Key occasions
57 min: Brighton began the half rapidly, however that’s all blown out now. Spurs look pretty comfy in the meanwhile.
55 min: Webster channels his inside Beckenbauer and strides down the inside-left channel. He takes a whack from distance. Romero bravely opens his legs to deflect the shot out for a nook, his fruit bowl taking a lot of the blow. He’s quickly up once more, after just a few deep breaths and a fast stock examine, and nothing comes of the ensuing nook, so it was all price it ultimately.
53 min: Sessegnon rolls a go down the left to set Son on his means. Son reaches the sting of the field and considers capturing. He’s acquired choices, too: Kane within the center, Sessegnon on the overlap. He does nothing, although, finally attempting to dribble his means into the field and delivery possession briefly order. Unusually indecisive.
51 min: Spurs sluggish issues down a bit with some affected person passing in the midst of the park.
49 min: Veltman is booked for a slide sort out on Son. He’d hooked the ball away from the Spurs striker, and was making off with it, so he’s furious. However the referee views that he’s gone by means of his man.
48 min: Caicedo robs Bentancur within the centre circle. He can’t flip and begin an assault, as a result of Bentancur holds on. The Spurs midfielder is pretty lucky not to enter the e book.
47 min: Estupinan hooks in from the left however neither Trossard nor Welbeck, six yards out, can join. Romero’s presence an excessive amount of for them.
46 min: March instantly takes on Sessegnon down the suitable and loops into the Spurs field. Lloris comes out and flaps, however does simply sufficient to get the ball away from hazard.
Brighton get the second half underway. Neither supervisor has made a change through the break.
Half-time leisure.
HALF TIME: Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Nothing occurs within the further minute. Spurs began strongly and deserved their early lead, however Brighton labored their means again into the sport and got here near equalising on a few events. All arrange properly for some second-half enjoyable!
45 min: There might be one minute added to the tip of this primary half.
44 min: Caicedo wins possession on the sting of the Spurs field. He slips a go down the inside-left channel for Welbeck, who pelts in the direction of the bottom-left nook. Lloris parries, as he ought to.
42 min: Sessegnon strips the ball from Veltman on the sting of the Brighton field. He prepares to show and set himself as much as strike, however the whistle goes for a foul. That was a fairly beneficiant studying of the defender’s plight, and Brighton get away with one there.
40 min: One other Brighton nook, this outing on the left. Spurs cope with it simply sufficient. This can be a good response from Brighton after their sluggish begin.
39 min: Mac Allister tees up March, simply to the suitable of the Spurs D. He takes a contact inside and lotions a low drive millimetres extensive of the right-hand put up. Had that been on the right track, Lloris, rooted to the spot, was by no means getting there. Brighton getting nearer and nearer.
38 min: Davies flips a intelligent go down the inside-left channel and practically releases Sessegnon into the Brighton field. Webster comes throughout to shepherd the ball out for a objective kick, and it seems Sessegnon was offside anyway, however that was a cute ball from Davies.
36 min: Gross sends an outswinger in the direction of Dunk, on the sting of the six-yard field. Dunk rises highest and will work Lloris on the very least, however in aiming for the highest left, sends his header inches over the bar. Very near an equaliser.
35 min: Romero recovers and will get again up. March’s first nook from the left results in one other. That second one is labored to the opposite wing, and now Brighton might be sending a nook in from the suitable.
34 min: Brighton proceed to push Spurs again. March loops in from the suitable. Estupinan’s presence forces Romero into the concession of a nook. Romero goes down, having winded himself in collision together with his personal man Doherty.
32 min: The ensuing free kick is distributed into the mixer. Bissouma makes up for his mistake by blocking Trossard’s shot.
31 min: … all of which frustrates Spurs, Bissouma ploughing by means of the again of Mac Allister and going into the e book. The house followers wished their one-time hero despatched off, however yellow appears about proper, regardless that Mac Allister could have felt that no-nonsense problem.
30 min: Brighton are having fun with a bit extra time on the ball now. They ping the ball round and push Spurs again.
28 min: … however Brighton aren’t out of this, and Caicedo reminds Spurs he’s there, creaming a low drive in the direction of the underside left from 25 yards. Lloris does effectively to parry clear.
27 min: Kane takes a fast throw down the left, sending Sessegnon into acres. Sessegnon whistles a low cross out of play on the suitable, Son by no means prone to meet it. Spurs look effectively up for a second.
