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  1. Liverpool v Brighton: Pick of the statspublished at 16:40 27 March

    Here are the key statistics before Liverpool host Brighton on Sunday.

    • Brighton are unbeaten in their past three away league games against Liverpool, having only avoided defeat in two of their previous 11 visits to Anfield.

    • Jurgen Klopp's side are unbeaten in their past 26 Premier League home games since a 2-1 loss to Leeds United in October 2022.

    • Since the start of last season, 11 of Brighton’s 12 league away wins have been against sides in the bottom half of the table, with the exception being a win at Arsenal last May. Under Roberto de Zerbi, the Seagulls have taken just five points from 33 available away from home against sides in the top 10.

    • Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah is averaging a goal or assist every 76 minutes in the this season - the best rate of anyone to play at least 180 minutes in the competition this term.

    • Salah needs an assist to become the first player in Premier League history to reach double figures for both goals and assists in three consecutive campaigns.

    • Brighton beat Nottingham Forest in their last league game but have not managed consecutive victories since a run of three in September.

    Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live match commentary of Liverpool v Brighton at 14:00 BST on Sunday.

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  2. 'Shows how far Albion have come'published at 12:45 27 March

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    In the latest Albion Unlimited podcast, BBC Radio Sussex commentator Johnny Cantor and former Brighton striker Warren Aspinall discussed the international break and how it has benefitted Albion's players.

    Cantor: "They can draw on things from different coaches and players and going on international duty makes them more rounded as well.

    "They have to develop their game, be flexible and adaptable and ultimately, become a better player. It's got to be a good thing gaining more experience of playing top-level games.

    "Look at Simon Adingra [who now has 10 appearances for Ivory Coast]. Having won the Africa Cup of Nations has taken him to a different level.

    "He was getting there anyway with a long run in the team showing the manager really trusted him. He got his opportunity with his country, went to a big tournament, was named young player of the competition and actually won it as well.

    Aspinall: "It shows just how far Brighton have come."

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  3. 'Deserves a place' or 'not international standard'?published at 12:45 27 March

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    We asked for your thoughts on whether Brighton captain Lewis Dunk should be named in England's squad for Euro 2024 this summer.

    Here is a snapshot of your comments:

    Peter: This is to do with Lewis Dunk's chances of making it to the Euros, not about Brighton & Hove Albion. I think he should be picked. Lewis is not the only one to have made mistakes in the England defence. Both Harry Maguire and John Stones are just as culpable and Gareth Southgate has praised Lewis's past performances.

    Matt: Dunk definitely deserves a place in the squad. Whether he starts is a different matter. If fit, Stones is a banker and the Southgate infatuation with Maguire shows no sign of abating.

    Leonard: Great club player but not up to England standards.

    Puppers: Dunk has had a good season for Brighton, but he does get found out occasionally and goes to ground far too often. Why does Southgate insist on playing a right-footed player at left back (even if he does play the same position for Brighton) when he has a regularly excellent, left-footed option in Max Kilman of Wolves?

    Rob: He choked at the vital moments but Maguire does this regularly as well. Neither should be a starter and Dunk is certainly no worse than Maguire. I'd have liked to see Jarrad Branthwaite start.

    Brian: Don’t think Dunk is of a real international standard but with a dearth of defenders and a query over Maguire, England are desperately short of solid back-ups. If key players get injured, our hopes of winning the Euros diminish considerably. When Stones left [against Belgium, it was a perfect example of how vulnerable England are!

  4. Is Dunk the odd one out for England?published at 10:55 27 March

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    BBC Sport journalist

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    Lewis Dunk has waited so patiently.

    An international debutant in November 2018, almost five years passed before Gareth Southgate turned again to the Brighton centre-back for friendly wins over Scotland and Australia in September 2023.

    Despite consistently outstanding club form, Dunk has not played in a competitive game for England.

    After being given another chance in this week's friendlies against Brazil and Belgium at Wembley, might some high-profile errors have cost one of the Premier League's most reliable defenders his plane ticket to Euro 2024?

    Dunk has been the cornerstone of this overperforming Albion team, marshalling the defence superbly and setting the tone for Roberto de Zerbi’s style of play.

    Notably, he has had more touches than any other player in the Premier League this season (2,735) - and that is nearly 300 more than second-placed William Saliba, despite playing four fewer games than the Arsenal centre-back.

    Here is a player comfortable on the ball - precisely what international football demands - and capable of leading his team-mates through good times and through adversity.

    However, here also is a player who has arguably just come up short on the highest stage - bullied by Belgium's Romelu Lukaku on Tuesday, but also a few weeks ago when Roma blitzed through the Seagulls' defence.

    On paper, defence is not where England are strongest. Dunk's record suggests he should be a shoo-in for the squad, but will Southgate's historical willingness to overlook his credentials put his place in jeopardy?

    To win his place at Euro 2024, he is likely to need a flawless final 10 games in a Brighton shirt this season.

    Starting at Anfield on Sunday.

    What do you think of Dunk’s England chances? Does he deserve to be in the squad?

