Key events
“Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day from across the the pond!” writes Peter Oh. “Doesn’t Amine Adli play for Morocco? If he gets to take a penalty for Bournemouth today I would strongly advise him not to, you know…”
In that scenario I’d be more worried about the Brighton players.
The beautiful game
Team news
Three changes for Brighton from their last Premier League game, a 1-1 draw at Manchester City. Joel Veltman, Brajan Gruda and Danny Welbeck come in for Maxcim De Cuyper, Yasin Ayari and Georginio Rutter. Gruda and Welbeck starred in the FA Cup victory at Old Trafford eight days ago.
Bournemouth make one change from the 3-2 win over Tottenham in their most recent Premier League game: Antoine Semenyo, who joined Manchester City after that game, is replaced by Amine Adli.
Brighton (poss 4-2-3-1) Verbruggen; Veltman, Van Hecke, Dunk, Kadioglu; Hinshelwood, Gross; Gruda, Gomez, Mitoma; Welbeck.
Subs: Steele, Rutter, Minteh, Baleba, Kostoulas, Milner, Boscagli, Ayari, Coppola.
Bournemouth (4-2-3-1) Petrovic; Jimenez, Hill, Senesi, Truffert; Cook, Scott; Tavernier, Kroupi, Adli; Evanilson.
Subs: Forster, Christie, Smith, Diakite, Milosavljevic, Rees-Dottin, DaCosta, Sadi, Stevens.
Referee Paul Tierney (Lancashire).
Tonight’s game – please – will surely be quieter than last night’s
Preamble
It’s one of football’s more bittersweet accolades: the unofficial title of the Premier League’s greatest selling club. Sure, it means you’re an excellently run club, unlike most of your peers, and have an enviable scouting network. But it also means you have to constantly regenerate – Bournemouth have inevitably had a tough season – and endure the low-level frustration of watching players you discovered become superstars elsewhere.
In the last year Bournemouth have taken that unofficial title from Brighton, selling five major players for around £250m. The two teams meet at the Amex Stadium tonight, and there will almost certainly be some superstars of the future in action.
Given that both teams are as progressive on the field as they are off it, it should be a good watch.
Kick off 8pm.
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