English Premiership League
Match Day LIVE.
Match Week 3.
Arsenal Vs Brighton and Hove Albion .
Venue -Emirates Stadium
Date- August 31st ,,2024
Time- 12.30 pm. UK time.

Hostilities resumes today in the English Premiship League in the UK capital, London , when the Gunners take on a familiar foe , Brighton and Hove Albion at the Emirates stadium. The two sides 100% winning record in this season s two opening matches where they had six points each from their two matches , will be put to test .
The Gunners humbled their Aston Villa “Curse” 0-2 in the West mid lands last weekend , while the Seagulls demolished a tactically deficient Man Utd , 2-1 ,

Since he was shown the exit door from the Emirates , in 2019 , it has been a long chain of revenge mission on the Gunners by Aston Villa Boss Enai Emery ,first with Villarreal when he eliminated the Gunners from the Europa 2021 Europa League as well as series of wins in last seaons EPL matches. Will the retaliation continue today when they file out against a tactically well equipped London side ??? That’s the big question , but a little doubt hovers in his serial mission as his unguided revenge ended last weekend when his side failed at him at the Villa Park in Birmingham , UK s second largest city , as they were humbled with 0-2 defeat , with Leandro Trossard clinical finish as well as Thomas Partey s customary 20 yard goal sealed victory for the Gunners in far away Villa Park

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While on the other hand Arsenal goal tender ,David Raya produced a life saving performance for the Gunners , from a close range header of Ollie Watkins , which could be described as one of the best saves in the EPL in recent times .
Arsenal could grab a six points lead from today s match in the 2024/2025 season , together with up coming foes , like Brighton , Liverpool and Man City respectively which is likely to catapult their EPL win the season and end their 20 year long wait for a trophy , since 2003/2004 .

For Brighton , their 31 year old Manager , Fabian Hurzeller who was only 18 years old in 2011 when Arteta took charge of affairs at the Emirates , have given a good account of his stewardship at the American Express stadium lately with massive wins to his credit that have rattled and stunned the “Big Four” and may give them a nightmare when the confront the Seagulls , after their humiliating defeat against Everon last week , Brighton survived the South Coast harsh conditions to humble series of wombling sides in English football ,top in casualty list are , Crawley Town in the EFL cup midweek 4-0 and , Man Utd with a comprehensive 2-1 victory , and a jaw breaking late winner against Man U, when ex Man Utd ,Danny Wellback and Jaon Pedro rendered Amad Diallo s strike meangless at the Ammex stadium.
Against the back drop, their new Manager will like to do away with the “Capital Curse” where they have failed to win seven of their top fight matches lately , except a 3-0 thumping of the Gunners in May 2023., gough the Gunners avenged rhe defeats with a back to back wins last stanza .

Today s encounter will likely witness many absentees from both sides , with the Gunners not sure of Gabriel Jesus ,with groin injury who was not listed in the last match at Villa Park , Taekhiro Tomiyasu, knee as well as Kieran Tiernay , hamstring .
Though new signing from Real Sociedad is likely to get a start shirt . Partey , Declan Rice , Martin Odegaard and Torssard are sure of making the list with especially Partey whose five star perfornance against Villa is still worth remembering .
For Brighton their new signing ,Mark O’Riley ex Celtic man was stretched off in their match against Crawley mid week with an ankle injury , Others not to be listed include Solly March , while Braajan Gruda and Matt Wieffer s injury needs to be assessed before kick off today, while Wellback and Ferdi Kiadogu ,Turkish Euro 2024 star will be listed against the Gunners .

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With the latest Gunners prowess , Pukka play in the English Premiership League , for the past 12; months , it will be extremely difficult for the Seagulls to survive today’s hostilities at the Emirates , just to make it three over three wins back to back and be safe as well from the eagle eye of their foes , Man City and Liverpool who are on the same winning streak right now.

Though today’s match may not be a goal harvest , but an outright win is just possible for the Gunners , however on the other hand ,Brighton can easily pull surprises of Gunners goes to sleep at the Emirates like they did against Villa last season why failed like pack of playing cards at the Emirates .
We expect a good match but a highly tactical one from both teams .

Arsenal Vs Brighton ( 2-1 , 3-2 or 2-2 ).

Happy Viewing and Happy Weekend
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