last week’s 1-1 draw with West Ham and a 3-1 defeat to arch-rivals Crystal Palace – the latter was the Seagulls’ first league loss at the Amex this season. As a result, Fabian Hurzeler has seen his side slip down to 10th place in the Premier League table, just two points above today’s visitors.