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Sutton's predictions: Wolves v Brightonpublished at 10:02 BST 5 October
10:02 BST 5 October
Wolves gave it a good go against Tottenham last week and almost took all three points - maybe the effect of a new contract is kicking in for Vitor Pereira?
Being serious, they have lost their first three home league games this season and, with Sunderland and Leeds both doing better than expected, they cannot afford to lose four on the trot, so they need something here.
Brighton made the most of their numerical advantage against Chelsea last week, but it is hard to know what to expect from them off the back of that game where they were up against 10 men.
I don't feel like I am doing very well with my Brighton predictions this season - in fact I've not got any of them right so far - so I am not too confident about calling this one.
This is probably going to end up as a draw but I am still being brave so I have picked another winner. I should probably get an award for being so bold with my predictions, even when I'm wrong.
Wolves v Brighton: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 12:52 BST 4 October
12:52 BST 4 October
Wolves, who are still vying for their first Premier League win, welcome bogey team Brighton to Molineux this weekend. BBC Sport discusses some of the key talking points before Sunday's match.
"The question is, did we win one point or lose two?" said Wolves head coach Vitor Pereira after their 1-1 draw at Tottenham last Saturday. "My answer is we lost two points because the team showed that we came here to win the game, especially in the second half."
Wolves were agonisingly close to securing maximum points for the first time this season before Spurs equalised in the fourth minute of stoppage time and Pereira's side remain the only team in England's top five divisions without a league win.
But the performance was very encouraging and one player in gold certainly deserved to be on the winning side.
Winger Jhon Arias was the best player on the pitch last weekend and is starting to show why he was dubbed "The Colombian Pele" by supporters of his previous club Fluminense.
The 27-year-old, who joined for an initial £14.7m in the summer, created the most chances, had the most touches, completed the most passes and - to highlight his all-round performance - only his team-mate and defender Santiago Bueno attempted more tackles.
"I feel better with the team, with the ideas of the coach," said Arias this week. "It's a different league, so I'm still working to be better. My best version is coming."
Brighton have history on their side
Brighton will be on the road for a third successive match on Sunday and are seeking to register a hat-trick of away victories for the second time under head coach Fabian Hurzeler.
A 6-0 EFL Cup thrashing of Barnsley was followed by a 3-1 Premier League triumph at Stamford Bridge last weekend, and recent results suggests that another win is likely this weekend.
The south coast side have won four consecutive Premier League games at Wolves, a streak of away league wins which has only been bettered twice in the club's history. Brighton's best ever league run on the road also came at Molineux, with six victories between 1979 to 1991.
The Seagulls have struggled to keep shutouts in recent months and are one of just four teams this season without a top-flight clean sheet, along with Nottingham Forest, Manchester United and their opponents Wolves. In fact, they've managed just one in their last 18 Premier League games which came away at Wolves in May.
But despite history being on their side, Hurzeler is anticipating a tricky clash in the midlands.
"When you only look at the results, you might think it's easy but in every game I've seen so far from them [Wolves] they have had a chance to win it," said the 32-year-old German in his pre-match press conference. "They have played good football, have looked stable out of possession, and they don't give away a lot of chances."
Premier League set to decide on PSR alternativepublished at 06:21 BST 3 October
06:21 BST 3 October
Dan Roan Sports editor
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A decision on whether to scrap the Premier League's controversial Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) and adopt an "alternative system" is "coming up", says chief executive Richard Masters.
The current regulations, introduced in 2015-16 to prevent clubs from overspending, allow losses of £105m over a three-year reporting cycle.
However, they have been criticised by several top-flight teams for limiting their ability to invest.
BBC Sport has been told a decision on any changes is likely to be made at a meeting in November.
In February, clubs chose to continue with PSR for the current season.
However a squad cost ratio (SCR) system of financial control was adopted by the Premier League on a shadowing, non-binding basis.
SCR is similar to Uefa's existing financial rules and allows clubs to spend up to a percentage of their total revenues on squad-related costs.
Nine of the league's 20 clubs already have to comply with Uefa's SCR as a result of qualifying for Europe. Both Chelsea and Aston Villa were fined by Uefa in July for breaching the rules.
Asked about SCR at the Leaders sports conference in London, Masters said: "We are talking to our clubs about an alternative system. That's not to say we don't think the PSR system works."
