Overview

• Kick-off is 3pm BST on Saturday at the Amex Stadium, with no UK television coverage due to the Saturday 3pm blackout.
• Chris Kavanagh will referee, with Dan Cook and Ian Hussin as assistants, Tom Nield as fourth official, and VAR led by Neil Davies with Rob Jones assisting.
• Tottenham returned to the Champions League with a 1-0 win over Villarreal, secured by a fourth-minute own goal from Luiz Junior.
• For Spurs, Dominic Solanke is a doubt after an ankle problem, long-term absentees include James Maddison, Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski and Kota Takai, and Yves Bissouma's availability remains uncertain.
• Brighton remain without Adam Webster and Solly March due to knee injuries, with fitness concerns over Mats Wieffer, Maxim de Cuyper, Diego Gomez and Jack Hinshelwood, and they won both league meetings with Spurs last season.