Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Brighton & Hove Albion face Crystal Palace in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
Roberto De Zerbi makes just two changes to that side that drew with Leeds on Saturday. Colwill makes his first start since recovering from a muscle problem, with Welbeck also coming in. Webster and Ferguson both drop to the bench.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Joel Ward, Chris Richards, Luka Milivojevic, Jordan Ayew, Eberechi Eze, Naouirou Ahamada, Jean-Philippe Mateta, James Tomkins, Owen Goodman.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL PALACE STARTING XI (4-3-3): Joseph Whitworth; Nathaniel Clyne, Joachim Andersen, Marc Guehi, Tyrick Mitchell; Albert Sambi Lokonga, Cheick Doucoure, Jeffrey Schlupp; Michael Olise, Odsonne Edouard, Wilfried Zaha.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION SUBS: Deniz Undav, Robert Sanchez, Adam Webster, Julio Enciso, Evan Ferguson, Facundo Buonanotte, Jeremy Sarmiento, Billy Gilmour, Jan-Paul van Hecke.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Jason Steele; Joel Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Levi Colwill, Pervis Estupinan; Pascal Gross, Moises Caicedo; Solly March, Alexis Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma; Danny Welbeck.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace
Palace have found themselves dragged into a relegation battle, as they sit just three points above the drop zone, and the pressure is starting to mount on Patrick Vieira. The Eagles are still yet to win a game in all competitions in 2023 (D5 L6) and have the new unwanted record of failing to register a shot on target in their last three Premier League outings. As for Brighton, they can close the gap to the European places once more. They've lost just one of their previous 11 matches in all competitions (W7 D3), but couldn't hold out for a win at the weekend, with Leeds United coming from behind twice to peg them back.
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