Brighton v Arsenal: Premier League – live
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Referee: Anthony Taylor. Assistants: Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. Fourth official: Sam Barrott. VAR: Darren England. Assistant VAR: Akil Howson. Those teams: Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Martinelli are surprise omissions from the Arsenal starting line-up, with Mikel Arteta bringing in Jorginho and former Brighton player Leandro Trossard to replace them as they drop to the bench. Declan Rice comes in for Jurrien Timber, who is suspended, which means we can expect to see Thomas Partey starting at right-back.
![[Anthony Taylor]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2aec7754daf16fbe85b30b32fa3731881de1303d/0_65_1961_1177/master/1961.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Fabian Hurzeler makes three changes to the side that drew with Aston Villa last time out. Pervis Estupinan starts in place of Lewis Dunk, who is not in the matchday squad. The Ecuadorian will start at left-back, with Igor Julio moving inside to centre-back. Elsewhere in the Brighton back four, Joel Veltman comes in for Tariq Lamptey, while Matt O’Riley replaces Julio Enciso in midfield.
![[Pervis Estupinan]](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3d061f49d48bdaf78fa18631e3f7db1e4030b06c/0_0_1200_1800/master/1200.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none)
Brighton: Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Igor, Estupinan; Baleba, Ayari, O’Riley; Adingra, Pedro, Gruda. Subs: Steele, Lamptey, Webster, March, Enciso, Georginio, Minteh, Moder, Mitoma. Arsenal: Raya; Partey, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Jorginho, Merino; Nwaneri, Jesus, Trossard.
Subs: Neto, Zinchenko, Tierney, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly, Odegaard, Martinelli, Butler-Oyedeji, Kabia. Arsenal right-back Jurrien Timber sits this one out through suspension, and with both Ben White and Takehiro Tomiyasu sidelined with knee injuries, Thomas Partey seems likely to deputise. One of Declan Rice or Kai Havertz is likely to come back into the side after missing Arsenal’s win over Brentford. Bukayo Saka remains out with a thigh injury, while the lesser-spotted Raheem Sterling is also unavailable through injury.
