Graham Potter’s men found out their 2020/21 fixtures on Thursday.
Here we take a look at when they’ll come up against the Premier League’s top sides and how Albion fared against them during the 2019/20 campaign.
Arsenal
Home: Monday 28th December 2020
Away: Sunday 23rd May 2021
Albion completed a first Premier League double over the Gunners last season, registering two 2-1 victories. Neal Maupay scored the winner both at the Emirates and the Amex – the latter coming in the first game after a lengthy break owing to the COVID-19 outbreak. Nicolas Pepe opened the scoring with a bending effort into the top corner before Lewis Dunk scrambled the ball over the line to equalise. Maupay then scored the winner after good work by Aaron Connolly and Alexis Mac Allister.
Chelsea
Home: Monday 14th September 2020
Away: Saturday 17th April 2021
Alireza Jahanbakhsh found the back of the net with Albion’s Goal of the Season in the 1-1 draw against Chelsea at the Amex on New Year’s Day. The two sides had met earlier in the season at Stamford Bridge, where the Londoners were 2-0 winners.
Manchester City
Home: Saturday 15th May 2021
Away: Wednesday 13th January 2021
City got the better of Graham Potter’s side both home and away, beating us 4-0 at the Etihad, before putting five past the Seagulls without reply at the Amex.
Manchester United
Home: Saturday 26th January 2021
Away: Saturday 3rd April 2021
A clinical United side dispatched a spirited Albion at Old Trafford, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team winning 3-1, before putting the Seagulls to the sword in a 3-0 victory at the Amex after the restart.
Liverpool
Home: Saturday 28th November 2020
Away: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Albion produced an impressive performance and were valiant in defeat when the teams met at Anfield in November. Virgil van Dijk’s two headers had the home side in control, but the Seagulls rallied after the break.
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker was sent off after 76 minutes, before Lewis Dunk’s quickly taken free-kick halved the deficit with 11 minutes to play and Albion came close to an equaliser in the final stages, but the home side hung on.
The Reds also won at the Amex in July. Goals from Mohammed Salah and Jordan Henderson put the champions ahead before Leandro Trossard pulled one back. Salah would have the final say, though, heading home Andy Robertson’s corner as it finished 3-1.
Tottenham Hotspur
Home: Saturday 30th January 2021
Away: Saturday 31st October 2020
The Seagulls produced arguably one of their performance of the season last year when they defeated Spurs 3-0 at the Amex in October. A goal from Neal Maupay and a brace from Aaron Connolly were enough to give Graham Potter’s men an impressive win on home soil.
The reverse fixture at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Boxing Day ended in a 2-1 victory for the home side. Adam Webster headed the Seagulls in front before goals from Harry Kane and Dele Alli turned the match around.