West Ham v Albion
PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: London Stadium
Date: Saturday 21st December 2024
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Robert Jones
Assistants: Ian Hussin, Neil Davies
Fourth Official: Sam Barrott
VAR: Paul Tierney
Additional VAR: Mark Scholes
TEAM NEWS
West Ham will be without midfielder Carlos Soler who picked up a fifth yellow card of the season in Monday night's draw with Bournemouth.
Emerson Palmieri meanwhile can return from suspension but Jean-Clair Todibo is likely to remain out and Michail Antonio has undergone surgery following a road traffic accident earlier this month.
Brighton can welcome back defender Joel Veltman who has missed the last four games with a muscle injury.
Matt O'Riley and Adam Webster have both returned to training and could also be in contention but Danny Welbeck is still sidelined by an ankle issue.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- West Ham's only victory in their 14 previous Premier League meetings against Brighton was a 3-1 away win last season (D7, L6).
- Brighton are unbeaten in all seven visits to the Hammers in the Premier League, winning two and drawing five.
- West Ham are aiming to remain unbeaten in three successive league games for the first time this season.
- The Hammers have amassed 10 points from their past five home league matches, as many as they had manged in their previous 11 at the London Stadium.
- Their 73 goals conceded in 2024 is the club's worst such top-flight record in a calendar year since shipping the same amount in 1976.
- Jarrod Bowen's next league goal will be the 100th of his career, while his next appearance will be his 300th.
- Bowen is joint-second alongside Paolo Di Canio and Mark Noble on 47 goals as West Ham's leading Premier League goalscorers, behind only Michail Antonio (68).
- Julen Lopetegui's only previous competitive game as a manager against Brighton was a 6-0 Premier League defeat with Wolves in 2023.
- Brighton are now without a win in four Premier League matches (D2, L2), with only Southampton (6) currently on a longer such run.
- The Seagulls could lose consecutive league games for the first time since the appointment of Fabian Hurzeler.
- Hurzeler's side are one of just three, alongside Chelsea and Liverpool, to have scored in all of their away league matches so far this season.
- They have failed to win in five of their six games this season against teams that currently sit in the bottom six (D4, L1).
- Danny Welbeck remains one short of equalling Pascal Gross on 30 as Brighton's leading Premier League goalscorer.
Fabian Hürzeler's West Ham United Press Conference
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