BRIGHTON VS TOTTENHAM Good evening to you all and welcome to our live-text coverage of Brighton vs Tottenham. With Leicester and Manchester United slipping up, Spurs are back in contention for Champions League places. Should they win both their games in hand, they'll go 4th in the table. Can they take one of their chances tonight when so often they've slipped up at the crucial moments? Brighton, meanwhile, have had a bumpy ride so far this season and are toying with a major relegation battle. They're just four points from safety as things stand, so an unexpected result tonight would be more than welcome. Plenty to play for an 90 minutes to play it in, so stay with us for all he build-up, hype and highlights ahead of kick-off at 7.15pm.
Premier League / Matchday 21
Amex Stadium / 31.01.2021
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- L. Trossard(17')
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Updated 31/01/2021 at 21:12 GMT
51'
Not sure Spurs have had a touch yet.
Hojbjerg is even struggling in the midfield. Bissouma bossing things.
49'
Still Brighton in the opening minutes of the second period.
They just ping it around the floor so sharply and Spurs are just lumping hopeful through balls up to Son.
Dear me.
46'
BACK UNDERWAY
Mourinho had to change something.
Vinicius is on up top. Davinson Sanchez off.
Sissoko now playing right-back.
HALF TIME
Brighton defy their position just above the relegation zone with a genuinely excellent and completely dominant performance against Spurs in that first half.
Mourinho will be livid no doubt, his team couldn’t be worse.
Still, just one goal in it.
42'
Spurs cannot play worse than this in the second half.
Brighton have been absolutely dominant all over the pitch and have really had a go at this.
40'
Bissouma dictating things in midfield and hopefully earning fantasy bonus points as he does so.
In desperate need of a captain's haul from my accidental captain.
38'
OFF THE LINE!
Gross whips a corner in for Dunk whose header is cleared off the line by Bale! Maybe hitting the post but Brighton inches away from a 2-0 lead.
They're trying to get a second here and put real pressure on Spurs at half-time.
Mourinho must be furious at his side's performance
33'
Brighton once again go close as Trossard's mazy run helps him pick out Maupay inside the box.
He turns to get a shot away but Sanchez just about gets a toe on it to block.
31'
Son finally gets some space down the left but there's little support. Bale is slow on the uptake and Son's only option is Bergwijn in the middle who rifles wide.
HOW MAY I ASSIST YOU?
28'
There's just a complete lack of attack for Spurs right now and little urgency to get back on terms. Everything dies on the halfway line for them.
26'
March is swinging in crosses and asking plenty of questions of the Spurs defence.
Ndombele gets a little stamp from MacAllister - by accident of course - and he's struggling a little.
The Argentine apologises.
Another Brighton corner, another clearance.
23'
Spurs finally launch an offensive themselves but are matched will a well-organised wall of blue. There's a distinct lack of Harry Kane mixed with a distinct lack of Bale involvement.
20'
Brighton straight back on the offensive. This is great stuff.
They win a corner but Spurs get this one clear.
17'
GOAL! BRIGHTON 1 SPURS 0 (Trossard , 17)
Well deserved and it's a lovely move to give Brighton the lead.
Liquid football as MacAllister plays a one-two with Gross before picking out Trossard on the penalty spot to rifle home.
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L. Trossard
Brighton & Hove Albion
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16'
MacAllister looking very lively in general, always looking up and trying to pick out forwards.
But Brighton are outmatched physically here against a very tall Spurs team. Not much they can do about that but they know they have to keep the ball on the ground.
13'
Brighton doing very well to get close to the Spurs men in the middle and leave little space behind.
They're making it all very claustrophobic for Tottenham who cannot get into any sort of rhythm here.
MacAllister whacks a decent effort from 30 yards out. Just a couple yards over the bar.
10'
Bissouma dangles a leg and Hojbjerg is down. He gets away without a yellow to the sheer relief of my fantasy team.
Hojbjerg gets a taste of his own medicine at least - he's committed the most fouls in the Premier league so far this season with 40.
8'
All the ball with Brighton at the moment...
Great start for the hosts.
5'
POST!
Brighton make a great start and almost take the lead as Gross nudges an effort on the right-hand post.
Lloris was completely beaten.
3'
Ben White drifts forward with Brighton as they launch the match’s first offensive with no end result.
Up the other end Son tries to pick out Bale but plays an uncharacteristically stray pass.