He added: "It's about closer alignment with European regulation, which is squad cost ratio, which is a revenue test. In Uefa, it's now set at 70%. Our system will be 85% because we always want our clubs to have the ability to invest.
"The Premier League has been built on the back of investment in which international capital flows [are] coming in. We don't want that to be to be stifled off."
'I have quietly settled in' - De Cuyperpublished at 17:32 BST 2 October
17:32 BST 2 October
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Brighton defender Maxim De Cuyper spoke to BBC Radio Sussex about his start to life in the the Premier League: "It is a great atmosphere here - we have a nice team and nice staff so I have quietly settled in already.
"It is a bit of a surprise [how well I've settled in], as a player you know your own qualities, but you make a move to the best league in the world so there is always going to be a question mark. The adaptation has gone quite well and we have started really well. For sure, the physicality is the biggest adaptation for me and my body, in training and games."
Ahead of Sunday's match, he spoke highly of Wolves forward Tolu Arokodare, who De Cuyper played against in his native Belgium: "A striker who is very dangerous in the box. He is about two metres [tall] so he is very good with his head. He is also good in the build up and has good feet. He is pretty fast as well so he is all-round a good striker."
Hurzeler on Veltman's injury, Minteh's form and Wolvespublished at 11:11 BST 2 October
11:11 BST 2 October
Nat Hayward BBC Sport journalist
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Wolves at Molineux (14:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Hurzeler confirmed his only fresh injury concern is Joel Veltman who will miss Sunday's game after picking up a "small issue" in the win over Chelsea but will be back after the international break.
Reflecting on Saturday's victory at Stamford Bridge, he said: "Every win gives you confidence and creates a good energy and atmosphere. We really should focus on out performance, how we faced adversity in the first half and how we reacted. There were a lot of positive things but of course things we have to improve."
On the Seagulls' overall start to the season: "We could have more points but in the end I always try and emphasise the process, the work ethic and how much effort is put into training. Therefore, I am quite happy with how the team are working and sticking together."
Is Danny Welbeck in his mind to start?: "He's always in my thinking. He's a great player and goalscorer. We have to make tough decisions and decisions based on the opponent, but he's always a factor in my head and will always be key for us."
On the progress of Yankuba Minteh: "He's doing the easy things right, trying to focus on the technical execution and trying to understand when he can go in one-against-one situations. He keeps getting a better understanding of how he can implement his danger into our game. On top of that it's the consistency in how he trains, takes care of his body, and how he behaves."
When asked about his side's poorer record against teams further down the table, Hurzeler said: "You can over-analyse these kind of results. Overall, we always do good against teams at the top and struggle against teams further back and we know we need to change it. We know we need to play against Wolves with the same intensity we did last week. But we also proved against lower-league teams in the FA and Carabao Cup that we are professional."
On Wolves, who are currently bottom of the Premier League: "Very difficult opponent to play. When you only look at the results, you might think it's easy but in every game I've seen so far from them they have had a chance to win it. They have played good football, have looked stable out of possession, and they don't give away a lot of chances. They have a good style of play and it is not easy to defend the box against them."
Hurzeler to Man Utd would be a 'big risk'published at 12:03 BST 1 October
12:03 BST 1 October
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Former Brighton striker Warren Aspinall believes Fabian Hurzeler is too young for the manager role at Manchester United amid reports of interest from the Red Devils.
The latest episode of BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast discussed two of the rumours circling the Seagulls this week.
On Hurzeler to United Aspinall said: "I think the press are just putting two and two together and getting five at the moment.
"Hurzeler is still young, he's 33 years of age, he hasn't got much experience and for a team like Manchester United, it would be a big risk to take a manager who's had one season in the German Bundesliga 2 and a couple of seasons in the Premier League.
"The next one for United they have to get right because they're having a shocker."
Former Arsenal right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu has also been linked with a move to Brighton and Aspinall thinks Albion could use the depth, stating: "When you ask Ferdi Kadioglu where he wants to play, he'll probably say midfield. He's come in to play in midfield but he's filling in at right-back and he's doing a great job. Joel Veltman, another year older, but he has been excellent.
"Tomiyasu is a free agent and if somebody comes along like that it's worth considering."