26 min: Unhealthy information for Brighton: Spurs have gained 17 of the 21 video games by which they’ve scored first beneath Antonio Conte. They’ve drawn three of the opposite 4.
24 min: Kane is almost in once more, however can’t get a shot away. The ball breaks to Son, who tries his luck from a good angle on the suitable. That’s blocked, after which Bissouma drags harmlessly extensive left. Brighton are rocking right here, and the scoreline is not more than Spurs deserve.
23 min: Brighton initially claimed an offside, however March was means deeper than everybody else within the residence defence, taking part in everybody on. Kane factors to the heavens. That one was for Gian Piero.
GOAL! Brighton 0-1 Tottenham (Kane 22)
The nook from the suitable is half cleared. Hojbjerg recycles possession, dinking down the inside-right channel for Son, who checks and curls a shot goalwards. The shot is was a cross by Kane, who flicks an instinctive header into the left-hand facet of the web from six yards!
21 min: … so having mentioned that, Bentancur’s highly effective shot flies by means of a crowded field and in the direction of the underside proper. Sanchez does extraordinarily effectively to react simply in time, and palm the ball out for a nook. From which …
20 min: It’s been a vigorous and pretty entertaining first 20 minutes, even when neither keeper has had any severe work to do but.
18 min: Extra catcalls directed at Kane, who’s booked after slyly sweeping the ball previous Webster together with his hand as he zipped into the Brighton field. Kane seems perplexed, nevertheless it appeared like a deliberate motion, and he can don’t have any complaints.
17 min: Mac Allister slips a go down the inside-right channel for Welbeck, who reaches the sting of the field and takes an early shot. He drags the ball throughout Lloris and inches extensive of the left-hand put up. Not a nasty effort by any means, although had he rolled infield, Trossard, forward of the final man, would have certainly slapped residence from 12 yards.
16 min: Ah, you possibly can hear the house followers now, as Kane lumps an uncharacteristically dreadful go, meant for Sessegnon down the left, out for a objective kick. They take pleasure in goading the Spurs captain, whose playmaking is normally so a lot better than that.
15 min: Spurs have accomplished a very good job of silencing the house crowd. It’s the away part you possibly can hear, marching in, all that.
13 min: Son drops a shoulder to make himself some house, 30 yards out. The ensuing shot flies 30 yards over, however Spurs proceed their spectacular begin. They’ve loved 70 p.c possession to this point, Brighton being performed at their very own recreation.
11 min: Son sends Sessegnon into house down the left. Sessegnon crosses lengthy. Doherty arrives on the right-hand fringe of the Brighton D and screams a volley excessive and extensive. It wasn’t a simple probability. It might have been some objective.
10 min: Brighton lastly present in assault, Trossard and Welbeck linking effectively down the suitable. March fires in a cross. Half cleared. He tries once more. Cleared once more. Lastly Mac Allister floats … what? A cross? A shot? Both means, it’s a simple catch for Lloris.
9 min: … however Spurs proceed to fly, and Kane romps down the suitable. His shot is blocked. The ball comes again to him, and he seems for Sessegnon within the center, just for his dinked cross to be cleared. This can be a first rate begin by the guests.
7 min: Bentancur rolls a go down the inside-right channel to launch Doherty, who has a yard on Estupinan and strides into the penalty space. Doherty ought to both shoot or roll throughout for Sessegnon, in acres on his personal within the Brighton field, however hesitates, loses management of his ft, and clumsily toe-pokes out for a objective kick. Large probability spurned.
6 min: Spurs are hogging the ball throughout these early exchanges. They had been fairly passive towards Arsenal final weekend, so their followers will admire this return positivity. Let’s see in the event that they stick with it.
4 min: Spurs take their candy time to line up the free kick. Then Son loops the free kick over the wall and down in the direction of the underside left. Correct however gentle on energy. Sanchez is behind all of it the best way and parries clear.
2 min: Spurs begin confidently, and Kane is discovered simply to the left of the Brighton D. Mac Allister panics and clumsily barges into him from behind. A free kick in a really harmful place right here.
An emotional second of heartfelt applause for Ventrone. Then the knee, a gesture met with extra heat applause. Respect and love the highest observe throughout the Amex. Poor Conte seems drained. Spurs get the ball rolling.
The groups are out. Brighton put on their blue and white stripes, whereas Spurs sport second-choice purple. The gamers will take the knee earlier than kick-off, with the Premier League’s No Room for Racism marketing campaign going down over the following two rounds of video games. Premier League captains determined earlier than the beginning of the season to focus on a number of factors through the marketing campaign so as to add emphasis to the gesture towards racism and different types of discrimination. Love and solidarity. We’ll be off in a few minutes.
