Crystal Palace face Brighton in mid-table clash.
Crystal Palace vs Brighton begins at 14:00 [GMT] on Sunday, November 9, at Selhurst Park.
The Premier League’s fiercest south coast rivalry resumes at Selhurst Park this weekend as Crystal Palace host Brighton in another eagerly anticipated fixture. Both sides enter the clash in fine form, with Palace boasting the longest home unbeaten run in the league and Brighton fresh from a dominant win over Leeds. Crystal Palace will take confidence from last season’s double over their rivals, when they won both league meetings—as many victories as they’d managed in the previous twelve encounters combined. At Selhurst Park, the Eagles have historically had the edge, with Brighton winless in six top-flight visits (D5 L1). The Seagulls lost this fixture 2-1 last season, and haven’t been beaten at Palace in consecutive Premier League campaigns since the mid-1980s. A key feature of this rivalry is its attacking nature. Both teams have scored in all eight Premier League meetings at Selhurst Park — a record only bettered by Wolves versus Newcastle (10 games). Oliver Glasner’s Palace side have started the season strongly, sitting comfortably in 9th place with 16 points from their first ten matches (W4 D4 L2). That tally represents a nine-point improvement on this stage last year and their best top-flight start since 1991-92. Selhurst Park has been their fortress — Palace are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League home games (W6 D5), currently the longest active run in the division. On a personal note, Jean-Philippe Mateta has been at the heart of their attacking resurgence. The Frenchman has netted six goals in ten games—including four in his last two home appearances—putting him just one shy of Andrew Johnson’s club record after ten matches (7 in 2004-05). A 4—2—3—1 formation with Mateta, who failed to score in the 3-1 win over AZ Alkmaar in the Europa Conference League, is expected against the Seagulls.
Brighton, meanwhile, travel to London buoyed by a 3-0 win over Leeds, in which they limited the opposition to an xG of just 0.5—their best defensive display since February. The Seagulls, who sit right below the home side in 10th place, have now won their last two league games in the capital, ending a long drought against London opposition, and could achieve three in a row for the first time since 2022. Danny Welbeck has been in red-hot form, with six goals in his last five appearances—a run only Erling Haaland can better. Alongside him, 21-year-old Yankuba Minteh continues to impress, contributing seven goals and seven assists across his last two league seasons — the most of any player his age or younger. A 4—2—3—1 formation with Welbeck in attack is expected against Palace.