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49 min: Mitoma wins a nook for Brighton, the ball going out of play off Rico Henry as he tried to cross. The inswinger right into a crowded Brentford penalty space is headed over the bar by Welbeck, who needed to lean backwards to get his head to the ball and steer it goalwards.

48 min: There’s a break in play as Mathias Jensen goes down injured after having his instep trod upon by Joel Veltman. He’s OK to proceed.

47 min: Alexis Mac Allister has a howitzer of a shot from outdoors the Brentford penalty blocked.

Second half: Brentford 1-0 Brighton

Half-time: Brentford 1-0 Brighton

45+2 min: Rico Henry stands the ball up on the far put up, the place Mbeumo heads it goalwards however solely into the gloves of Robert Sanchez.

45+1 min: Moises Caicedo will get booked for pulling and dragging out of Bryan Mbeumo. It’s a bit of harsh however the ref has bought yellow fever.

45 min: Extra touchline shenanigans. Mathias Jensen will get booked for shoving Joel Veltman to the bottom because the Brighton defender tries to take a fast throw-in. It’s getting a bit tasty.

43 min: Thomas Frank and Roberto De Zerbi must be separated outdoors their technical areas after a coming-together after the ball had gone out of play for a throw-in. Frank and Joel Veltman have been tussling over the ball, prompting De Zerbi to stay his neb in. It’s one thing and nothing however each managers get booked by referee Michael Salisbury earlier than shaking fingers.

41 min: Ben Mee sticks a leg out to dam a volley from Solly March that regarded goalbound. Good defending.

39 min: Nothing a lot occurs for some time till Ivan Toney will get his funk on over having his toes trod upon by Joel Veltman.

36 min: Brighton advance up the left flank with Estupinan after which Trossard on the ball. An Estupinan run in behind is picked out by a ball excessive however he treads on it. Offside.

33 min: Brentford nook, their first of the match. Mbeumo’s supply is dreadful and he sends the ball excessive and vast.

32 min: Leandro Trossard jinks this fashion and that on the left aspect of the Brentford penalty space earlier than firing excessive over the Brentford cross-bar.

29 min: With two defenders in entrance of him, Ivan Toney flicks the ball dwelling rabona type, connecting with a pull-back from Bryan Mbeumo after some slick one-touch passing play from the supplier and Frank Onyeka down the proper from Brentford. That’s a beautiful deft end. Adam Webster was left wanting fairly bamboozled.

GOAL! Brentford 1-0 Brighton (Toney 28)

26 min: Brentford are defending a free-kick from vast on the proper with Ethan Pinnock off the pitch, ready to come back again on after receiving therapy for an damage. For causes finest identified to himself, referee Michael Salisbury doesn’t enable him again on earlier than the set-piece is taken. Pascal Gross sends the ball straight into the gloves of Raya.

24 min: Now Brentford go shut, with Bryan Mbeumo demonstrating great approach to attach with a cross and hit the bar with a surprising volley from the proper aspect of the Brighton penalty space. So shut.

21 min: From the nook, the ball pinballs across the Brentford penalty space earlier than Joel Veltman brings an honest save out of Raya with an effort from shut vary.

19 min: After a shaky begin, Brighton proceed to take the sport to Brentford however with out creating a lot in the best way of goalscoring alternatives. Trying a pull-back from the byline, Estupinan finds a Brentford shirt however moments later David Raya saves properly from Caicedo, tipping his shot from the sting of the realm over the bar.

16 min: From the sting of the six-yard field, Danny Welbeck mistimes his soar and fails to hassle David Raya unduly with a header he ought to have buried at the back of the online regardless of being below stress from Rico Henry. Poor from Welbeck, who has not scored but this season.

15 min: Ethan Pinnock will get down on his haunches to dam a shot from Danny Welbeck, who had been performed to the sting of the Brentford six-yard field by a intelligent stabbed cross from Leandro Trossard.

12 min: Brighton are having fun with spells of sustained possession on the ball for the primary time within the sport however a Lewis Dunk crossfield ball to the proper flank is intercepted. Ivan Toney attracts a foul from Adam Webster not too removed from the midway line. Webster shakes his head, weary on the injustice of all of it.