A new episode of BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast is now available on BBC Sounds.
The team discuss Brighton's 3-1 victory over Chelsea last weekend including the post-match thoughts of Danny Welbeck, before previewing the trip to Wolves on Saturday. Author Dave Atherall also joins the pod to chat about his Albion-based novel.
Listen to every Brighton game live on BBC Radio Sussex, with all the build-up and full commentary with Johnny Cantor and Warren Aspinall, and there is a full preview of all Seagulls' matches on Fridays at 18:00 in The Weekend Warm-up
Brighton expectation 'the heights of Europe' but 'perspective vital'published at 12:28 BST 30 September
12:28 BST 30 September
Joe Sayers Fan writer
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The ability to step back and reflect is important in any aspect of life - and it is something I often find myself doing with football and the journey Brighton has embarked on.
The story of this club is the greatest underdog story you could ever write and, while I try to look forwards as much as I can, it is really important for me to realise just how far we have come.
I'm a relatively new fan in the grand scheme of things. The first season I really remember getting into was our League One triumph in our last season at Withdean Stadium.
I've been lucky that, bar a few hiccups, the only thing I've known is an upwards trajectory.
As I grew older, I felt it was my duty to know the history of this club. I remember so many lengthy conversations with my family, all of whom witnessed the dark days of our club being sold into the ground.
I often hear that we can't look back on the darker days while we aim to break the mould in the top half of the Premier League, but it is so important to always remember the DNA of this club - the never-say-die attitude that meant we still have a club to support.
Now this doesn't by any stretch mean that we're not allowed to be negative when we lose or that we can't criticise when things go slightly awry. We all want this club to be striving for the heavy heights of Europe every season, but perspective is absolutely vital.
I'm so proud to watch our club stand up and fight against the giants of English football, often beating them against all odds. I'm so grateful to those who battled until the rotten foundations eroded and built this club back up brick by brick.
So here's to you, Brighton & Hove Albion, through the hard times and the good times.
Chelsea 1-3 Brighton - the fans' verdictpublished at 08:15 BST 29 September
08:15 BST 29 September
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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Chelsea and Brighton at Stamford Bridge.
Here are some of your comments:
Chelsea fans
Fossie: What a rotten performance. They totally lost the narrative in the second half. If you can't keep 11 players on the pitch, you don't deserve to win. The players losing their heads does not help anything. Maresca really needs to shake this lot up. Two weeks in a row is awful.
Femi: No disrespect to Maresca but I think he is a mediocre coach. Imagine having expensive players at your disposal yet not knowing how to tidy up your defence and conceding a lot of goals to individual errors. He also hasn't instilled discipline into his players, who can't stop picking up red cards. Chelsea should go for a more experienced coach.
Jason: Maresca's in-game tactics are poor. He takes off pace and creativity, and it doesn't work. It's too early to start talking about sacking him, but he needs to improve or the axe will be hovering!
John: No decent transfer policy at Chelsea, no decent goalkeepers, no decent central defenders and a very inexperienced manager. We could be easily relegated!
Brighton fans
Sarah: The first half was a bit lacklustre but I'm so happy for Welbeck - he really needed that and so did we. Dunk played well too. What's going on with Simon Hooper? He missed the obvious red for Chalobah and the clear penalty for the kick to Minteh's head. You could see the contact, so how VAR ruled no contact is a mystery. It should've been 4-1 but we will take the win.
Pedro: We played as a team and, as so often happens, we were at our best in the final third. Welbeck must be wary of earning the title of 'super sub' because that's exactly what he was in this match.
Tim: A great result that shows Hurzeler can make a difference with his substitutions. The referee seemed like he was Chelsea's 12th man but we still managed to assert ourselves in the end.
Chris: It feels like Brighton have turned a corner this week. The atmosphere was electric in the away end of Stamford Bridge. I've now seen nine goals during two away games in just four days. Up the Albion!
Analysis: Will Minteh be the Seagulls' next superstar?published at 19:30 BST 27 September
19:30 BST 27 September
Nizaar Kinsella Football reporter
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There is an argument that Marc Cucurella is one of the best defensive left-backs in the league, but Yankuba Minteh gave him plenty of headaches over 90 minutes.
His power, speed and skill caused Cucurella all sorts of trouble and ultimately led to Danny Welbeck's equaliser.
