Sunderland vs Brighton & Hove Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion volition beryllium looking to physique connected their beardown commencement to the caller Premier League play erstwhile they question to the Stadium of Light to look Sunderland connected Saturday afternoon.

The Seagulls picked up each 3 points successful their astir caller distant lucifer against the Black Cats successful March, with a second-half onslaught from Yankuba Minteh sealing a slender 1-0 victory.

Match preview

After 5 Premier League matches, Sunderland person collected lone 4 points, but fixed the mode successful which Regis Le Bris’s spirited broadside person acquitted themselves, the Black Cats volition rightly consciousness aggrieved not to beryllium sitting higher than 14th successful the table with a larger points total.

Sunderland dominated ample spells of their 1-1 gully with Brentford and frustrated champions Arsenal successful a 2-0 location decision earlier going “toe-to-toe” with leaders Manchester City, but yet losing 5-3 successful an eventful contention anterior to the planetary break.

In a crippled that saw the Black Cats peg City backmost doubly successful the archetypal half, Brian Brobbey became the sixth subordinate to people a Premier League hat-trick and travel distant connected the losing side, with Le Bris’s men incapable to physique connected their historical 1-0 Europa League triumph implicit AZ Alkmaar a fewer days earlier.

Seeking to debar a 3rd successive Premier League decision for the archetypal clip since securing promotion backmost to the apical tier past season, Sunderland person failed to triumph immoderate of their past 4 encounters with Brighton (D1 L3) since a 2-0 location triumph arsenic a Championship nine backmost successful October 2004.

However, the Black Cats volition anticipation that their nonstop attack could nullify Brighton’s precocious property this clip around, arsenic lone Man City (19) person had less precocious turnovers against them successful the top-flight this play than Le Bris’s men (20).

Brighton produced the show of gameweek 5 successful the Premier League arsenic they stunned champions Arsenal by winning 3-0 astatine the Amex Stadium 3 weeks ago, courtesy of goals from Pascal Gross – September’s Player of the Month – Charalampos Kostoulas and caller signing Chema Anders.

A “special” triumph hailed by caput manager Fabian Hurzeler means that the Seagulls person present won connected location ungraded against the reigning Premier League champions successful each of the past 3 seasons, having antecedently beaten Man City successful 2024-25 and Liverpool successful 2025-26.

Sitting 3rd successful the array with 10 points from 5 matches (W3 D1 L1), Brighton person peculiarly excelled successful onslaught truthful acold this play having scored a division-high 16 goals, portion they person besides netted 7 times crossed their Conference League and EFL Cup fixtures.

The Seagulls person already scored astatine slightest 3 goals successful six of their 8 matches crossed each competitions this term, but lone erstwhile successful their past 12 meetings with Sunderland person they ever netted 3+ goals – a 3-0 league triumph backmost successful November 1988.

Brighton person besides impressed defensively and volition caput into Saturday’s contention bidding to triumph 3 consecutive Premier League matches without conceding for the archetypal clip since October 2018; they person kept a cleanable expanse successful each of their past 3 games versus the Black Cats.

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Team News

Sunderland brace Brian Brobbey and Daniel Ballard are ruled retired with hamstring injuries sustained connected planetary duty, joining Habib Diarra (hamstring) and Romaine Mundle (knee) successful the attraction room.

Wilson Isidor is expected to regenerate Brobbey arsenic the cardinal striker and could beryllium supported successful onslaught by Nilson Angulo and Malick Fofana, the second of whom is hoping to marque his afloat Premier League debut since joining connected deadline day.

Le Bris volition measurement up whether to manus Luke O'Nein oregon Omar Alderete a commencement astatine centre-back successful the lack of Ballard, oregon determination Nordi Mukiele implicit from right-back into the bosom of the defence alongside Kevin Danso.

Thomas Meunier and Trai Hume whitethorn truthful conflict for a commencement astatine right-back, portion Reinildo Mandava could regenerate Dayann Methalie astatine left-back aft serving a one-match suspension.

As for Brighton, Yankuba Minteh (calf), Stefanos Tzimas (knee), Pascal Struijk (thigh) and Evan Ferguson (ankle) each stay sidelined with injuries.

Lewis Dunk missed the triumph implicit Arsenal owed to a cervix injury, but the Seagulls skipper returned to grooming earlier this week and could beryllium acceptable to commencement alongside Luka Vuskovic astatine centre-back..

Jack Hinshelwood (unspecified), Mats Wieffer (knee), Kaoru Mitoma, Femi Azeez (both thigh), Yasin Ayari (illness) and Zadok Yohanna (unspecified) volition besides beryllium assessed up of kickoff.

With 5 extremity contributions (three goals, 2 assists) successful his past 3 appearances, Charalampos Kostoulas volition anticipation to beryllium rewarded with different commencement up beforehand connected Saturday, which would unit Georginio Rutter to statesman arsenic a substitute.

Sunderland imaginable starting lineup:

Roefs; Meunier, Mukiele, Danso, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki; Fofana, Le Fee, Angulo; Isidor

Brighton & Hove Albion imaginable starting lineup:

Verbruggen; Kadioglu, Vuskovic, Dunk, Boscagli; Gross, Ayari; Gomez, Yalcouye, De Cuyper; Kostoulas

We say: Sunderland 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton person been uncovering the nett for amusive this term, and they volition fancy their chances successful beforehand of extremity against a Sunderland defence that shipped 5 goals against Man City past clip retired and has managed conscionable 1 cleanable expanse successful their past 7 Premier League outings.

Although the Black Cats person the tactical credentials to frustrate Hurzeler’s side, we are backing the free-scoring Seagulls to outscore their opponents and prime up maximum points erstwhile again.

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