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Brighton stage sensational second-half comeback to stun Tottenham
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Same problem for Chelsea as last year. We generally do well against teams that attack us and have no clue how to beat an organised defence.
Rob
Brighton v Tottenham (16:30 BST)
Brighton make two changes from the side that lost 4-2 at Chelsea last week as Yankuba Minteh and Joel Veltman come in with Mats Wieffer and Pervis Estupinan among the substitutes.
Brighton XI: Verburggen, Veltman, Webster, Dunk, Kadioglu, Baleba, Hinshelwood, Minteh, Mitoma, Rutter, Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Estupinan, Julio, Ayari, Enciso, Gruda, Wieffer, Ferguson,
Tottenham resort back to their Premier League side as they are unchanged from their last league match, the 3-0 victory at Manchester United.
Teenagers Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Will Lankshear and Mikey Moore, who all started in the 2-1 away Europa League win at Ferencvaros on Thursday, are all substitutes.
Tottenham XI: Vicario, Udogie, Van de Ven, Romero, Porro, Bentancur, Maddison, Werner, Kulusevski, Johnson, Solanke.
Subs: Forster, Dragusin, Gray, Spence, Sarr, Bissouma, Bergvall, Moore, Lankshear.
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Image source, Getty ImagesAston Villa are frustrated here. Both teams played mid-week and so far Man Utd are handling it better.
Jake
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
Villa have found their groove. Now Ollie Watkins has a pop, firing narrowly over from a tight angle.
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When Man Utd sack ETH (not if) they will go for a ‘name’ rather than a coach who has shown their credentials in the EPL like Thomas Frank. And that will be another foolish decision.
Dave, NI
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
Good corner routine and an even better save.
Youri Tielemans gets the ball unmarked on the edge of the box and winds one up, but United keeper Andre Onana dives to his left and tips over.
Chelsea 1-1 Nottm Forest
Stephen Kelly
Former Republic of Ireland defender on Radio 5 Live Online
Noni Madueke has been the brightest spark for Chelsea all afternoon.
He comes inside and fires it into the bottom corner. Palmer releases him straight away and you know when he comes inside he only has one thing on his mind
A wonderful strike.
Image source, PA MediaChelsea 1-1 Nottm Forest
Noni Madueke could have had a three minute hat-trick! This time he lofts a first-time effort from Jadon Sancho's square ball over.
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
Villa are building things. A patient move has Ross Barkley playing in Matty Cash, but the right-back's cross is headed behind by Diogo Dalot.
Chelsea 1-1 Nottm Forest
Chelsea are pushing for a quick second and Noni Madueke almost scores again as he flicks a header from a good Enzo Fernandez cross at goal, but too close to Matz Sels.
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
Clinton Morrison
Former Republic of Ireland striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Image source, ReutersRogers is having too many touches when he goes forward. He needs to get his head up and pass the ball quicker.
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Someone qualified needs to assess why United have constant injury issues. Must be related to training, treatments, tactics or a combined. Just not "normal" and too constant to be coincidental.
Mike
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
One pass from Youri Tielemans and Aston Villa break through Man Utd's midfield. Far too easy.
It's good defending from Matthijs de Ligt though who pinches the ball off a driving Morgan Rogers.
Noni Madueke (57 mins)
Image source, Getty ImagesLovely finish.
Noni Madueke has been Chelsea's most dangerous player and one of his cut insides pays off as he places a neat finish into the bottom corner.
All square.
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Definite Champions League hangover here from Villa...something they are going to have to work out...can take a number of seasons and transfer windows to get the depth you need...
Anon
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd
Villa win a corner and load the box, but instead go for a short routine which finishes with Matty Cash blasting the ball towards the Spaghetti Junction.
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No width from Chelsea full backs so far and the obsession with cutting inside isn't working. Sancho and Madueke need to switch sides
James
Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea 0-1 Nottm Forest
Elliot Anderson is picked out in space inside the box and his first-time shot warms the gloves of Robert Sanchez. Forest are going for a second.
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Everyone talking about Villa being shattered from the Bayern game, most of these United players played 90 against Porto the day after and I don't know if you remember but it wasn't exactly a relaxed, casual game!
Anon
Chelsea 0-1 Nottm Forest
Cole Palmer hasn't been quite at it today, misplacing a few passes, and he makes the wrong choice with an attempted ball through the defence that is cut out easily.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
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| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
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| 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
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| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
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| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
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| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
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| 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
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| 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
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| 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
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| 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 6 |
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| 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 5 |
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| 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 4 |
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| 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 3 |
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| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 1 |
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| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -12 | 1 |
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Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Ange Postecoglou
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
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Having lost consecutive Premier League home games against Tottenham without scoring in 2021-22 and 2022-23, Brighton won this exact fixture 4-2 last season.
Just one of the 14 Premier League meetings between Brighton and Tottenham has finished as a draw (1-1 in April 2018), with Spurs winning nine to the Seagulls’ four.
Brighton and Hove Albion have drawn their last two home Premier League matches, last drawing three in a row in November 2023. Indeed, since the start of last season, no side has drawn more home games than Brighton (8).
Tottenham Hotspur have won their last two Premier League games, last winning three in a row in December last year. Spurs have netted three goals in each victory (3-1 vs Brentford, 3-0 vs Man Utd), last winning three consecutively while scoring 3+ goals in April 2022.
Brighton won six of their first 10 Premier League games in October (D2 L2) between 2017 and 2019 but have since won just one out of 16 October games since 2020 (D9 L6), a 4-1 win over Chelsea in 2022.
Only Manchester City (115) have had more shots in the Premier League than Tottenham Hotspur (110), while Spurs have had the most shots on target of any side (45). It’s the most shots on target Spurs have had in their opening six games of a season on record since 2003-04.
Brighton have had 61.5% possession in the Premier League this season, their highest average in a single campaign in the competition. Meanwhile, only Southampton’s Jan Bednarek (520) has completed more passes than Brighton central defender Lewis Dunk in 2024-25 (510).
Dejan Kulusevski created nine chances for Tottenham in their 3-0 win over Manchester United, the joint most by a Spurs player in a Premier League game on record since 2003-04; the only other player to do so for Spurs was Christian Eriksen in 2013 vs Newcastle and 2016 vs Crystal Palace.
After not scoring or assisting in any of his first 31 Premier League appearances, Brighton’s Carlos Baleba scored and assisted in their 4-2 defeat to Chelsea. He is the youngest Cameroonian to both score and assist in a Premier League match (20 years, 269 days).
Since the start of last season, the only Englishmen with more Premier League goals than Dominic Solanke (21) are Cole Palmer (28) and Ollie Watkins (23). The Spurs forward is looking to find the net in three consecutive appearances for the first time since December 2023.