10 min: Pervis Estupinan squares the ball for Moises Caicedo on the sting of the Brentford penalty space. The ball is labored vast to Solly March, whose cross from the proper is plucked from the air by David Raya at his far put up.

8 min: Brighton win a goal-kick and dawdle over it, prompting jeers from the house followers. Time-wasting inside 10 minutes? It might be an extended evening.

7 min: Brentford, taking part in a 4-3-3 in comparison with their traditional 3-5-2 below Thomas Frank are within the ascendency in the intervening time, urgent Brighton excessive up the pitch and stopping the guests’ makes an attempt to play by means of them.

5 min: Toney finds house on the proper once more and sends a cross into the Brighton penalty space. Frank Onyeka heads over the bar, however not by a lot.

3 min: Brentford win a free-kick about 50 yards from the Brighton aim. Bryan Mbeumo sends the ball floating in the direction of Ivan Toney, who had made a run to the proper aspect of the Brighton penalty space. His try to cross on the volley is blocked.

2 min: With a lot of them waving Zambia flags, Brighton’s travelling followers launch right into a chant celebnrating Enock Mwepu and their hosts take part.

Brentford v Brighton is go …

Not lengthy now: Each units of gamers march out and line up both aspect of refereee Michael Salisbury and his crew of match officers. Unbeaten in 9 video games below the Friday evening lights, Brentford put on pink and white striped shirts, black shorts and black socks. I’m going with “turqouise” to explain Brighton’s equipment for tonight.

The Bloom v Benham derby: As is customary when Brighton journey to Brentford, the guests’ proprietor Tony Bloom is within the away finish with the travelling followers as his animosity in the direction of Brentford proprietor Matthew Benham, his former apprentice, precludes him from taking a company seat. No person aside from the duo involved appears fairly certain why the pair fell out however their mutual antipathy is, by many accounts, very actual.

Enock Mwepu: Brighton have Zambia flags up of their dressing-room in tribute to their former team-mate and arrive out for his or her warm-up carrying T-shirts in homage. “CHAMBISHI TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE,” they are saying on the entrance, alongside an image of Mwepu. “YOUR DREAM CAME TRUE. WE ARE ALL WITH YOU.”

These groups: Robbed of final yr’s Puskas Award for his tap-in in opposition to Liverpool, Ethan Pinnock retains his place in Brentford’s line-up however Thomas Frank recollects midfielders Vitaly Janelt and Frank Onyeka, together with winger Yoane Wissa. Brighton supervisor Roberto De Zerbi picks the identical beginning XI for his third match out of three in command of the membership.

Brentford v Brighton line-ups

Roberto De Zerbi: “We’re capable of defend,” stated Brighton’s supervisor upon being requested how he deliberate to take care of the specter of in-form Brentford striker Ivan Toney. “We have now Dunk, Webster and Veltman, they’re massive and nice gamers. We have now to defend as an 11 and assault as an 11, I don’t need to put extra duty on Dunk or Webster, as a result of the primary defender must be Welbeck and the primary attacker must be Dunk.

“Brentford is an efficient crew. We must endure, they’ve an excellent type of play, second balls and lengthy balls, however we are able to play our soccer they usually must endure as properly; our abilities and talent, our gamers, our type of play and I believe the final consequence is just not truthful and we’ve the likelihood to win the following sport.

“They’re an excellent crew, they will play with 5 defenders or 4. The final sport in opposition to Newcastle, they performed with 5 defenders, however they will play with three attackers. However we’re able to play in opposition to each type.”

Thomas Frank on his reverse quantity, Roberto De Zerbi: “We’ve checked out his first two video games after which we glance extra on the supervisor,” stated Brentford’s supervisor forward. “I believe he did an excellent job at Sassuolo, he additionally did high quality at Shakhtar, however Sassuolo is the place he did most of his good work.

“He inherits an excellent squad, a well-drilled crew, and now he must put his personal concepts in. I believe it’s an attention-grabbing signing for the Premier League. We all know what Brighton will include. They’ll attempt to dominate possession, attempt to be versatile – we want to have the ability to shut that down.”

Early crew information

Premier League: Brentford v Brighton