Brighton take on Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Check out the confirmed team news and lineups…
Rivals Brighton and Crystal Palace go head-to-head at the American Express Stadium in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
Both sides are struggling for form this season, with the Seagulls winning just one of their last 11 Premier League games and their opponents without a single victory in nine top-flight matches.
Sitting 13th and 15th respectively, a win for either would catapult them back towards the top half and dispel any lingering relegation fears, with West Ham’s win over Burnley on Saturday causing many sides to look over their shoulders.
Check out the confirmed team news and lineups for the 2pm clash.
Brighton confirmed line-up
Brighton XI (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Kadioglu, Boscagli, Dunk, De Cuyper; Baleba, Gross; Rutter, Mitoma, Howell; Kostoulas
Subs: Steele, Julio, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Welbeck, Milner, Gomez, O’Riley, Veltman
Crystal Palace confirmed line-up
Crystal Palace XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Richard, Lerma, Lacroix; Munoz, Wharton, Hughes, Mitchell; Sarr, Pino; Strand Larsen
Subs: Benitez, Uche, Clyne, Kamada, Canvot, Sosa, Guassand, Riad
How to watch Brighton vs Crystal Palace
Brighton vs Crystal Palace kicks off at 2pm UK time and will be shown live on Sky Sports and the Sky Go app as part of their Super Sunday coverage.
If you don’t live in the UK, click HERE, to discover which station may be showing the game in your region.
The stats for Brighton vs Crystal Palace
- Brighton have won just two of their last 13 Premier League games against Crystal Palace (D7 L4), though both victories in that time have come at home.
- Crystal Palace have won two of their last three Premier League games against Brighton (D1), as many as they had in the previous 12 (D6 L4).
- Since the start of December, only Wolves (6) and Burnley (5) have won fewer points in the Premier League than both Brighton and Crystal Palace (9 each), with the Eagles also having the joint-worst goal difference in that time (minus 10 – scored 8, conceded 18).
- Brighton and Hove Albion have won just one of their last four Premier League matches when going ahead (D1 L2), having gone on to win nine of their previous 11 games when leading beforehand (D2). They have gone ahead but failed to win in each of their last two (D1 L1), never previously doing so in three in a row in the competition.Crystal Palace are winless in nine Premier League matches (D3 L6), last going 10+ games without a victory between January and March 2023 (12).
- Since MD16 – the start of Crystal Palace’s nine game winless Premier League run – the Eagles have scored the fewest goals (5) and underperformed their xG by just over eight goals (13.3 xG), the worst differential in the league. The second-worst in this time is Brighton (9 goals, 13.5 xG, -4.5).
- In the last two seasons, the only ever-present clubs to lose fewer home Premier League games than Brighton (4) are Liverpool and Arsenal (3 each), with the Seagulls losing just two of their last 20 at the Amex (W10 D8), both against Aston Villa (0-3 in April 2025, 3-4 in December 2025).
- Only Jean-Philippe Mateta (10) has more goals in all competitions for Crystal Palace in 2025-26 than Ismaïla Sarr (9) – he also scored two and assisted another on his last appearance at the Amex in December 2024 in a 3-1 Palace win.
