• Brighton won 3-0 against Liverpool in their last Premier League meeting in January – the Seagulls have never beaten the Reds in consecutive league games, with this their 29th such meeting.
• Liverpool have had four players sent off in the Premier League this season; it’s the first time in the competition’s history that a side has been given four reds in their opening seven games of a campaign. Liverpool’s four red cards in their last six Premier League games are as many as in their previous 178 matches combined.
• Solly March has either scored (2) or assisted (3) five of Brighton’s last eight Premier League goals against Liverpool, netting a brace and setting up a Danny Welbeck goal in this exact fixture last season. His five goal involvements against the Reds are his most against an opponent in the competition.
• Mohamed Salah has only been involved in more Premier League goals against Man Utd (14) and West Ham (13) than he has against Brighton (6 goals, 6 assists in 12 apps), with seven of these coming in his six appearances at the Amex Stadium.

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He [Harvey Elliott] is completely deserved to start. Right now, I just don't think Gravenberch is in the top three or top four in the pecking order for midfielder from Klopp.

I think Szobozslai and Mac Allister are the starters and then it is up to who plays the left side of centre midfield. There's Curtis Jones, who is suspended, and then Harvey Elliott, who starts today.

Endo can play there too, and Gravenberch is an option too.

Liverpool

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Jurgen Klopp laughs out loud when asked by TV what Liverpool need to do to celebrate his eighth anniversary in style.

"Play good would be nice," he says. "Use the good form we're in. It will be a tough one but in these eight years I cannot remember an easy game."

Asked about Brighton, Klopp adds: "I couldn't admire them more."

The German says Liverpool will "go for it" and says it's good to have a player of Trent Alexander-Arnold's quality back starting in the Premier League for the first time since 3 September.

Newcastle United

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Newcastle manager Eddie Howe speaking to PLP before the match against West Ham: "I think we have had a rest in between games. Hopefully the lads physically and mentally are ready. Not maybe the rotation we would prefer but I have full confidence in the players.

"It is early days for us. The games have been really good. The attention to every match has been spot on. The demands are so high sand it is going to be a tough game.

"I think when you play West Ham you have to be good at certain aspects. Set-pieces will be crucial and stopping their danger men. And then it is for us to give them problems too."

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West Ham manager David Moyes speaking before the match against Newcastle: "This team has played a lot of the games and we feel as if they have done well enough. Many of them have been good results so hopefully we can do it again today.

"We are enjoying it [Europe] but it [the fixture schedule] is part of being in Europe. We have a squad good enough and big enough to rotate and we did it the other day.

"I think they [Newcastle] are playing as well as any team in Europe at the moment. They have had a great couple of seasons. It was hard for us here last year so hopefully we can improve and get a result."

Wolves

Wolves manager Gary O'Neil speaking to PLP ahead of the match against Aston Villa: "We need to be at a top level again today.

"I think performance-wise we've had tough fixtures. It has been a tough start at home but the lads are ready. The fans have been excellent. We need them today, they are going to be bouncing, I am sure.

"Systems are not as important as they used to be. Things move around more. Team selection is based on last week, on Aston Villa and how we want to play."

Liverpool

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Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott speaking to Sky Sports: "We need to go out on the pitch and play football again. Hopefully get three more points. What happened in the past is the past and we need to go out there and perform."

On his first Premier League start of the season "I am over the moon. You can see the quality in the team and it's part of football. Waiting for your opportunity and hopefully I can take it."

What makes Brighton a threat? "Their style of play. They are a great team with talent and a great manager as well. It was always going to be a tough game and today is another one. We just need to make sure what we have been working on during the week, we apply it today."

West Ham United

West Ham midfielder Thomas Soucek speaking ahead of the match against Newcastle: "The squad is perfect. We had a few changes at the beginning of the season but we have started well and we need carry on this way and we want to be successful.

"We watched [Newcastle] in the Champions League. They played well against Paris. They will be pressing us and are a tough team but we are prepared as well and want to be better.

"Now a lot of us will not see each other for 10 days so we want to get a good memory for when we go away for internationals."

Newcastle United

Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles speaking to PLP before the match against West Ham: "We took care of business the other day and then it is about preparing. We are ready go.

"I want to be involved in very game and it's about being fit and ready to go when I am asked.

"[West Ham are] a tough team. A different test. We all know West Ham and it will be a tough game but we are hoping to win."

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West Ham midfielder Jarrod Bowen is looking forward to the match against Newcastle United, with the Hammers looking to record their first victory over the Magpies since August 2021.

“What a game it will be!” he enthused.

