
Two Premier League clubs monitoring the situation of Michael Obafemi
According to Football League World, Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford are keeping track of Swansea City striker Michael Obafemi.
According to Football League World, Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford are keeping track of Swansea City striker Michael Obafemi.
Brighton and Hove Albion manager Graham Potter says his side didn’t deserve anything in their 3-0 defeat to title chasing Manchester City despite a resolute defensive performance for much of the game.
Pep Guardiola says that if his Manchester City side drop any points in their remaining six Premier League games, Liverpool will be champions because he expects them to win every one of their own six.
After a nervy first 45 minutes, Manchester City turned on the style with three second half goals at the Etihad Stadium to down Brighton and Hove Albion, and crucially go back to the top of the Premier League table.
Manchester City take on Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium this evening knowing that only a win will take them back to the top of the Premier League table, but boss Pep Guardiola doesn’t appear to be feeling the pressure.
Brighton have noticeably struggled this season when highly-rated centre-back Adam Webster has been unavailable, and this has never felt more prescient than during the run of defeats they are currently on. Getting Webster fit and available again could be vital if the Seagulls are to achieve their ambition of a top-half Premier League finish.
Brighton should be well set to adapt to the recent departure of technical director Dan Ashworth given the structure he helped to develop at the club over the past three seasons, but with a number of key players out of contract in the not-too-distant future, he may only be the start of a process of change at the Amex.
“I am very happy here, at one of the best-run clubs in the Premier League, with a fantastic owner, chairman, CEO, sports director. (There are) great people at the club.”
Ben White’s £50 million move from Brighton and Hove Albion to Arsenal last summer is starting to look like a rare sort of transfer, in that it appears to have worked out for all parties involved.
Graham Potter was once again unable to end his winless run against Brighton’s not-so-local rivals Crystal Palace in a 1-1 draw at the Amex Stadium on Friday night. A late Joachim Andersen own goal spared him another undeserved defeat against the side from South London, and his team’s habit of scoring late on is no doubt helping them to climb the Premier League table.
In Graham Potter’s first 12 cup ties in charge of Brighton and Hove Albion, he made an average of nine changes from the starting line-up that had begun the Premier League game directly before it.
On Wednesday night, Brighton and Hove Albion travelled to the home of Chelsea and accumulated a higher expected goals total than the reigning European champions. They registered seven more shots than their hosts, and were rarely troubled in defence.
Enock Mwepu has shown glimpses of the quality that convinced Brighton and Hove Albion to part with a reported £20 million to secure his services from RB Salzburg in the summer, but the man nicknamed ‘The Computer’ put together his best 90-minute performance so far in the Boxing Day win against Brentford, offering a tantalising sign of things to come.
“Last week, after the Leeds United game, I was the worst striker in the world,” said Neal Maupay with a hint of exaggeration following Brighton and Hove Albion’s 1-1 draw against West Ham United last Wednesday. “Now I’m the hero and that’s the life of a striker.”
Saturday’s goalless draw against Leeds United means that Brighton have now gone nine games across all competitions without a win. Although a spattering of boo’s from a section of the home support at The Amex Stadium have probably been blown out of proportion, the performances that Graham Potter’s side are putting in still merit plenty of patience.
Following up an outstanding first season in the Premier League with a campaign of consistently excellent performances is one of the most difficult challenges that face modern-day top-flight footballers.
Mohamed Salah headed into Liverpool’s home fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion having scored 14 goals in his last 12 appearances, which included a hat-trick against Manchester United.
As Gabriel Jesus’ shot deflected off teammate Phil Foden to extend Manchester City’s first-half lead to three goals at the Amex Stadium, everyone watching was surely expecting the remaining 60 minutes to prove to be a long evening for Brighton & Hove Albion.
After eight games of the current Premier League season, only Manchester City and Chelsea have conceded fewer goals than Brighton and Hove Albion’s five.
Following Christian Benteke’s 95th-minute winning goal in last year’s instalment of the A23 derby, Graham Potter was quite possibly starting to think that his first win over Crystal Palace as Brighton & Hove Albion head coach might never arrive.
Sunday’s 2-1 victory against Leicester City ensured Brighton and Hove Albion’s impressive start to the Premier League season continued as the Seagulls moved into the top five after matchday five.
It would be fair to say the majority of Premier League eyes were firmly fixed on Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon, but a meeting of two stories worthy of equal attention was taking place at the Brentford Community Stadium.
‘Winning’ the transfer window has become a very real yet largely meaningless exercise for supporters of football clubs across the world to invest another layer of partisanship into.
As half-time substitute Aaron Connolly stabbed a 52nd-minute chance wide of the target with Brighton two goals to the good against Watford, Seagulls’ supporters could be forgiven for experiencing a familiar sinking feeling.