Spurs team news: De Cuyper to be assessed, Hinshelwood out

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Albion's last game at the Amex was their 2-1 win over Manchester City.

Charlie Hanson

2025-09-19T09:10+01:00

Maxim De Cuyper went off in the first half against Bournemouth. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Albion will be looking to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth when they entertain Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday at the Amex, kick-off 3pm.

Team news

Jack Hinshelwood picked up an ankle injury in the opening minute of our 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth last week. 📷 by James Boardman.

Albion: Fabian Hurzeler confirmed that Jack Hinshelwood will be out for a while with an ankle ligament problem, while Maxim De Cuyper will be assessed to see if he can make the squad.

"Unfortunately we had two injuries in the game against Bournemouth. Jack [Hinshelwood] will be out for a long time. He has a ligament injury in his ankle, it happened in a very unlucky way, but that's football," said Hurzeler.

"For Maxim [De Cuyper], it's not so bad so he might be available. It's not a big injury so hopefully he will be back soon. Mats Wieffer is back and available."

Spurs: James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin are all due to miss the game with knee injuries, while Dominic Solanke is reported to have returned to training this week after a month out with an ankle problem.

Their last line-up

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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 16, 2025

Tottenham's return to Champions League football went as planned for Thomas Frank, as he guided his team to a 1-0 win over Villarreal, thanks to a fourth minute own goal from Luiz Junior.

The stats

Brighton completed a Premier League double over Tottenham Hotspur last season – the only time they have ever won back-to-back league meetings with Spurs.

Tottenham have lost away to Brighton in both of the last two league seasons but have never before lost three successive visits.

Albion have lost just one of their last 10 home Premier League matches (W6 D3), and are unbeaten in six at the Amex (W3 D3) since a 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa in April.

Tottenham have won both their away league games so far this season by an aggregate score of 5-0; not since November 2020 under José Mourinho have they won three consecutive Premier League matches on the road (run of four).

Albion have the lowest points per defensive action in the Premier League this season (9.5), as well as recording the most shots following high turnovers, attempting eight from their 31 so far.

Only two sides have attempted more crosses in the Premier League this season than Tottenham (89), with their three goals from crosses the most of any side in 2025-26.

Only Chelsea (14) and Manchester City (12) have created more big chances in the Premier League this season than Albion (10), with the Seagulls scoring four of those opportunities; the eighth-best conversion rate.

Spurs boss Thomas Frank lost his first two Premier League meetings with Brighton in the 2021-22 season, but he’s only lost one of his last six against the Seagulls (W2 D3), all while manager of Brentford.

Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh has the highest take-on success rate among players with 10+ attempted in the Premier League this season (65% - 13/20), while only Oscar Bobb (10) has recorded more take-ons in the opposition’s box than Minteh’s six.

After assisting on his Premier League debut for Tottenham, Xavi Simons has now been involved in eight goals across his last 10 top-flight league appearances (4 goals, 4 assists).

Match officials