“The way Newcastle have played since Eddie Howe joined has been excellent, and they’re obviously playing in the Champions League now. For that city and those fans, that’s incredible.

“Sunday will be a tough, tough game. They’ve started the season strongly as well, but we want to win the match. It’s the last game before the international break and it’s another opportunity for us to get three points and push up the table.

“It’s always a tasty game when we play them because they play at such a high intensity. They always bring a good away following too so it is set up for a really good game.”

Tom Gayle
BBC Radio 5 Live commentator

For the second Europa Conference League game running, Aston Villa struggled to replicate a performance anywhere near the levels they’ve shown domestically, which has seen them make their best Premier League start in 25 years.

For 93 minutes they sat bottom of Group E, being held by the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Champions Zrinjski Mostar. John McGinn’s late winner sent fans home happy, still believing they can ‘do a West Ham’, and go all the way in this competition. But, given the standard of opposition, the majority of the match made for painfully frustrating viewing.

It’s understandable Unai Emery wants to rotate his squad. But he must be concerned about the drop off in level his decision to make six changes had. A full-strength Aston Villa could once again trouble the top six this season. However there are serious doubts whether those players not getting substantial Premier League minutes can help prop up a legitimate European challenge.

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Mario Lemina said it plainly: "We deserved it, because we had the better tactic to beat them in this game."

He was being a little modest there on behalf of the Wolves players, who experienced one of those days when everyone was on top of their game, and they surfed on an atmosphere of rare energy to a famous win over champions Manchester City.

But he expanded on the point: "The thing is, if everyone is committed to the tactic - and because the gaffer is really good on it - we’re not going to suffer so much during the season. Because of all the talk we had during the week, with the gaffer and the players, we were really focused."

There have already been novellas written about the tactical plan deployed by Wolves on Saturday. I will not add to them here, other than to say that you could sense it working from early on – and so could the players. It’s easier to give your best if you can feel what you’re doing is making a difference.

Until Saturday, a significant chunk of the Wolves support was not being won over by Gary O’Neil or by those who decided to hire him. It would be a good week, then, for the Wolves sporting director Matt Hobbs to take a lap of honour, but in his interview with the BBC this week he made a number of pertinent points.

When Julen Lopetegui left, it was a bad look for a manager so well-known in Europe - and so long coveted by Wolves - to say he was not being given the resources required, and that he apparently expected. But Wolves have been in a very different financial situation this year, and the sense left by Hobbs’ interview was that while Lopetegui might once have been Mr Right for Wolves, O’Neil is Mr Right Now.

By the accounts of Lemina and Hobbs, the players think so too. "You’re seeing him improve individuals on the pitch," said Hobbs. "I’ve got a great relationship with a lot of the players - they talk to me and they’re so excited about where we’re going. I think now gradually the fans will continue to turn and be open-minded about what Gary’s doing and the direction he’s taking us."

Hobbs will know, as we all know, that the relationship between the fans and the manager will be governed by results. But Saturday was a good start.

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Roberto de Zerbi has urged Brighton's players to consider their "habits" in the face of a mounting injury list.

The Brighton boss has spoken repeatedly of the challenge of managing his squad as the club adjusts to the demands of European football.

Tariq Lamptey has become his most recent injury concern after the 2-2 draw with Marseille on Thursday as the Seagulls look to a game against Liverpool on Sunday.

"(Lamptey) was one of the best of us on the pitch," said De Zerbi.

"Now the problem is for Sunday, because I don't want to take risks with him. He was injured in the last part of last season and the first part of this season.

"But at the moment it's very tough because we lost Pervis, I don't know if we will have James Milner. We have to analyse Pascal Gross' situation, for him it was the first game after injury. It's a tough moment, but I think we can play well anyway.

"The most important thing is not physical. For Lamptey yes, for Pascal in this moment it can be a physical problem. Lewis Dunk lost the pre-season, Solly March as well lost pre-season. But for the others, the problem is not physical.

"It's about habits. We have to change our habits, but we will reach that point. It's a target for us, to reach the level which we have to play every game, every week, three games (a week). I don't know how much time we need, but that's the target."

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Jurgen Klopp is ready to "put things right" as his Liverpool side returns to Amex Stadium this weekend, where they were beaten 3-0 in the Premier League and 2-1 in the FA Cup back in January.

In the league game in particular, the Reds were completely outplayed by Roberto de Zerbi's side and Klopp believes his team are in much better shape for this encounter.

"If we play like we did last year, then we will get a massive knock again, but I think we will play better," he said. "That's the first step.

"I am really looking forward to it, and we have to put a few things right. We should not let it happen again. It can - because they are really good - but we will do a really big try to make sure it does not."

