Fabian Hurzeler on what makes Brighton good: “Brilliant at the basics. That’s our foundation.
That’s what made us strong and hopefully will make us strong in the future. It’s not about first outplaying the opponent, it’s about outworking the opponent.”Marco Rose is asked to identify Ipswich’s threat to Bournemouth today, and his response is, I have to say, vicious: “They want to win the game, I’m quite sure.
It’s a nice ground.”Team news!Team news has leaked (well, been published), and here are the lineups for the 2pm Premier League games:Brighton v Brentford Brighton: Verbruggen, Costinha, Vuskovic, Dunk, Boscagli, Gross, Andres, Gomez, Ayari, De Cuyper, Kostoulas. Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Hinshelwood, Rutter, Minteh, Kadioglu, Wieffer, Svoboda, Yalcouye.
Brentford: Kelleher, Kayode, Ajer, van den Berg, Hickey, Sangare, Janelt, Ouattara, Schade, Lewis-Potter, Thiago. Subs: Valdimarsson, Yarmolyuk, Jensen, Wilson, Anthony, Collins, Damsgaard, Diouf, Schuster.
Referee: Michael Oliver.Crystal Palace v Liverpool Crystal Palace: Henderson, Lerma, Richards, Disasi, Mingueza, Wharton, Timber, Mitchell, Kamada, Pino, Larsen. Subs: Benitez, Canvot, Nketiah, McNeil, Hughes, Osorio, Khalaili, Doucoure, Chilwell.
Liverpool: Alisson, Araujo, Jacquet, van Dijk, Kerkez, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Gakpo, Wirtz, Barcola, Isak. Subs: Mamardashvili, Gomez, Endo, Tsimikas, Munoz, Nyoni, McConnell, Koumas, Ngumoha.
Referee: Tony Harrington (Cleveland).Ipswich v Bournemouth Ipswich: Walton, Ouattara, O’Shea, Diop, Davis, Florentino, Palacios, Maeda, Enciso, Philogene-Bidace, Emersonn. Subs: Scherpen, Furlong, Matusiwa, Fatawu, Flemming, Lukic, Greaves, Akpom, Clarke.
Bournemouth: Petrovic, Smith, Hill, Silva, Truffert, Adams, Christie, Rayan, Kluivert, Tavernier, Evanilson. Subs: Di Gregorio, Cook, Soler, Scott, Doak, Diakite, Adli, Junior Kroupi, Rodriguez.
Referee: Simon Hooper.Sunderland v Chelsea Sunderland: Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, O’Nien, Mandava, Xhaka, Sadiki, Meunier, Talbi, Le Fee, Brobbey. Subs: Ellborg, Danso, Methalie, Nilson Angulo, Rigg, Isidor, Ahoka, Fofana, Tutierov.
Chelsea: Penders, Palestra, Fofana, Colwill, Chavarria, Caicedo, Lavia, Palmer, Henderson, Rogers, Pedro Neto. Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Barco, Welbeck, Emegha, Quenda, Gusto, Anselmino, Nicoll-Jazuli, Estevao.
Referee: Jarred Gillett.PreambleHello world! We have four intriguing Premier League matches ahead of us today, with the teams currently fourth (Chelsea) and sixth (Liverpool) in the table playing away to the teams in 20th (Sunderland) and 19th (Crystal Palace), while the early afternoon’s big clash, between Brighton and Brentford, gives us the prospect of Brighton – with more than a quarter of the season played mind you – moving to second in the table.
Plus, bubbling away in the background, half a game in the Scottish Premiership, the best part of three in the WSL and a side-order of FA Cup action. So, and to summarise, welcome!
Here are the 2pm Premier League fixtures:Brighton v Brentford Crystal Palace v Liverpool Ipswich Town v Bournemouth Sunderland v ChelseaAnd then at 4.30pm: Manchester United v Aston Villa