Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League latest score, goals and updates from fixture

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This year sees Manchester City try to defend their crown and claim a historic fourth title in succession. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who also won the Champions League and FA Cup last season, will have to see off Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and the rest to claim an unprecedented sixth league title in seven years.

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Brentford FC 0 – 0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:41

Gross volleys in to Joao Pedro from the left but the Brazilian is caught awkwardly in between the Brentford defense and kicks it behind. Brentford have a goal kick.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:39

Joao Pedro tries to dink the ball between a couple of defenders but ends up on the turf. Brighton are probing now, their pace and fluidity causing Brentford a couple of problems so far.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:37

A fairly low-key start to this one. Ajer makes a sliding tackle on a Brighton advance down the left-hand side to avert any potential danger.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:34

Brighton with an early spell of possession. Adingra tries to break but Dunk repossesses the ball quickly.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:33

KICK-OFF: BRENTFORD V BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION. We’ve had a rousing rendition of Hey Jude and now Brighton gets us underway.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:31

The teams are out on the pitch and we’ll be underway shortly!

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:31

Roberto de Zerbi makes four changes to the Brighton line-up which started their 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on Easter Sunday. Incidentally, that makes 114 line-up changes over this entire season, more than any other side. Top scorer Joao Pedro returns from injury, while Igor Julio, Facundo Buonanotte and Adam Lallana also come in. Julio Enciso is also back from an injury and makes the bench, as do Tariq Lamptey, Jakub Moder, Danny Welbeck and Pervis Estupinan.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:27

After Saturday’s impressive performance in their 1-1 draw against Manchester United, Thomas Frank names an unchanged Brentford squad. It means Bryan Mbeumo is still waiting for his first start since December, when he sustained an ankle injury in the reverse fixture against Brighton. Sergio Reguilon is also on the bench after serving a ban.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:22

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION SUBS: Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey, Julio Enciso, Jakub Moder, Danny Welbeck, Pervis Estupinan, Odeluga Offiah, Cameron Peupion, Mark O’Mahony.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:22

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Joel Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Igor Julio; Pascal Gross, Carlos Baleba; Adam Lallana, Facundo Buonanotte, Simon Adingra; João Pedro.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:17

BRENTFORD SUBS: Thomas Strakosha, Neal Maupay, Sergio Reguilon, Saman Ghoddos, Frank Onyeka, Bryan Mbeumo, Mikeel Damsgaard, Shandon Baptiste, Kim Ji-Soo.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:17

BRENTFORD (3-5-2): Mark Flekken; Zanka, Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins; Mads Roerslev, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Keane Lewis-Potter; Ivan Toney, Yoane Wissa.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:12

Brighton aren’t exactly in the best form either: they’ve won just three of their last 17 away games against Brentford and one of their last 10 on the road – but a win tonight would see them back in the European places. In positive news for Brentford, their opposition tonight are winless in all six of their Premier League trips to London sides this season and have failed to score in half of those visits. The Seagulls are currently ninth, three points behind seventh-placed West Ham.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:07

Brentford managed to rescue a last-gasp point against Manchester United at the weekend but are far from secure at 15th in the league, sitting just five points above the drop zone as it stands. They had 31 shots, a whopping 84 touches in the opposition box and an xG of 3.29 in that game but only scored the one goal – can Toney, who has scored three in his last two games against Brighton, change that? The Bees have won just one of their five Premier League games against Brighton, although it was a 2-0 win in this exact fixture last season so they’ll be looking to replicate that performance tonight.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:03

Hello and welcome to live coverage of Brentford v Brighton & Hove Albion.

Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

18:30

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Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion

19:00

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.