Brighton vs Burnley: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash
- Brighton host Burnley with an unchanged squad following defeat at Tottenham
- Pascal Gross and Glenn Murray set to return to the starting line-up
- Matt Lowton and Ben Mee return from knee injuries for Burnley
- But Clarets will hand fitness test to Stephen Ward after defender took a knock
Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Brighton's home clash with Burnley.
Brighton vs Burnley (AMEX Stadium)
Brighton team news
Brighton will have an unchanged squad for the visit of Burnley.
Boss Chris Hughton has no new injury concerns following the midweek defeat at Tottenham, with midfielder Steve Sidwell (back) still the only absentee.
Glenn Murray could be set for a return to the Brighton & Hove Albion starting lineup
Pascal Gross and Glenn Murray are set to return to the starting line-up having dropped to the bench against Spurs.
Brighton provisional squad
Ryan, Bong, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Brown, Propper, Knockaert, Stephens, Murray, Gross, Krul, Goldson, Schelotto, March, Izquierdo, Kayal, Hemed, Baldock.
Burnley team news
Burnley will welcome back Matt Lowton and Ben Mee for the trip to Brighton but are still unsure about fellow defender Stephen Ward's availability.
Full-back Lowton and centre-back Mee (both knee) have missed the previous two Clarets games while Ward will be assessed on Friday having taken a blow to the knee, forcing him off against Stoke in midweek.
Ben Mee (front) is poised for a return to the Burnley squad for the clash at Brighton
Charlie Taylor may be handed his first Premier League start if Ward misses out, with Robbie Brady (knee), Tom Heaton (shoulder), Dean Marney and Jonathan Walters (both knee) still missing.
Burnley provisional squad
Pope, Lindegaard, Long, Mee, Taylor, Ward, Tarkowski, Bardsley, Defour, Ulvestad, Hendrick, Cork, Westwood, Arfield, Gudmundsson, Vokes, Barnes, Wood, Wells.
Key match stats (supplied by Opta)
This is the first top-flight meeting between Brighton and Burnley, with the previous 26 taking place in the second and third tiers of English football.
Brighton & Hove Albion are unbeaten in six league matches against Burnley (W3 D3) since losing 1-0 in April 2012 in a Championship fixture.
Since the start of last season, no British manager has won more points in the Premier League than Sean Dyche (71).
Of Premier League managers with at least 20 wins, Sean Dyche has won the highest percentage of those games by a one-goal margin (82 per cent - 22 of 27).
Burnley manager Sean Dyche has made just 13 changes to his starting XI overall this season in 17 matches; eight fewer than any other side.
Michael Keane (left) scored a last gasp equaliser for Burnley against Brighton when the sides last met in an April 2016 Championship clash at the AMEX Stadium that finished 2-2
Burnley have won six of their last eight Premier League matches (W6 D0 L2), as many as they’d won in the previous 26 in the competition.
Brighton haven’t lost four consecutive league matches since December 2011 – one of those defeats was at home to Burnley.
Only Manchester United and Manchester City (both 11) have conceded fewer goals than Burnley (12) in the Premier League this season – this despite teams attempting a league-high 279 shots against Burnley.
85 of the previous 86 teams to have won at least 31 points from their first 17 games of a Premier League season have ended that campaign in the top 10 (99 per cent). Of those 86 teams, 81 have finished in the top six that season (94 per cent).
Chris Wood has scored five goals in his last five league starts against former club Brighton – he scored twice against them in his last appearance for Leeds United in March.
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