Minteh's whipped cross for Welbeck broke down Chelsea in the 77th minute - after Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca had tried to shore up his 10-man side by throwing on defenders Benoit Badiashile, Malo Gusto and Josh Acheampong along with defensive midfielder Romeo Lavia.
It started a sweet comeback for Brighton, who have sold more than £260m worth of players and staff to Chelsea since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital bought the Londoners in 2022.
Seagulls owner Tony Bloom's recruitment set-up continues to unearth talents capable of competing against teams such as Chelsea, even when Chelsea keep taking their best players.
When asked whether the results will mean Chelsea sign more of his players, Fabian Hurzeler replied: "I'll have to talk with Tony. We should avoid the changes!
"It's football. You have to accept it. That's the normal business, so it's more about finding solutions and getting results."
The Austrian manager also deserves credit for his substitutions, bringing on not just Welbeck and Maxim de Cuyper to score the goals, but Mats Wieffer and Brajan Gruda to provide assists.
However, the next Brighton talent to become a target for the top clubs could well be their unplayable winger Minteh.
Chelsea 1-3 Brighton: What Hurzeler and De Cuyper saidpublished at 17:43 BST 27 September
17:43 BST 27 September
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Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side took all three points against 10-man Chelsea: "In the first minutes we suffered, then we conceded the goal and started playing football. We created chances, we were better out of possession, and after we conceded we played okay."
On making the most of Chelsea's red card: "Sometimes when you are one man up it gets more and more difficult because the other team only tries to defend. We stayed patient, we stayed calm, we played from left to right, we opened the gaps and we had some good moments."
On Danny Welbeck's brace: "I'm very happy for him because he is always there. He is a great leader and he got the reward for everything he is doing for us and himself."
On recording three wins in a row against Chelsea: "It is good, but every game is very tough against them. They are a great football team and they have great individual players. It's always an opportunity to prove who we are and it's a big challenge for us."
On whether this result can act as a springboard for the rest of the season: "When you only look at the results, maybe you can say yes. But if you look regarding the performance, maybe you can say no. The games are very tight. There are always small margins that make the difference, the small margins were on our side in this match.
"I'm sure that we can get into a good run and get into a flow. First of all, it's about hard work and staying together."
Goalscorer Maxim de Cuyper also spoke to Premier League Productions after the win: "We had some good moments, they had their moments, but we felt in the dressing room that we could still make a turnaround.
"How we started the second half was brilliant. The red card is in our favour, but it is part of the game. It is an advantage. If everybody plays 100% you have an advantage, otherwise you don't.
"We tried to keep on pressing high, tried to change the play a lot to get them running and we got the result."
On scoring his first Premier League goal: "It's amazing. You see the crowd going wild and it is the best feeling in football."
Did you know?
Danny Welbeck has been directly involved in seven goals (5 goals, 2 assists) in eight Premier League games against Chelsea for Brighton - more than against any other side in the competition.
Chelsea v Brighton: Team news published at 14:02 BST 27 September
14:02 BST 27 September
Chelsea draft in Andrey Santos and Jorrel Hato for injured duo Cole Palmer and Wesley Fofana in two changes from defeat at Manchester United last weekend.
Striker Joao Pedro also starts to face his former club.
Brighton bring in Diego Gomez after his four-goal midweek Carabao Cup haul against Barnsley in place of Brajan Gruda from last weekend's draw with Tottenham.
Chelsea XI: Sanchez, James, Chalobah, Hato, Cucurella, Santos, Caicedo, Estevao, Fernandez Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro
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Sutton's predictions: Chelsea v Brightonpublished at 11:11 BST 27 September
11:11 BST 27 September
This is quite a big game for Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca after his side lost to Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
I was at their Carabao Cup tie with Lincoln City in midweek and they were expected to win that tie, which they did, but the Imps caused them all sorts of problems and Chelsea are just not very convincing at the moment.
It hardly helps that Cole Palmer must be a big doubt to play after he came off injured against United, and they will miss him badly if he is ruled out.
When I think of Brighton, I always think they will score goals but they can be quite inconsistent.
There are that many of their former players at Chelsea, this is like Brighton versus Brighton Old Boys - and I don't think either side will do enough to win it.
