Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Brighton & Hove Albion face West Ham United 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 West Ham United
Referee Darren England gets us underway...
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
The players make their way out here in the south coast sunshine...
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
30-year-old James Ward-Prowse makes his 400th Premier League appearance today, with those games being spread across Southampton, Nottingham Forest and West Ham. The midfielder has scored 56 goals and provided 47 assists in his 399 appearances to date…
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
Graham Potter makes three changes to the side that conceded late to Southampton in last weekend’s 1-1 draw as they search for a first win in six Premier League games. Fullkrug, Soler and Coufal all drop to the bench as the fit-again Wan-Bissaka, Soucek and Mavropanos come in from the start. Kudus starts up top with Bowen and will be hoping to replicate his goal in the reverse fixture, despite having only scored three league goals so far this campaign.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
Fabian Hurzeler makes three changes from the 4-2 loss to Brentford last weekend. With joint-top scorer Joao Pedro (10) suspended following his red card in that defeat, Adingra comes into the side alongside Ayari and March, in place of Van Hecke and Minteh. It looks as if defensive midfielder, Baleba, will play alongside Dunk at centre-back.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
SUBS: Lukasz Fabianski; Aaron Cresswell, Carlos Soler, Vladimir Coufal, Niclas Fullkrug, Luis Guilherme, Danny Ings, Guido Rodriguez, Andy Irving.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
WEST HAM (3-5-2): Alphonse Areola; Maximilian Kilman, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Jean-Clair Todibo; Emerson, Lucas Paqueta, Tomas Soucek, James Ward-Prowse, Aaron Wan-Bissaka; Mohammed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
SUBS: Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey, Brajan Gruda, Eiran Cashin, Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma, Jason Steele, Diego Gomez, Joel Veltman, Charlie Tasker.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Pervis Estupinan, Carlos Baleba, Lewis Dunk, Mats Wieffer; Jack Hinshelwood, Yasin Ayari; Simon Adingra, Matt O'Riley, Solly March; Danny Welbeck.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs West Ham United
With both sides winless in their last five league games and having very little to play for, today’s fixture is very much a case of giving either set of fans something to cheer about in this Premier League run in. Brighton’s outside hopes of a Champions League push have faded into obscurity in recent weeks, leaving them 10th in the table. West Ham meanwhile have struggled since the appointment of Graham Potter, they lie 17th after last weekend’s disappointing 1-1 draw against already relegated Southampton. A point or more today and The Irons will confirm their Premier League status for next season, but with Ipswich surely down, it is hardly panic stations for the London side. Goals from Mats Wieffer and Mohammed Kudus produced a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium in December, but with home advantage today, Opta’s win probability has The Seagulls with a 50% chance of three points, with West Ham at just 25%.
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