Liverpool vs Brighton LIVE: What time is it, what channel is it on, where can I watch it, odds and more
A look ahead to the Premier League fixture at Anfield
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea could only manage a draw with Huddersfield, and thus Liverpool know any kind of positive result against Brighton should assure them a place in next season’s Champions League. They may yet, of course, win this year’s competition, but Jurgen Klopp should be keen to finish the Premier League season strongly and secure a top-four spot.
Brighton have little to play for but pride and the financial incentives that come with finishing higher in the league. Written off by many before the season began, Chris Hughton’s team are sitting comfortably in 14th heading in to the final day, and a victory at Anfield would be an excellent capper on an excellent debut Premier League season.
Liverpool may take their eyes off the ball a little, with the Champions League final just a week away. Klopp will not want any of his key men picking up injuries but knows a loss opens the door for Chelsea, and thus it should be a relatively strong Liverpool team.
Follow all the latest in the live blog below.
Preview
What time does it start?
Liverpool vs Brighton kicks off at 3pm.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event from 2.45pm
It’s a big game for…
Mo Salah still has an outside chance of breaking Ian Rush’s Liverpool record for goals in a season. The Egyptian has 43 goals from 50 games, and needs just four more to tie Rush with the Champions League final still to come after this game.
Weird Stat
4 – Lewis Dunk has scored four own goals this season, tying the Premier League record for most in a season. No other player has scored more than one. Dunk has put the ball in his own net on both his previous appearances against Liverpool.
Remember when…
Brighton shocked a star-studded Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield in the fifth round of the 1983 FA Cup. It was an amazing cup run that year for the Seagulls, taking Manchester United to a replay in the final.
Player to watch…
After notching his first goal since returning to the club against Manchester City, Leonardo Ulloa will look to put in another good showing. It may prove to be the Leicester loanee’s last game in a Brighton shirt.
Past-three meetings…
Brighton 1 (Murray) Liverpool 5 (Can, Firmino 2, Coutinho, Dunk og), Premier League, December 2017
Liverpool 6 (Skrtel, Bridcutt og, Carroll, Gerrard, Dunk og, Suarez) Brighton 1 (Lua Lua), FA Cup, February 2012
Brighton 1 (Barnes) Liverpool 2 (Bellamy, Kuyt), League Cup, September 2011
Form Guide
Liverpool: WDWDLL
Brighton: DLDDWL
Odds
Liverpool Win: 2/11
Brighton Win: 14/1
Draw: 13/2
Odds provided by 888 Sport
The full-time whistle has now blown at Wembley and the 2017-18 Premier League season is over.
The Bournemouth winner came in the 90th minute, with Jermain Defoe breaking free and squaring for Callum Wilson who slid the ball under Nick Pope to win the game 2-1.
So what do those results mean:
- Manchester City finish top with 100 points, the first ever Premier League side to reach that mark.
- Tottenham Hotspur win a crazy game of football 5-4 to finish third behind Manchester United in second.
- Liverpool's 4-0 win ensured Jurgen Klopp's side would finish fourth.
- Chelsea's 3-0 loss to Newcastle leaves them in fifth. Arsene Wenger was victorious in his final Arsenal game and his side finish sixth. Burnley take the final Europa League spot in seventh.
- Everton finish eighth, two points ahead of Leicester in ninth, although both sides could sack their managers tonight.
- Rafa Benitez takes Newcastle to tenth, Crystal Palace finish eleventh and Bournemouth in twelfth, all on 44 points. West Ham, Watford, Brighton, Huddersfield and Southampton stay up.
- Swansea's loss to Stoke confirms their relegation. Their opponents and last-placed West Brom will join them in the Championship next season.
- Mohamed Salah wins the Golden Boot with 32 goals this season, ahead of Harry Kane on 30.
- Kevin De Bruyne is the 'Playmaker of the Year' with 16 assists. His late pass for Gabriel Jesus' winner took him ahead of teammate Leroy Sane to win the award outright.
- David De Gea wins the Golden Glove for the first time with 18 clean sheets.
And that is that. The Premier League season is over. It has featured the greatest Premier League side ever in Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, who have changed the way the rest of the league plays football and scored more, won more and accumulated more points than any other team in the history of the league.
Twelve sides found themselves in a relegation battle at one time or another; nine of them changed their manager. All three newly-promoted sides retained their place in the division for next season, despite all being written off at various points since the beginning of the season.
What a job Sean Dyche has done: Burnley will play Europa League football next year. As will Chelsea and Arsenal - it will be the first time since the 1996-97 season that neither club will feature in the Champions League. It is adieu to Arsene Wenger, who leaves Arsenal after his worst ever season as manager, and Spurs have finished as the top London club for the first time since 1995.
It is over, but do not fear. The World Cup in Russia is only a month away, the playoffs are in full swing and the F.A. Cup and Champions League Finals are to come in the next two weeks. There is a shortened transfer window, too. And in less than three months, the Premier League begins all over again.
But to bring this Premier League season to a close, I have been Harry Latham-Coyle for The Independent - thank you for reading.
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