Albion are back in Premier League action on Sunday when Fulham visit the Amex, kick off 2pm.
Team news
At his pre-match press conference, head coach Roberto De Zerbi said there were no fresh injury concerns after Thursday’s 2-0 win over Ajax and that Pervis Estupian and Tariq Lamptey are close to returning after injury. “I hope there can be a chance for Sunday, but I don’t know yet,” said De Zerbi.
“We are waiting for them and I don’t want to take a risk with them, especially in that position on the pitch. We are suffering too much to take a risk.”
If selected, Pascal Gross will make his 200th Premier League appearance on Sunday.
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Fulham’s highly experienced goalkeeper Bernd Leno has kept three clean sheets in the Premier League this season, only three keepers have kept more.
Leno joined the club in 2022 and goes into Sunday’s encounter at the Amex four short of 150 PL appearances. The 31-year-old German joined Fulham from Arsenal, for whom he made 101 league starts. He has kept 36 clean sheets across his Premier League career.
Stats and facts
- Albion have never beaten Fulham in six Premier League meetings (D3 L3). They had won five in a row against them in the Championship between 2014 and 2017 before promotion to the top-flight.
- Fulham did the Premier League double over Albion last season, last winning three consecutive league games against the Seagulls between 1985 and 1986 in the second tier.
- Albion have faced Fulham more often without ever winning in the Premier League than they have any other opponent (6). Meanwhile, Fulham have only faced Norwich more often without ever losing in the competition (8).
- Albion are winless in their last three Premier League games (D1 L2), their longest winless run since winning none of their first five games under Roberto De Zerbi in October 2022. Indeed, the Seagulls have won just one of their last 15 league games in October (D8 L6), a 4-1 win against Chelsea on the exact date of this game last year (October 29th, 2022).
- Fulham have lost 17 of their last 24 Premier League matches played on Sundays (W3 D4), losing the last five in a row since a 3-2 win at Leeds last October.
- Brighton have both scored and conceded in all nine of their Premier League matches this season. The last top-flight side to do so in all of their first ten games of a season was Tottenham Hotspur in 1988-89.
- Albion have scored in each of their last 25 Premier League games. There’s only ever been five instances of a team scoring in more consecutive games, most recently Liverpool between March and December 2021 (28 in a row).
- Fulham manager Marco Silva has won three Premier League games against Brighton, beating a different manager each time (Chris Hughton, Graham Potter, Roberto De Zerbi). Having won his last two against the Seagulls, he is looking to win three in a row against an opponent for just a second time, also doing so against Southampton (2019-2023).
- Substitutes have scored 15 Premier League goals for Brighton in 2023, only two fewer than they had scored for them between 2017 and 2022 (17). It’s the joint most goals scored by subs in a single year by a team in Premier League history, with Spurs in 2008 and Arsenal in 2009 also seeing subs score 15 times.
- Fulham winger Willian has been involved in four goals in five Premier League starts against Albion (2 goals, 2 assists), with three of those involvements coming in games at the Amex Stadium (1 goal, 2 assists).
Match officials
Referee: Michael Salisbury
Assistant Referees: Timothy Wood & Derek Eaton
Fourth Official: Tim Robinson
Video Assistant Referee: Peter Bankes