Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

Mateta kicks the game off for Palace, and the A23 Derby is up and running on the south coast!

It’s Brighton who are the favourites to win this unconventional derby match in our live win probability tracker, sitting on a 49.0% chance of victory compared to Palace’s 25.9%. The visitors will be hoping they can respond from a 4-1 thumping in their last meeting, as both teams head out onto the Amex Stadium pitch!

Palace’s goals against the champions both came from unexpected sources, going in front early on in both halves through wing-back Daniel Munoz and central defender Maxence Lacroix, the latter scoring his first goal in English football. They name an unchanged side for the first time this season to take on arguably their biggest rivals.

Tariq Lamptey’s stunner and Yankuba Minteh’s goal 11 minutes from time looked to have given Brighton a comfortable win at Leicester last time out, only for the hosts to hit them with two late sucker-punches in the dying embers. The pair both start and combine on the right flank for the Seagulls, with Georginio Rutter moving into the number 10 role.

CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Matt Turner, Eddie Nketiah, Jeffrey Schlupp, Nathaniel Clyne, Daichi Kamada, Cheick Doucoure, Justin Devenny, Caleb Kporha, Asher Agbinone.

CRYSTAL PALACE (3-4-2-1): Dean Henderson; Trevoh Chalobah, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi; Daniel Munoz, Will Hughes, Jefferson Lerma, Tyrick Mitchell; Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze; Jean-Philippe Mateta.

BRIGHTON SUBS: Jason Steele, Igor Julio, Brajan Gruda, Julio Enciso, Simon Adingra, Jakub Moder, Mats Wieffer, Evan Ferguson, Ruairi McConville.

BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Tariq Lamptey, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupinan; Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari; Yankuba Minteh, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma; Joao Pedro.

Palace, meanwhile, lie 17th and just one point above the relegation zone having won just two games all season, but their recent form suggests the Eagles are finally on the up after failing to win in their first eight matches of the campaign. Oliver Glasner’s side are unbeaten in four, beating Ipswich 1-0 in their most recent away game before a 2-2 draw with Manchester City last time out.

The Seagulls sit eighth in the table after 15 matches and have a chance to climb back into the Premier League’s top five with a victory, displacing champions Manchester City in the process. Brighton are currently on a three-game streak without a win, however, drawing with relegation-threatened Southampton and Leicester City last time out, either side of a 3-1 defeat at Fulham.