Match Previews

Brighton and Hove Albion kick off 2018 at the Amex against Plucky Little Bournemouth, a team who have thrived in the Premier League with nothing more than Eddie Howe’s bag of magic jelly beans, a Russian oligarch and £40m in loses in the season they were promoted to the top flight alone. What a fairy tale

Thanks to the absolute abomination that is the fixture scheduling, Brighton and Hove Albion make the 692 mile round trip to face Newcastle United on New Year’s Eve Eve. We can’t work out whether this is better or worse than last seasons 5.30pm kick off at St Jame’s Park

Who pissed off Santa Claus? For the Albion’s Christmas present this year, we’ve been handed a Boxing Day game away at reigning Premier League champions Chelsea, a team we’ve never beaten in eight previous attempts

There was a Christmas miracle at the Amex as Brighton scored from open play for the ifrst time in over nine-and-a-half hours to beat Watford 1-0

Brighton and Hove Albion will look to break their run without scoring a goal from open play which now stretches to over nine hours against Watford, a club who have never been beaten at the Amex

With four former Brighton players in their squad, it is almost inevitable that at least one of them is going to net when Sean Dyche’s surprise packages visit the Amex looking to maintain their unlikely push for Europe

Brighton and Hove Albion go looking for a first ever win at Wembley at the fourth time of asking as they take on Tottenham Hotspur at the national stadium. Hopefully, it goes better than our last two visits

After being hammed 5-1 by Liverpool in a game in which they were simply unable to cope with the Reds’ pressing style, Brighton face another tough test against an equally energetic side with the trip to fellow promoted side Huddersfield Town, where they lost 3-1 last season

High flying Liverpool visit the Amex with Lewis Dunk looking to try and avoid a repeat of him scoring one of the best own goals in the history of football when the sides last met at Anfield in 2012

It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for. The first Brighton v Crystal Palace derby in the Premier League as our arch rivals make the short trip down the M23 to the Amex for the first time since 2013