Chelsea v Brighton: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 18:59 BST 26 September
18:59 BST 26 September
Matthew Hobbs BBC Sport journalist
Chelsea aim to bounce back from a first league defeat of the season at Old Trafford last weekend against a Brighton side riding high after becoming the first team in League Cup history to score six goals in back-to-back matches.
BBC Sport examines some of the key themes going into Saturday's game at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea's nightmare first half
Chelsea's loss to Manchester United was underpinned by a surreal first half which became the first in Premier League history to see two or more goals, red cards and substitutions take place.
Robert Sanchez's red card after five minutes was the fastest a keeper has been sent off in the Premier League in 30 years - since Tim Flowers for Blackburn Rovers in 1995 - while Chelsea's three substitutions in the opening 21 minutes (including Cole Palmer) was the fastest any team has changed three players in a Premier League match.
Blues boss Enzo Maresca said afterwards that Palmer had not been fully fit although his removal compromised Chelsea's ability to get back into the game once United midfielder Casemiro had also been dismissed for two yellow cards.
The Blues have since survived a scare to win at Lincoln City in the third round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
Maresca made nine changes for the trip to the LNER Stadium and while first-team regulars will return at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, the Chelsea boss is managing the absence of up to nine senior players, who are either injured, suspended or ineligible.
Can Brighton replicate EFL Cup performance?
Brighton have won just one of their past 12 visits to Stamford Bridge in all competitions but could this weekend provide an opportunity to improve that record against an injury-hit home team who have conceded two goals in each of their last two Premier League outings?
The Seagulls scored six goals at Barnsley in the Carabao Cup earlier this week, following a 6-0 win at Oxford United in round two, but their away form in the top flight must improve following defeats at Everton and Bournemouth so far this season.
Getting the balance right between attack and defence has been something of an issue for Fabian Hurzeler: Brighton have only kept one clean sheet in their past 17 Premier League matches, a 2-0 win over Wolves in May.
However, they are unbeaten in their past 16 games when netting the first goal (W8, D8) - meaning an early breakthrough at Stamford Bridge could be crucial.
Should Brighton upset Chelsea to win the game, don't be surprised if the winner comes from the Seagulls' stock of young talent.
Brighton's two scorers against Tottenham in the 2-2 draw last weekend were 21-year-olds Yankuba Minteh and Yasin Ayari – something of a familiar theme.
Since the start of the 2023-24 Premier League campaign, Brighton have scored 21 goals via players aged 21 or under – at least seven more than any other club.
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Brighton have scored more goals via young players than any other Premier League team in recent seasons
Hurzeler on Gruda's fitness, early form and facing Chelseapublished at 10:38 BST 26 September
10:38 BST 26 September
Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (kick-off 15:00 BST).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
On team news after a couple of injuries: "Some positive news, Mats Wieffer is back, as is Maxim De Cuyper. Jack [Hinshelwood] is still out so overall we have some options, especially regarding our full-backs, so good news."
Hurzeler says Brajan Gruda and Yankuba Minteh "will be fine" after recovering from injuries.
The Seagulls' boss spoke about having five points from five games: "We are unhappy with the results but in the end we can't focus on the results. It's about the process and focusing on the development and focusing on us. I am sure we will get the result sooner or later. It's important not to overreact."
On if it will help his team if Cole Palmer is unavailable for Chelsea: "We can't influence if he's playing or not. It's important to focus on our game and focus on how we want to play. If he's starting, he's a game changer for them [Chelsea]. He is one of the best Premier League players. He's got a special left foot. He can decide a game in one action."
Discussing the prospect of facing Club World Cup Winners Chelsea, Hurzeler added: "It's about defending as a team, as a unit, but it's not about only defending, it's also about playing our style of play. If you go there trying only to defend you won't have a chance."
Brighton will face former striker Joao Pedro and Hurzeler commented: "Joao was a special player for us and it's not easy to replace him one-to-one but we did it as team and we did it quite well. There's always a process, new players have to step in, new young players with big potential have to step in. They have to prove themselves every weekend that they are ready for that but they need time."
Hurzeler added: "Second thing, of course, Joao is a special player. He proved it already at Chelsea in the first [few] games. He played well. He scored goals. He's very good in possession. He is a game changer for them. We have to defend as a team, as a unit. I'm sure we are capable of doing that."
