LIVE MATCH: Muhammad Salah score an acrobatic goal – Liverpool 2:1 Brighton
LIVE: Liverpool vs Brighton – Premier League
By Rohan Sharma
Published On 31 Mar 2024
31 Mar 2024
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Thank you for joining our live text coverage of Liverpool vs Brighton.
The kickoff at Anfield is at 15:00 GMT.
A win by Liverpool would put them on top of the Premier League ladder. (The other title race contenders Arsenal and Manchester City clash later on Sunday).
Brighton, currently ninth on the league table, are still fighting hard to match last season’s top-six performance, so they can once again qualify for European football next season.
The teams drew 2-2 last time they played on October 8.
Live updates
Match stats
Lineups
1m ago (13:09 GMT)
Nunez brought down
There is plenty of interest from the partisan crowd as Liverpool’s Nunez is brought down in the box after looking to receive a cross from the left side.
The home players all rush to the referee to plead the case, but he is unmoved.
6 mins: Liverpool 0-1 Brighton
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3m ago (13:08 GMT)
Brighton begin brightly
Klopp looks absolutely furious on the bench as he urges his players to show a bit more composure on the ball.
De Zerbi couldn’t have asked for a better start from his boys.
Liverpool have been known to turn it around before, and there is still plenty of time left in this match.
5 mins: Liverpool 0-1 Brighton
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7m ago (13:04 GMT)
GOAL!
What a start for Brighton as they begin brightly thanks to a Welbeck special!
Estupinan rushes in from the left flank and lays off a ball towards the middle, where a couple of Brighton players converge.
The ball ends up at Welbeck’s feet, who unleashes a fearsome strike to the left of Kelleher which is absolutely buried into the net.
The Anfield faithful are absolutely stunned as Liverpool were quite sloppy in dealing with that advance.
2 mins: Liverpool 0-1 Brighton
WELBZ GIVES US A DREAM START! 🀩 pic.twitter.com/imDSkxOY36
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) March 31, 2024
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8m ago (13:02 GMT)
Kick-off
The players are out in the middle and ready for what should be a cracking contest ahead.
Liverpool will be going in with a 4-3-3 formation.
Brighton have elected to go with a 4-2-3-1 scheme.
The Reds are wearing their home all-red kit, while the Seagulls are in blue and white.
It will be Brighton who will kick things off, and they will be going left to right on your screens.
1 minute: Liverpool 0-0 Brighton
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9m ago (13:01 GMT)
Top players and team stats snapshot
Mohamed Salah leads Liverpool with 15 goals this season – that’s third-best in the EPL.
Liverpool has scored 65 goals this season: that’s second to Arsenal’s league-leading 70 goals. Brighton is seventh-best with 50 goals.
Brighton’s Pascal Gross has a league-equaling best 10 assists on the season. Gross is also fourth-best in the EPL in passes on the season.
📸👊 pic.twitter.com/TEasIZyk3I
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 28, 2024
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14m ago (12:57 GMT)
Liverpool players warming up
Liverpool players warm up prior to the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Brighton
Liverpool players warm up before the English Premier League match against Brighton at Anfield [Rui Vieira/AP Photo]
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22m ago (12:48 GMT)
Brighton – fast facts
Brighton has never won a Premier League title or FA Cup final.
The closest the Seagulls came was reaching the 1983 FA Cup final, agonisingly losing to Manchester United after a replay.
But they are on the up and up. In the 2022-2023 season, they finished sixth in the Premier League (Brighton’s highest top-flight finish ever) and for the first time qualified for the UEFA Europa League.
Football is back this weekend! 🤩👏 pic.twitter.com/dM7CYIlmS6
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) March 28, 2024
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30m ago (12:40 GMT)
Head-to-head
This will be the 40th meeting between the two sides with Liverpool claiming victory on 20 occasions compared with Brighton’s seven so far.
The Seagulls are unbeaten in their last four meetings with the Reds, winning two in that run including an FA Cup victory last season.
Happy memories against tomorrow’s opponents last season… 🥰💭 pic.twitter.com/CYUwj3VElM
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) March 30, 2024
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39m ago (12:31 GMT)
Other Liverpool team news
With so much at stake in the title fight with Arsenal and Manchester City, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is going with a strong line-up against Brighton with Mo Salah, Virgil Van Dijk, and Darwin Nunez all playing.