    Let us know here

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  5. 'We could be fifth or sixth without injuries'published at 10:43 27 March

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    On the latest episode of BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast, Brighton & Hove Albion fan and former Olympic runner Tim Hutchings shared his love for the club.

    "I am fiercely a supporter and I just love going to the home games, when I can make it. I have got stronger and stronger and stronger in my love for Albion and now I follow every game so closely and go to the games when I can. It's been a wonderful journey.

    "I have loved watching them through different managers whether it was Chris Hughton or anybody else since then and now Roberto de Zerbi., I have many good friends in Italy and they support Albion now because they can see how avid a supporter I am.

    "I love people who wear their heart on their sleeve like he does. I am scared he is going to get whisked away by a - as some consider - bigger club.

    "He has a vision of perfection. When it goes a little bit off by three, four, five per cent off, he is screaming, yelling, stamping his feet and punching the air. I love that.

    "He knows he has got a talented team - and we have got an amazing squad. If Roberto could get the team out that he wants, uninjured, then I think we could be fifth or sixth."

    Listen to the full episode now

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  6. The three things Albion need between now and the end of the seasonpublished at 13:01 26 March

    Scott McCarthy
    Fan writer

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    Four weeks ago, the 2023-24 season had the potential to be a truly historic one for Brighton. The Albion were in touch with the top six, two wins from a return to Wembley in the FA Cup and looking forward to facing Roma in the last 16 of the Europa League.

    A month is a long time in football. Brighton are now out of the FA Cup and out of Europe, and have won only six league games since the end of September.

    Here are three things the Seagulls need to do between now and the end of the season to lift the cloud hanging over the Amex:

    Stay in touch for Europe

    The danger facing the Albion is that the season now drifts into nothingness.

    If Brighton lose further touch with the race for Europe, then they could find themselves with little to play for over the final seven or eight matches of the campaign.

    Avoiding that is the first thing - otherwise, the thousands of empty seats and the dead atmosphere at the most recent home game against Nottingham Forest will become more commonplace.

    Learn lessons

    The second thing is to learn the lessons this campaign has taught.

    At board level, that would be giving the manager greater squad depth to cope if the club qualify for Europe again.

    Roberto de Zerbi himself needs to strike a better balance when it comes to rotation. Some players were heavily rested, others hardly at all, and yet still the injuries kept coming.

    Get manager and club on same page

    As Pam from Gavin And Stacey says: "It's all the drama, Mick. I love it!"

    But the Albion will surely benefit from De Zerbi and the club singing from the same hymn sheet between now and the end of the campaign. Even if we do love all the drama.

    Scott McCarthy can be found at We Are Brighton, external

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  7. Ask Michael Brown - send in your questionspublished at 18:18 25 March

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    BBC Sport pundit Michael Brown will be answering your questions, giving his insight and opinion around your club.

    So what would you like to ask the former Premier League midfielder?

    How does the rest of your season look? Who has been your best player? What does the manager's future hold?

    Let us know what you want answered by sending in your questions here

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  8. 'The Fati experiment has not worked' - your biggest gripes of the seasonpublished at 12:58 25 March

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    We asked you what the most irritating thing at your club has been this season, whether it be inconsistency, injuries or a player failing to deliver.

    Here are some of your replies:

    Jason: The Fati experiment has not worked for either party. He has largely disappointed and not really fitted into our system of play. Also, without our first-choice wingers we lack bite and sadly they have been injured for most of the season. But... we are still doing OK. I think expectations went a bit sky high after last term!

    David: I’m still annoyed with how post-World Cup Trossard engineered his exit and how we continue to lose key players to top clubs like Mac Allister, who was sold for only £35m. Of course, the club has sold some players well but how are we going to win if the best want to exit or are sold? Finally looks like clubs have figured out RDZ’s game and hit us on the counter.

    Kelly: Everyone talks about the club being so well run and how much money has been made from buying players for pence and selling them for millions. As a neutral, that's amazing, but as a fan I want to see most of that profit spent on players and not on a new fan zone.

    BPB: Too much passing back. It's as if they don't know which goal to aim for.

  9. What's your biggest gripe this season?published at 13:01 20 March

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    As we approach the business end, we want to know the most irritating thing at your club this season.

    Has it been a player failing to deliver, injury woes, inconsistent form... or something else?

    Let us know your biggest gripe here

  10. 'The curious case of Deniz Undav'published at 13:02 19 March

    Scott McCarthy
    Fan writer

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    Depending on what happens in this international break, the curious case of Deniz Undav and his brief-yet-enjoyable one season association with Brighton might be getting some extended interest.

    Disclaimer before we continue: I liked Undav. Not due to him coming good towards the end of 2022-23 with five goals in eight matches having struggled through the initial 30 games of the campaign.

    Rather, because he gave a wonderfully honest interview in which he moaned about the standard of kebabs and sausage in Brighton compared to back in Germany.

    Undav is a rare example of a professional footballer who understands the more important things in life. Like kebabs and sausages.

    Anyway, despite Undav belatedly getting to grips with the Premier League, he was sent on loan in the summer to Stuttgart.