Spurs have been warming up in t-shirts devoted to Ventrone. Each groups will put on black armbands and there might be a minute of silence earlier than kick-off.
A sombre Antonio Conte speaks to Sky in regards to the lack of their health coach Gian Piero Ventrone, who handed away earlier this week. “To search out phrases for Gian Piero could be very troublesome at this second. I’m … and we’re … devastated by the ache of what has occurred. No-one anticipated this case. Typically life just isn’t all the time a optimistic state of affairs. And for that reason we have now to manage in the very best means, and in addition as a result of I do know Gian Piero wished us to remain robust. We’ll proceed to do our work in the best way he taught us.”
Roberto De Zerbi talks to Sky Sports activities. “I didn’t wish to change issues a lot. This week we have now labored to seek out extra order and organisation, and to proceed as we did towards Liverpool. I didn’t wish to change the primary XI as a result of in Liverpool it was a very good recreation, and for the second I wish to proceed on this means.”
This was a match-up between third and fourth this morning. The 3pm kick-offs have altered that, although. Brighton have been knocked down a few locations to sixth, due to Chelsea’s 3-0 win over Wolves and Newcastle’s 5-1 rout of Brentford. Manchester Metropolis have gone high, by the best way, two factors away from Arsenal after dispatching Southampton 4-0, however our desk generator, tasked to focus on Spurs and Brighton, doesn’t wish to present that. To be honest, it additionally doesn’t wish to present Bournemouth rising to eighth after their 2-1 comeback win over Leicester, however what you gonna do. Anti-Metropolis bias! Cherry-hating agenda!
If It Ain’t Broke dept. Within the wake of Brighton’s 3-3 draw at Anfield, a end result that critically flattered Liverpool, Roberto De Zerbi names an unchanged facet. Moises Caicedo handed a late health take a look at to retain his place.
Spurs make 4 adjustments to the facet that drew 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Tuesday. Ryan Sessegnon, Matt Doherty, Ben Davies and former Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma are available in for Richarlison, Ivan Perisic and Clement Lenglet, who’re benched, and the suspended Emerson Royal.
The groups
Brighton & Hove Albion: Sanchez, Veltman, Dunk, Webster, March, Mac Allister, Caicedo, Estupinan, Gross, Welbeck, Trossard.
Subs: Lamptey, Colwill, Lallana, Sarmiento, Undav, Mitoma, Steele, Gilmour, Turns.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Romero, Dier, Davies, Doherty, Bissouma, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Sessegnon, Son, Kane.
Subs: Skipp, Sanchez, Richarlison, Gil Salvatierra, Perisic, Forster, Spence, Sarr, Lenglet.
Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland).
Preamble
Welcome to the massive meridional assembly between two erstwhile titans of the Southern League: the 1909-10 champions Brighton & Hove Albion and 1899-1900 winners Tottenham Hotspur. Nonetheless, whereas it’s one title apiece from these non-league days, Spurs have authored a vastly superior resumé through the subsequent Soccer League years: champions of England twice, plus eight FA Cups and 4 League Cups, set towards Brighton’s … however soccer’s not nearly profitable trinkets, is it.
Nonetheless, this illustrates a lot about measurement and concomitant expectation. And that in flip explains why Spurs – presently third, simply 4 factors off the highest – go into this weekend on one thing of a downer, whereas Brighton – three factors behind in fourth – are excessive on life. Tottenham had their shorts and pants handed to them by league leaders and rivals Arsenal final Saturday lunchtime, Antonio Conte’s model of rope-a-dope soccer failing to wow the punters. Brighton in contrast might have had six or seven at Anfield, taking part in soccer really easy on the attention they’re melting hearts all throughout the land (with the doable exception of Croydon and surrounding areas).
So that is teed up intriguingly. Will Goliath grind out a win? Or will David present them the way it ought to be accomplished? Brighton will wish to again up the nice notices they obtained after the 3-3 at Liverpool with one other progressive efficiency towards one of many massive boys. Spurs could really feel they should make a press release by placing on a present themselves. Brighton have gained two of the final three towards Spurs. Conte is unbeaten in 4 matches towards Roberto De Zerbi, profitable three and drawing one with Inter towards Sassuolo. Good luck calling it, then! Kick off is at 5.30pm BST. It’s on!
