Brighton vs Arsenal preview; kickoff time, team news, how to follow, stream

Who: Brighton vs Arsenal
What: English Premier League
Where: AMEX Stadium, Brighton, United Kingdom
When: 12:30pm (12:30 GMT) connected Saturday
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Mikel Arteta says Arsenal indispensable “flip that coin” successful their quest to beryllium crowned champions of England pursuing 2 agonising near-misses.

The second-placed Gunners, runners-up to Manchester City implicit the past 2 seasons, are six points down Arne Slot’s rampaging Liverpool, who person a crippled successful hand, having played fractional their league fixtures.

Arsenal beat Brentford 3-1 successful their past lucifer connected Wednesday but stumbles successful October and aboriginal November mean the Gunners are playing catch-up and Arteta connected Friday pleaded for consistency from his men, who question to look mid-table Brighton connected Saturday.

“We person to amusement the aforesaid level of consistency and a spot much due to the fact that the past year, we person been the champion squad successful the league, breached assorted records and inactive haven’t won a large trophy, truthful thing is missing,” said the Spaniard.

“It’s going to beryllium precise thin, tiny details, you tin prime up definite games and situations. But astatine the end, we’re truthful adjacent and we conscionable person to flip that coin to the different broadside to marque it happen.

“That’s lone going to hap if we bash what we person to bash and what we tin control. The remainder is retired of our hands.”

Arsenal had to travel from a extremity down to triumph astatine Brentford connected New Year’s Day [David Klein/Reuters]

Arsenal are bidding to triumph their archetypal Premier League rubric since 2004 but are acceptable to beryllium without Bukayo Saka until March aft the England winger suffered a hamstring wounded against Crystal Palace past month.

“There’s not 1 subordinate that’s going to play 9 games successful a enactment successful that position, it’s impossible,” said Arteta.

He added: “We request much threat, we request much players acceptable and rotation successful that unit. In narration to that, we volition marque decisions and arsenic well, players’ performances – that’s simple.”

The Arsenal brag said helium was unsure whether the nine would fortify successful the January transportation window.

“The absorption is connected the players that we have,” helium said. “When thing is successful the marketplace that we tin spend and judge is going to person a existent interaction connected the team, we person to beryllium unfastened to that possibility.

“We person the quality to alteration the squad successful the windows, but astatine the moment, the absorption is connected what we have.”

Arsenal's triumph implicit Brentford closes the spread connected Liverpool to six points 🫴#FestiveFixtures pic.twitter.com/JAIzpRDlkG

— Premier League (@premierleague) January 1, 2025

Brighton squad news

Danny Welbeck and Evan Ferguson some stay absent done injuries, portion the caller signing, Diego Gomez, is inactive gaining lucifer fitness.

Adam Webster returns to the squad pursuing a thigh injury, portion Jack Hinshelwood is besides acceptable to feature, but Pervis Estupinan faces a precocious fittingness trial pursuing illness.

Predicted Brighton line-up:

Bart Verbruggen, Lamptey, Tariq van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Igor Julio; Carlos Baleba, Yasin Ayari; Brajan Gruda, Julio Enciso, Simon Adingra; Joao Pedro.

Arsenal squad news

Arsenal invited backmost their apical scorer, Kai Havertz, from an illness.

Jurrien Timber misses retired owed to a one-match ban, with Raheem Sterling, Bukayo Saka, Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu each inactive sidelined done injury.

Predicted Arsenal line-up: David Raya; Jakub Kiwior, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Riccardo Calafiori; Martin Odegaard, Thomas Partey, Mikel Merino; Ethan Nwaneri, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli.

Head-to-head

Brighton person failed to triumph successful their past 4 location matches against Arsenal with the Gunners winning 3 of those games.

The Seagulls person claimed triumph successful 3 of their past 7 meetings with the North Londoners – each of those victories came astatine Emirates Stadium.

Next stop: Matchweek 20 🚂 pic.twitter.com/bhpb6jbKzT

— Premier League (@premierleague) January 2, 2025

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