    Fifteen goals, seven assists and 25 appearances later, Undav has received his first call-up to the Germany squad for games against France and the Netherlands.

    With a paucity of other striking options, there is every chance Undav could find himself leading the attack for his country in a home European Championship this summer.

    On the one hand, the idea of a player loaned out by Brighton playing centre-forward for Germany is obscene. On the other, it is another sign of just how far the Albion have come compared to when only non-league outfits wanted Albion strikers on loan.

    It will also raise the question of why the Albion let him go? That is something nobody really knows. Homesickness? Being behind Evan Ferguson and Danny Welbeck in the pecking order? Roberto de Zerbi not rating him? All reasons that have been put forward.

    Whatever the story, it seems unlikely we will see Undav in a Brighton shirt again. Stuttgart are rumoured to have an option to buy, something they will surely take up after his goal-laden campaign.

    A shame for the Albion. And a shame for Undav that he never got to experience my favourite kebab shop on the Costa del Southwick.

    Scott McCarthy can be found on We Are Brighton, external

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  11. 'Bringing European football to Brighton was massive'published at 22:38 14 March

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    Danny Welbeck says Brighton "paid the price with the first leg" defeat but they "have to be proud" of what they've achieved in their debut European season.

    The Seagulls forwards told TNT Sports: "The lads gave 100%, but it's difficult obviously with the first leg.

    "It's very difficult to take that defeat. We paid the price with the first leg. We knew we could get a result in front of the fans tonight but it was too much to do.

    "We've got a lot of very good players that are out [injured] as well. With the squad, we have to be proud of ourselves and we did the best that we can do.

    We want to keep improving and progressing as a team and as a club. There's a great culture at the club. We're going to do our best to get back to playing in these competitions.

    "Brighton [being in the Europa League] is historical. It's their first time in Europe, so bringing European football to Brighton was massive in itself, but there are some steps we need to take to keep bring European football to Brighton."

  12. Brighton 1-0 Roma (Agg: 1-4): Key statspublished at 22:19 14 March

    • Brighton are unbeaten in 14 home games in all competitions (won eight, drawn six).

    • The Seagulls have registered consecutive clean sheets in all competitions (also keeping one against Nottingham Forest at the weekend) for the first time since May 2023.

    • Danny Welbeck netted his first goal for the club in a European competition and his 13th overall, with him last finding the net in Europe for Arsenal against Sporting CP in October 2018 in the UEFA Europa League.

  13. Full-time: Brighton 1-0 Roma (Agg: 1-4)published at 22:04 14 March

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    Brighton's Europa League adventure ended at the last-16 stage despite a victory over Roma at the Amex.

    Roberto de Zerbi's side fought hard throughout and had their chances, but a 4-0 defeat at the Stadio Olimpico in the first leg meant this task was beyond them.

    Were you at the match or did you follow it from elsewhere?

    How did you rate the side's performance, Brighton fans?

    Follow all of the reaction here

  14. Follow Thursday's European action published at 17:45 14 March

    Thursday's fixtures

    There are four Premier League sides in European action on Thursday, and we will bring you every moment.

    West Ham host Freiburg in the second leg of their last-16 tie, trailing 1-0 from last week's game in Germany. Liverpool take a healthy 5-1 lead into their match against Sparta Prague at Anfield. However, Brighton have a huge task on their hands to progress having lost 4-0 to Roma in Italy.

    Aston Villa welcome Dutch giants Ajax to Villa Park in the Europa Conference League, with that last-16 encounter evenly poised after a goalless first leg.

    Follow all of the action and reaction here

  15. Brighton's journey to Europepublished at 16:41 14 March

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    Brighton's rise from almost falling out of the Football League and nearly losing their ground to competing with European heavyweights on the continent in the Europa League could be described as a fairytale.

    The Football News Show have been looking back over that journey as Roberto de Zerbi and his side take on Roma in the last-16.

    Watch the full episode on BBC iPlayer

  16. 'Play the game, not the occasion' - Welbeckpublished at 14:02 14 March

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    Brighton forward Danny Welbeck says he has tried to pass on his experience to his team-mates before their Europa League game against Roma on Thursday.

    Welbeck is one of the Seagulls' most experienced players in continental football and his knowhow will be crucial as they attempt the daunting challenge of overturning the 4-0 deficit from the first leg.

    "To play in these games is a massive learning curve," said Welbeck. "When you have the experience of playing in these games and passing it on to others and giving advice, you get a feeling for it and it becomes normal, like every other game.

    "It's important to play the game and not the occasion. It's easy to just say that - when you're on the pitch it's more difficult. For me, I just want to get out there. It's a difficult task ahead but it's one we're really looking forward to."

    Fellow forward Julio Enciso has recently been integrated back into the team after a lengthy spell on the sidelines and Welbeck believes he has a big future.

    "It's really good to have him back," Welbeck added. "He's been through a difficult spell with his injury. We all know the qualities he brings to the team.

    "Being out for that amount of time, getting back into the team and the rhythm takes some time. He's a jewel. He's got match-winning qualities and that's what we look forward to him bringing the team.

    "Everyone's excited when he's involved because he brings so much quality."