[Albion] Brighton & Hove Albion vs Watford *** Official Match Thread ***

[Dick Head]

Albion v Watford

PREMIER LEAGUE

Venue: The American Express Community Stadium
Date: Saturday 21st August 2021
Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistants: Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn
Fourth Official: John Brooks
VAR: Paul Tierney
Additional VAR: Constantine Hatzidakis
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TEAM NEWS

Brighton forward Aaron Connolly is available after missing last weekend's win over Burnley for personal reasons.

Danny Welbeck and Tariq Lamptey remain out because of hamstring problems, while Joel Veltman is self-isolating.

Joshua King has recovered from a groin problem and could make his Watford debut.

Defender Kiko Femenia is in contention again but Juraj Kucka, Ozan Tufan, Joao Pedro and Nathaniel Chalobah will all miss out.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• 
  [*=left]Brighton have never lost a top-flight home meeting between the sides, although three of the four games were drawn.
  [*=left]The home team has won just three of the previous 13 league meetings (D6, L4).

Albion

• 
  [*=left]Brighton could equal their club record of six Premier League home matches without defeat.
  [*=left]They are vying to begin a top-flight season with successive wins for the first time.
  [*=left]Brighton came from behind to win a Premier League away game for just the second time in 48 attempts last weekend.
  [*=left]They were winless in their opening 10 Premier League home fixtures last season (D4, L6).
  [*=left]Neal Maupay could score in consecutive Premier League appearances for the first time since October 2020.
  [*=left]Graham Potter's first match as Brighton manager was a 3-0 Premier League away win against Watford in August 2019.

Watford

• 
  [*=left]Watford lost their last six Premier League away matches in the 2019-20 season.
  [*=left]They only won two of their 19 away league games in that campaign.
  [*=left]The Hornets have scored an own goal in each of their past two Premier League games against Brighton.
  [*=left]Only Manchester City (20) have won more league games in England's top four tiers so far in 2021 than Watford's 18.
  [*=left]Ismaila Sarr has scored five goals in his last six league appearances - he could score in three consecutive Watford league matches for the first time.

Graham Potter's Watford Press Conference

 

[Insel affe]

Christ on a unicycle, your keen !!

 

[Justice]

2-0 to the super seagulls

 

[Goldstone1976]

Were loose

 

[The Optimist]

Christ on a unicycle, your keen !!

The official match thread is always started in the early hours.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Marvellous scenes.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

3-1

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[Hendrax]

Very excited. My daughters first game. 3 points please lads, and a couple of goals in front of the North. CoYS

 

[seagully]

Very excited. My daughters first game. 3 points please lads, and a couple of goals in front of the North. CoYS

Same. I'm just hoping my daughter doesn't get fed up and want to go home on 55 minutes while we are 3-0 up....

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

I have no doubt that it will be an exciting, open game.

 

[AmexRuislip]

It's marvellous we're still in PL....

 

[BBassic]

Feeling unusually confident.

 

[Reddleman]

This will be a very telling game. If we can win a home game against a team who will be down and around the bottom four it will immediately break the hoodoo from last season. Another game where we dominate possession but fail to break a team down and it will be more frustration that could set the tone.

Also if we can win today then no matter what happens against Everton we go into the international break in good shape after which we should have some of the injured players back.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Can we all please calm down until [MENTION=38]Beach Hut[/MENTION] confirms his level of excitement and which holiday bar he’ll be watching from? Thanks.


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[albionalbino]

Must win. Six pointer.

 

[SweatyMexican]

How fantastic is it to have a full house back at the Amex today?

Bloody brilliant! Up The Albion!!

 

[Perfidious Albion]

At start of the season there is no form to go on.. but come on it is Watford! We should believe we can win , because we can. Will we ?. I believe so.
Let’s have a great game for the crowd that is going to pack the Amex !

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Awaits most famous supporter analysis


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[bluenitsuj]

3 points today. No excuses whatsoever

 

[Beach Hut]

So excited