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Brighton v Palace: Seagulls and Eagles renew rivalry

27 Feb 2020
Brighton v Crystal Palace
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Despite being nearly 50 miles apart, these teams enjoy a keen rivalry and meet in the Premier League for the sixth time.

Team news

Dale Stephens (hamstring) is back in contention for Brighton having trained all week but Jose Izquierdo (knee) remains unavailable.

Mamadou Sakho (hamstring) and Cheikhou Kouyate (ankle) are expected to be available for Crystal Palace but a late decision will be made on Luka Milivojevic (illness).

Jeffrey Schlupp (hip) is about to return to training. James Tomkins (hamstring) remains sidelined.

Did you know?

Brighton are unbeaten in their last three league meetings with Crystal Palace (W2 D1), their longest such run against them since a sequence of 10 between 1979 and 1986.

Palace have won only two of their last 18 league trips to Brighton (D5 L11) and have never won a top-flight away match against the Seagulls (D1 L3).

Glenn Murray has scored six goals in his last eight appearances in matches between these sides, netting four for Brighton and two for former club Palace. He has struck in each of his last four for the Seagulls.

Including play-offs, Wilfried Zaha has scored more league goals against Brighton than against any other side, with six.

Match officials 

Referee: Martin Atkinson. Assistants: Daniel Cook, Sian Massey-Ellis. Fourth official: Tim Robinson. VAR: Kevin Friend. Assistant VAR: Andy Halliday.

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