AFC Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

GOOOOOALLLL! Pedro scores for a second consecutive game and Brighton are up already at the Vitality.

Bournemouth are strong favourites to win this match with Opta's Live Win Probability model showing a 41.2% probability of a win for the hosts and 33.7% for Brighton. Meanwhile, Bournemouth have come close already as Semenyo takes a swipe at one from about 25 yards out, but his low effort towards the bottom-left corner just about evades the target and a diving Verbruggen.

The teams are making their way out to the pitch, the managers and players are ready, and so are the fans who have turned up in huge numbers on a cold and windy winter's day! Brighton have lost four of their five Premier League visits to Vitality Stadium, with the exception being a 2-0 win in April last year. However, owing to their great run of form to start this season, can they improve that record today? Let’s find out.

KICK-OFF! We are underway in this clash at Vitality Stadium as visitors Brighton get the ball rolling. The last time these two sides faced each other was in April this year with Bournemouth securing a 3-0 win at this venue. Can they repeat such a victory against a seemingly stronger Brighton side?

Brighton have made two changes to their starting XI from the 2-1 win over Manchester City before the break. Joao Pedro, who came off the bench to score the winner in that game, starts today, and so does Carlos Baleba. Jack Hinshelwood is out with a knee injury, while Simon Adringra is benched. Lewis Dunk is still not fit to be part of the matchday squad.

Andoni Iraola has made just the solitary change to the starting XI of his Bournemouth side that lost 3-2 to Brentford in their previous game. Marcus Tavernier replaces the suspended Ryan Christie, while Antoine Semenyo and Milos Kerkez are both fit to start after being doubtful for this game owing to injuries.

SUBS: Brajan Gruda, Julio Enciso, Simon Adingra, Jason Steele, Mats Wieffer, Evan Ferguson, Matt O'Riley, Ruairi McConville, Imari Samuels.

BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Pervis Estupinan, Igor Julio, Jan Paul van Hecke, Joel Veltman; Yasin Ayari, Carlos Baleba; Kaoru Mitoma, Joao Pedro, Georginio Rutter; Danny Welbeck.

SUBS: Dean Huijsen, David Brooks, Dango Ouattara, James Hill, Enes Unal, Philip Billing, Max Aarons, Mark Travers, Max Kinsey.

BOURNEMOUTH (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Milos Kerkez, Marcos Senesi, Illia Zabarnyi, Adam Smith; Tyler Adams, Lewis Cook; Marcus Tavernier, Justin Kluivert, Antoine Semenyo; Evanilson.