Nevertheless, he still had plenty of praise for the way De Zerbi has got the Seagulls flying.

"We expect a really tough game against one of the best sides in the league," said Klopp. "They are probably the best coached team in the league. You always see Brighton's football - it is incredible.

"They have had a lot of change and lost top players, one of whom we got, but still go on. They have had a few results that did not go exactly their way but that is completely normal."

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To round up the best from yesterday, here are the headlines...

• Ten-man Tottenham Hotspur maintained their unbeaten record as a narrow win at Luton took them top of the Premier League.
• Scott McTominay scored twice in stoppage time as Manchester United came from behind to record a sensational Premier League victory against Brentford at Old Trafford.
• Raheem Sterling had a hand in all four goals as Chelsea romped to victory after falling behind at Burnley.
• Everton ended their home misery by swatting aside winless Bournemouth to collect their first Premier League victory at Goodison Park this season.

Wolves manager Gary O'Neil stays true with the XI that claimed a 2-1 win against Manchester City last weekend.

Midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde completes a three-match ban but Tommy Doyle is back on the bench after being ineligible to face parent club City.

Wolves XI: Sa, Kilman, Dawson, Toti, Semedo, Gomes, Lemina, Ait-Nouri, Neto, Cunha, Hwang.

Subs: Bentley, Doherty, S. Bueno, Traore, Silva, Kalajdzic, Otto, Doyle, Sarabia,

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After beating Zrinjski Mostar 1-0 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday, Aston Villa boss Unai Emery makes six changes.

Ollie Watkins returns to lead the line in the place of Jhon Duran with winger Moussa Diaby also back after missing the midweek outing, replacing Leon Bailey.

Matty Cash comes in to make his 100th Premier League appearance, while Pau Torres, Boubacar Kamara and Douglas Luiz are named in the starting lineup.

Clement Lenglet, Leander Dendoncker, Youri Tielemans and Nicolo Zaniolo drop to the bench.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez, Carlos, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Cash, Kamara, Luiz, Diaby, McGinn, Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Tielemans, Traore, Chambers, Lenglet, Zaniolo, Duran, Bailey, Dendoncker.

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Michail Antonio returns from his hip injury as West Ham make five changes to the team that beat Freiburg 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday.

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola plays ahead of Lukasz Fabianski with Pablo Fornals, Mohammed Kudus and Thilo Kehrer dropping to the bench and Konstantinos Mavropanos missing out entirley.

Michail Antonio, skipper Kurt Zouma, Emerson and Tomas Soucek all return to the starting XI for the Hammers.

West Ham United XI: Areola; Zouma, Coufal, Aguerd, Emerson; Soucek, Alvarez; Bowen, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta; Antonio.

Subs: Fabianski, Fornals, Kudus, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna, Benrahma, Kehrer, Mubama.

Newcastle United are forced into one change from the team that thrashed Paris St-Germain 4-1 on Wednesday night.

Anthony Gordon serves a one-match ban, so midfielder Elliot Anderson nestles into the starting line-up.

Callum Wilson, returning from a hamstring issue, is on the bench.

Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Burn, Longstaff, Guimaraes, Tonali, Almiron, Isak, Anderson.

Subs: Dubravka, Dummett, Wilson, Ritchie, Targett, Manquillo, Hall, Livramento, Murphy.

Roberto de Zerbi responds to Brighton's 6-1 hammering at Aston Villa last time out in the Premier League by making six changes.

Keeper Bart Verbruggen is in for Jason Steele who drops to the bench.

Igor Julio, Joao Pedro, Pascal Gross, Carlos Baleba and Simon Adingra are also included. Danny Welbeck and Billy Gilmour are among those dropping to the bench.

Former Liverpool player Adam Lallana is on the bench but James Milner, who has been injured, does not feature against his old club.

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Veltman, Igor, Dunk, Gross, March, Baleba, Adingra, Joao Pedro, Mitoma, Ferguson.

Substitutes: Webster, Dahoud, Gilmour, Lallana, Welbeck, Steele, van Hecke, Fati, Hinshelwood.

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Three changes to the Liverpool side that last started in the Premier League - the controversial 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.

There is a first Premier League start of the season for Harvey Elliott, while Darwin Nunez and Trent Alexander-Arnold are also included.

They replace Curtis Jones (suspended), Cody Gakpo (knee injury) and Joe Gomez (bench).

Alexis Mac Allister starts against the team he made 98 Premier League appearances for.

Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Elliott, Salah, Nunez, Diaz.

Substitutes: Gomez, Endo, Konate, Adrian, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Chambers, Doak, Quansah.

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