Brighton beat Fulham 2-1 in March, ending a nine-game winless run against the Cottagers in the Premier League (D4 L5).

Fulham have won just one of their last seven away league games against Brighton (D3 L3), beating them 1-0 in February 2023.

Fulham have won 50% of their 10 Premier League games against Brighton (W5 D4 L1) – of sides they’ve faced 10+ times in the competition, only against Leicester (58%) and Bolton (55%) do they have a higher win rate.

Brighton have won their opening league match in each of the last four seasons. It’s the Seagulls’ longest such run in their league history, and the longest current run of any Premier League side.

Fulham have won their opening league match in just one of the last eight campaigns (D3 L4), winning 1-0 at Everton in 2023-24.

Since the matchday immediately following Brighton’s 7-0 loss to Nottingham Forest in February, the Seagulls have scored more Premier League goals than any other side (31), while only Manchester City (30) and Aston Villa (29) have picked up more points than Brighton in that time (27 – W8 D3 L3).

None of Fulham’s last 18 Premier League games have been drawn (W8 L10). It’s their longest run without a draw in the top-flight since a run of 23 between December 2018 and October 2020 (W5 L18).

Fulham have conceded 999 goals in 684 Premier League games. They would be the 13th different side to concede 1000 in the competition, with only Leicester (679) doing so in fewer than 700 games previously.

Should he feature in this game, it will be Brighton veteran James Milner’s 17th appearance on MD1 in the Premier League, with only Frank Lampard (18) making more such appearances.

Only against West Ham (8) has Fulham’s Alex Iwobi been involved in more Premier League goals than he has against Brighton (6), with the Seagulls the only side he’s both scored (3) and assisted (3) 3+ goals against.