Focus turns to #LIVBHA 👊 pic.twitter.com/1rYUnRPNcA
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 29, 2024
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46m ago (12:24 GMT)
Brighton XI announced
Brighton XI: Bart Verbruggen (goalkeeper), Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk (captain), Joel Veltman, Pervis Estupinan, Pascal Gross, Carlos Baleba, Tariq Lamptey, Jakub Moder, Simon Adingra, Danny Welbeck
TEAM NEWS! 🚨 Here’s our starting XI to take on Liverpool at Anfield. 👀📝
📲 https://t.co/S3j1TIedJv // #BHAFC 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/48I83XbrJL
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) March 31, 2024
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52m ago (12:18 GMT)
Liverpool XI announced
Liverpool XI: Caoimhin Kelleher (goalkeeper), Conor Bradley, Jarell Quansah, Virgil van Dijk (captain), Joe Gomez, Alexis Mac Allister, Wataru Endo, Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz
Team news is IN! 📋
This is how the Reds line up to take on Brighton ✊ #LIVBHA
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 31, 2024
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54m ago (12:16 GMT)
Key injury updates
Liverpool is still missing key players to injury including Alisson (hamstring) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (knee). Scottish international Andy Robertson is also out (ankle).
In a big blow for Brighton, they will be without their top goal scorer Joao Pedro (hamstring), who was initially expected to play today against the Reds.
Two other Brighton key contributors – Kaoru Mitoma (back) and Solly March (knee) – are also out. Veteran midfielder – and former Liverpool player – James Milner will also miss the contest with a muscle strain.
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1h ago (12:06 GMT)
Did you know?
Did you know that Brighton has beaten Liverpool in two of their last three matches?
Take a look for yourself below. The Reds have struggled against the Seagulls in recent times.
Both teams are renowned for their attacking football, and if these last three matches are any guide, then there will be goals aplenty in today’s contest.
Result Date Competition
Brighton 2-2 Liverpool October 8, 2023 Premier League
Brighton 2-1 Liverpool January 29, 2023 FA Cup
Brighton 3-0 Liverpool January 14, 2023 Premier League
Liverpool’s Andrew Robertson in action with Brighton’s Simon Adingra in English Premier League at Brighton, Britain – October 8, 2023 [REUTERS/Toby Melville] (Reuters)
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1h ago (11:54 GMT)
Form guide – last five games
Liverpool 4-0-1
Brighton 2-2-1
In their last EPL match on March 10, Liverpool let a golden opportunity slip by to go top of the Premier League table when they drew 1-1 at home against one of their two main Premiership rivals, Manchester City.
That draw allowed Arsenal – Liverpool’s other main title challenger – to stay ahead of the Reds on top of the league table with both clubs on 64 points but with the Gunners ahead on goal difference.
Before that match, Liverpool had won four straight EPL games in dominating fashion, defeating Nottingham Forest (1-0), Luton (4-1), Brentford (4-1) and Burnley (3-1).
Brighton has two wins, two losses and a draw in their last five EPL games.
In their most recent Premier League contest on March 10, they defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0 at home.
We exit the #EmiratesFACup. #MUNLIV pic.twitter.com/0uOh5JPy7d
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 17, 2024
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1h ago (11:43 GMT)
Season snapshot – Liverpool vs Brighton
Liverpool is second on England’s Premier League ladder; Brighton is in ninth position.
Liverpool’s record for the season is 19 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats; Brighton has 9 wins, 11 draws and 8 losses.
Liverpool averages 2.32 goals score per match vs Brighton’s 1.79.
Liverpool concedes 0.94 goals per match vs Brighton’s 1.57.
The Reds have kept nine clean sheets this season; Brighton has four.
The contest for places in the Premier League top four continues to entertain 🍿 pic.twitter.com/FppvTZ1V5Z
— Premier League (@premierleague) March 30, 2024
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1h ago (11:32 GMT)
An epic title race
What a season! It’s the first time in 10 years that only a single point separates the top three teams after 28 games.
Heading into the weekend 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/6Whk0D85ry
— Premier League (@premierleague) March 29, 2024
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1h ago (11:26 GMT)
About Saturday
Our live match on Saturday saw Brentford and Manchester United share a 1-1 draw at the Gtech Community Stadium in west London.
Mason Mount looked to have won it for the Red Devils in injury time but Kristoffer Ajer grabbed a deserved point for this side.
How about @BrentfordFC’s attacking stats against @ManUtd 📊
3️⃣1️⃣ shots on goal
8️⃣5️⃣ touches in the opposition box
3️⃣4️⃣ crosses
1️⃣4️⃣ corners
4️⃣ shots hit the woodwork#BREMUN pic.twitter.com/yjK7OgAVyO
— Premier League (@premierleague) March 30, 2024
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2h ago (11:07 GMT)
Welcome
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Liverpool Reds vs the Brighton & Hove Albion Seagulls on Matchday 30 (of 38) in the English Premier League (EPL).
Kickoff is at 15:00 GMT at Liverpool’s Anfield venue.
The game is a huge opportunity for Liverpool to bolster their title hopes with nothing less than first place up for grabs.
The Reds sit second in the EPL standings and on the same points as league-leading Arsenal. A win for Liverpool – and an Arsenal draw or loss later on Sunday against the other title favourites Manchester City – would place them atop the English Premiership.
Stay with us for the latest news, stats and team updates as there’s plenty going on in the pre-match build-up.
Ready for our return to #PL action! 👊🔜 pic.twitter.com/itTbOfRo1K
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) March 30, 2024
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