Follow live coverage as Brentford face Brighton & Hove Albion today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Brentford FC 1 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:10
Schade is played in well down the left wing and darts inwards to the goal. Brighton react, and steadily usher the ball back to Verbruggen.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:08
Verbruggen is slightly too casual with the ball on his left byline and nearly gives it away to the Brentford press. He smashes it out for a throw. In the resulting ball into the box, Damsgaard collides with Minteh and play stops.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:05
GOOD SAVE! Schade finds space down the left wing and he plays a lovely cross into the box for Wissa to run onto. He takes the shot first time, but Verbruggen makes himself big to smother the shot.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:03
Joao Pedro skips his way to the edge of the Brentford box before being brought down, and Brighton have a free-kick in a good position. O'Riley steps up to take it, but bends his effort high over the bar.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:01
Brighton get us under way for the first half!
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:00
The teams are out on the pitch now, with kick-off just moments away!
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
15:00
Fabian Hurzeler makes two changes to his side after their 2-2 draw with Leicester City last time out. Van Hecke returns from suspension, allowing Baleba to move back into midfield, with Wieffer also coming in. Ayari and Adingra start on the bench.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:55
Thomas Frank makes just one change from their draw with Arsenal last weekend. Ajer drops down to the bench, with Kayode coming into the team to replace him.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:50
BRIGHTON SUBS: Solly March, Brajan Gruda, Simon Adingra, Eiran Cashin, Kaoru Mitoma, Jason Steele, Diego Gomez, Yasin Ayari, Charlie Tasker.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:50
BRIGHTON STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Jack Hinshelwood, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupinan; Mats Wieffer, Carlos Baleba; Yankuba Minteh, Matt O'Riley, Joao Pedro; Danny Welbeck.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:45
BRENTFORD SUBS: Rico Henry, Ethan Pinnock, Mathias Jensen, Hakon Valdimarsson, Ben Mee, Kristoffer Ajer, Yunus Konak, Vitaly Janelt, Gustavo Nunes.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:45
BRENTFORD STARTING XI (4-2-3-1): Mark Flekken; Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Keane Lewis-Potter; Christian Norgaard, Yehor Yarmoliuk; Bryan Mbeumo, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade; Yoane Wissa.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:45
Brighton are still in with a chance of earning a European place at the end of the season, but are winless in their last four Premier League matches. They sit 10th in the table, and are six points behind Aston Villa in seventh, leaving them with an outside chance. They do enjoy playing Brentford though, losing just one of their seven Premier League games against the Bees (W3 D3), losing 2-0 away in October 2022.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:45
Brentford's slim chances of earning a European place next season look to have slipped away from them in recent weeks after going winless in their last three matches, though they have drawn with Chelsea and Arsenal in their last two outings. They sit 11th in the table, five points off the teams above them, one of which is Brighton. After starting the season strongly at home, they have struggled there recently, with each of their last five Premier League wins coming on the road.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:40
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Premier League meeting between Brentford and Brighton at the Gtech Community Stadium!
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
14:30
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Brentford vs Brighton & Hove Albion
13:00
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