Comments on the match Brighton vs Fulham, 9:00 p.m. August 16: One thirsts for victory, the other holds beautiful memories

VHO - Commentary on the match Brighton vs Fulham, round 1 of the Premier League, since winning a ticket to play in the Premier League, the Seagulls often face many difficulties in encounters with London opponents.

Brighton vs Fulham form

Ahead of the 2025/26 Premier League, Brighton have been quite active in the transfer market. In total, the Seagulls have brought 6 new players to the Amex Stadium.

Of these, striker Charalampos Kostoulas (£30 million) and left-back Maxim De Cuyper (£17.5 million) are the most anticipated players.

On the other hand, Brighton also said goodbye to many key players. The most notable were Joao Pedro, Simon Adingra and Pervis Estupinan, three players who regularly appeared in the starting lineup last season. Even if the costs of squad renovation were deducted, Brighton still earned a profit of more than 40 million pounds.

Even though they lost key players across all three lines, young coach Fabian Hurzeler's team showed no signs of decline. The Seagulls' performance on the pitch in the pre-season matches was enough to give fans confidence.

In the last 5 friendly matches, Brighton has not tasted defeat once and won 4 victories. It is important to know that the opponents of the Amex team are not too soft, including Stoke City, Las Palmas, Southampton and Wolfsburg.

In addition, home ground was also one of Brighton's important supports last season.

In the last 8 times hosting guests in the Premier League, the home team won 5, drew 2 and lost only 1. In the last 7 times hosting Fulham, the Brighton & Hove Albion team also lost 1, drew 3 and won 3.

Brighton showed inferiority in the confrontations with Fulham

Fulham, on the other hand, have been relatively quiet in the summer transfer window. Although the transfer window will close in about 2 weeks, the Craven Cottage team is still calm.

The half-million pound deal to bring goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte from Montpellier has been the only highlight for the London club.

Almost closed off in both buying and selling, Fulham will put their faith in the squad that helped them finish 11th last season. But that also partly shows that the goal of coach Marco Silva and his team is still only revolving around the story of relegation.

In all three recent friendly matches, Fulham have won all of them, defeating Nottingham Forest (3-1), Al Ittihad (4-2) and Eintracht Frankfurt (1-0). That series of very positive results is enough to help Iwobi and his teammates confidently head to the Amex.

Since their first meeting in the 2018/19 Premier League, Brighton and Fulham have faced each other 10 times in the top flight of the foggy island. The away team has an overwhelming record of 5 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss.

Brighton vs Fulham squad information

Brighton: Tariq Lamptey, Solly March, Julio Enciso and Adam Webster are absent due to injury.

Fulham: Full-backs Antonee Robinson and Ryan Sessegnon are both doubtful to start due to fitness issues.

Expected lineup Brighton vs Fulham

Brighton: Verbruggen; Wieffer, Van Hecke, Dunk, De Cuyper; Ayari, Gomez; Minteh, Rutter, Mitoma; Welbeck

Fulham: Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Sessegnon; Berge, Lukic; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez

Prediction: 1-1

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