Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton & Hove Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

The Roberto De Zerbi derby kicks disconnected astatine 5.30pm connected Saturday evening, erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton & Hove Albion fastener horns successful gameweek 33 of the 2025-26 Premier League season.

The Lilywhites' caller epoch began successful acquainted manner with a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Sunderland past weekend, portion the Seagulls continued connected their upward trajectory with a 2-0 triumph astatine Burnley.

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Ironically plunged into a deeper consciousness of acheronian astatine the Stadium of Light, Tottenham's De Zerbi days could hardly person started immoderate worse; 1 defeat, nary goals, and 1 much superior wounded to contend with.

On an day wherever Spurs mislaid skipper Cristian Romero to a season-ending genu problem, the Lilywhites were condemned to a harrowing 16th nonaccomplishment of the Premier League campaign, arsenic Nordi Mukiele's deflected effort sparked Sunderland pandemonium.

Marginal improvements whitethorn person been disposable successful Spurs' play, but marginal improvements bash not enactment points connected the committee for the relegation-battling hosts, who stay 2 points beneath the dreaded dotted enactment successful the Premier League table with a specified six games near connected the calendar.

Winless successful 14 Premier League matches since 2026 rolled around, Tottenham person present endured the fourth-longest winless tally successful the contention astatine the commencement of a azygous calendar twelvemonth - the 3 sides to endure longer specified streaks were unsurprisingly each demoted travel the extremity of the season.

The Lilywhites did astatine slightest stun Atletico Madrid 3-2 connected their ain turf not truthful agelong agone - adjacent if that Champions League triumph was inconsequential - but with a paltry 10 location points connected the committee successful the 2025-26 Premier League, Tottenham's location grounds is the worst of its kind.

Brighton person picked up conscionable 1 less constituent successful their past 3 games, than Spurs person collected astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium each season, arsenic the soaring Seagulls person collected 9 points from the past 9 connected connection successful the apical flight.

Sunderland, Liverpool and astir precocious Burnley person succumbed to the visitors' superiority successful caller weeks, and an improbable root successful Mats Wieffer was astatine the treble erstwhile the South Coast broadside strode to a 2-0 triumph astatine Turf Moor past weekend.

Also taking down Brentford and Nottingham Forest implicit the past mates of months - portion lone succumbing to decision against leaders Arsenal - Brighton person collected 15 points from their past six Premier League showdowns, the champion grounds of immoderate squad successful that time.

Just 2 points adrift of Chelsea successful sixth spot, the ninth-placed Seagulls present question a historical nine archetypal - 4 successive Premier League distant victories - portion each of their past 3 successes connected the roadworthy person besides arrived with a cleanable sheet.

Speaking of question triumphs, Brighton memorably demolished Tottenham 4-1 successful the superior during the last gameweek of 2024-25, earlier extending their unbeaten tally against Spurs to 3 matches successful September's 2-2 stalemate.

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While Tottenham person not yet travel retired with an authoritative connection connected Romero, it has been well-reported that the centre-back volition beryllium retired the remainder of the run with a partial MCL tear, albeit 1 that should not derail his World Cup chances.

For now, Romero joins chap genu victims Dejan Kulusevski, Wilson Odobert and James Maddison successful the attraction room, arsenic good arsenic Mohammed Kudus (thigh), Ben Davies (ankle), Rodrigo Bentancur (thigh) and Guglielmo Vicario (hernia), but the second whitethorn person a slim accidental of returning for the weekend.

Kevin Danso is primed and acceptable to capable the Romero void for the remainder of the season, portion Mathys Tel and Xavi Simons should instrumentality their hands up for starts aft Spurs' ineffective attacking show astatine the Stadium of Light.

De Zerbi and Hurzeler tin sympathise erstwhile it comes to the lack of an integral defender, arsenic Brighton skipper Lewis Dunk indispensable service the 2nd of a two-game prohibition for accumulating 10 yellowish cards this weekend.

Adam Webster (knee) and Stefanos Tzimas (knee) are keeping Dunk institution connected the sidelines, but Hurzeler could invited James Milner backmost from a "minor, insignificant injury" that the 40-year-old sustained successful grooming earlier the Burnley success.

However, the Seagulls are inactive blessed with the talents of different seasoned midfielder successful Pascal Gross, who has created 24 chances since rejoining Brighton successful January - the fourth-most successful the part implicit that clip period.

Tottenham Hotspur imaginable starting lineup:

Kinsky; Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie; Gray, Gallagher; Tel, Simons, Richarlison; Solanke

Brighton & Hove Albion imaginable starting lineup:

Verbruggen; Wieffer, Van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu; Ayari, Gross; Gomez, Hinshelwood, Minteh; Welbeck

We say: Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Spurs whitethorn person had much bark astir them successful De Zerbi's debut, but determination is inactive an alarming deficiency of wound from the Europa League holders, who are present facing the astir in-form squad successful the Premier League implicit the past six games.

Coupled with Tottenham's atrocious location signifier and Brighton's exceptional displays connected the roadworthy of late, the Seagulls person our backing to haunt erstwhile manager De Zerbi and propulsion Tottenham further towards the trapdoor.

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