Newcastle 0-1 Brighton: Welbeck makes the differencepublished at 18:36 19 October
18:36 19 October
Steve Sutcliffe BBC Sport journalist
Now approaching his 34th birthday, Danny Welbeck once again underlined his importance to Brighton with the match-winning contribution at St James' Park.
Over six years on from his 42nd and possibly final England cap, the former Manchester United and Arsenal striker has shown his enduring class during the Seagulls bright start to the campaign.
With five goals in eight top-flight appearances this term he has already equalled his tally for last season and on this evidence you would not back against him reaching double figures for the first time in his career.
Evan Ferguson’s hat-trick against the same opposition catapulted him into the national spotlight last term.
However, with the Republic of Ireland striker enduring a goal drought stretching some 11 months, Brighton will hope the injury that saw Welbeck leave the pitch on a stretcher later on, will not keep him out for an extended period.
'He's been in top form this season'published at 18:30 19 October
18:30 19 October
Brighton captain Lewis Dunk spoke to BBC Match of the Day about Danny Welbeck's injury after he scored against Newcastle: "I'm gutted to see him go off, he's been in top, top form this season. Hopefully it's not a bad injury and he'll be back soon.
"He was ruthless scoring his goal. Me and him have a good link up.
"He's one of the top professionals at this football club and he's a great key to our success. He helps everyone, young and old. Hopefully his injury is not too bad and we'll have him fighting to get fit."
On his own fight to get back into the England squad: "We shall see."
'I wouldn't say it was a deserved win'published at 17:56 19 October
17:56 19 October
Fabian Hurzeler spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Brighton's victory against Newcastle: "I think we suffered first half. There was a lot of intensity from Newcastle. But we showed a brilliant reaction.
"In the end, I wouldn't say it was a deserved win, but my team suffered and defended together.
"Sometimes that's football. We didn't deserve to score at the time when we did. But it's great individual quality from Danny Welbeck. I am very happy with him."
On Welbeck's injury: "No updates. I can't say any updates. I think he got a knee in his lower back. Let's wait until later, until tomorrow, then we'll know more.
"We defended together. In the end, defence wins Championships. We got smashed against Chelsea but we learnt from it. Not everything was perfect today, we have to be honest with ourselves. But the luck will come to you if you work for it.
"We have a lot of injuries, we always have to adjust things. But the guys are doing it brilliantly. Of course we want to focus on the process but you also need the results. For me, the result was good, the performance was OK."
Danny Welbeck registered his 100th Premier League goal involvement (72 goals, 28 assists) and has now scored as many goals in the competition this season as he did in the 2023-24 campaign.
Newcastle 0-1 Brighton - send us your thoughtspublished at 16:59 19 October
Sutton's predictions: Newcastle v Brightonpublished at 12:03 19 October
12:03 19 October
Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches this season, against a variety of guests.
For week eight, he takes on legendary boxing manager Kellie Maloney.
Sutton's prediction: 2-1
A few people out there thought Newcastle boss Eddie Howe would end up being the next England manager, but clearly that has not been the case.
Howe is doing a great job for Newcastle, though, and what a cracking game this should be. We know the way Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler plays too - like Howe, he really goes for it.
This is seventh in the table versus sixth, so these teams should be pretty well-matched, but If Alexander Isak is fit enough to feature up front for Newcastle after almost a month out, then he might just make the difference.
Kellie's prediction: This is going to be a good game. I like watching Newcastle, because I'm a big fan of Howe. 3-2.
Who has the easiest and hardest next four games?published at 17:25 18 October
17:25 18 October
With the October international break now firmly in the rearview mirror, Opta Analyst, external have turned their attention to the next four Premier League fixtures.
Here, they have given each team a ranking between 80 and 100 and then found the average to determine to difficulty of the schedule.
Liverpool's opening seven matches were ranked the easiest in the league, but their upcoming four are the fourth-toughest in the division. They will face Chelsea, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Brighton, with an average opponent strength of 91.4 before the next international break.
Fellow early pacesetters Arsenal also have challenging fixtures, playing Bournemouth, Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea with an average rating of 90.7, while Manchester City's next four against Wolves, Southampton, Bournemouth and Brighton are ranked the third-easiest by Opta.
Chelsea and Brighton have the second-hardest and third-hardest runs respectively, a real test given the promising starts for their new managers Enzo Maresca and Fabian Hurzeler.
At the other end of the table, Leicester - who recently secured their first win of the season against Bournemouth - have a chance to build with the easiest run in the division. They face Southampton, Nottingham Forest, Ipswich and Manchester United.
Fellow promoted side Ipswich will hope to pick up their first win of the season during a run of games that is ranked the fifth-easiest.
Hurzeler calls for Albion to be 'ruthless' at St James' Parkpublished at 15:39 18 October
15:39 18 October
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler says "it will be a fight" against Newcastle because playing well is not enough to get a result at St James' Park.
Albion travel to Tyneside on Saturday hoping to pick up where they left off from their stunning second half comeback against Tottenham before the international break.
"Now we try to get the mindset right to be ready for this tough game," Hurzeler said.
"It's not that you go there and can just play the best football. No, it will be a fight. You have to work for the game, you have to work for the momentum - and you work for it by doing the duels.
"You have to go into duels. You have to win them. You have to be ruthless. Then when you win the duels, you can gain self-confidence and then you will get the momentum.
"Then the quality from us might be shining if you have the confidence and can play football.
"But before that, it's working, working, working, fighting, fighting, fighting."
Hurzeler fined after FA chargepublished at 13:01 18 October
13:01 18 October
Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler has been fined by the Football Association for acting in an improper manner.
The Albion boss had been charged following an incident during their Premier League match against Nottingham Forest on 22 September involving Nuno Espirito Santo and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Hurzeler admitted to his charge after receiving a red card and has received an £8,000 fine after accepting the standard penalty.
Unlike his Forest counterpart Nuno, who will miss three matches, the German has avoided a touchline ban.