Tottenham vs Brighton prediction: How will Premier League fixture play out today?

27 mins: Dejan Kulusevski is a lucky man. He throws an elbow at Marc Cucurella after the Brighton defender wins the ball after a tussle. Kulusevski only brushes Cucurella with his outburst but the referee spots it and pulls out a card. More contact and he could have been looking at a red.

24 mins: Chance! The corner comes into the box and Tottenham are a little sloppy trying to clear it. It drops to Joel Veltman whose shot on the spin is blocked by Harry Kane.

21 mins: Chance! Brighton whip a cross in from the right wing that Spurs fail to deal with. It comes out to Trossard who nods it back into the box and drops kindly for Mwepu. He shoots from just inside the box and wins a corner as Ben Dives deflects the effort behind.

18 mins: Emerson Royal leaps above Leandro Trossard as the ball is played over to Spurs’ right side by Hugo Lloris. Royal wins the ball but can only head it as far as Yves Bissouma in midfield but the referee stops the game as Trossard stays down after the challenge from Royal.

He’s okay to play on though.

15 mins: Tottenham win a couple of corners back-to-back. Son Heung-Min plays the first one short and earns a repeat after his cross is deflected behind by a block from Tariq Lamptey.

The second set piece is whipped into the middle. Robert Sanchez flaps at the ball to clear it but scuffs it to Marc Cucurella who tries to drive it up the pitch.

12 mins: Brighton are dominating possession with Spurs looking to hit them on the counter-attack. There is space around Brighton’s back line when they commit men up the pitch with Marc Cucurella in particular sprinting up and down that left side to get back in his defensive position.

Lewis Dunk and Harry Kane collide off the ball and the referee just has a word with both players.

9 mins: Tariq Lamptey loses the ball just inside Tottenham’s half which sparks a quick counter for the home side. Son Heung-Min has Harry Kane in front of him but holds onto the ball and gets clattered from the right. He goes down but the referee judges that Yves Bissouma - who made the tackle - won the ball and lets play go on.

6 mins: It’s been a positive start for Brighton who have pushed into Tottenham’s final third and are passing it around nicely. As I say that Lewis Dunk fires a wayward pass over to the left wing and sends it out for a Tottenham throw in.

3 mins: Tottenham take too long knocking the ball around their own back line and Brighton nick it off Cristian Romero high up the pitch. Pascal Gross makes a decent run into the box but loses the ball to Eric Dier as he tries to cut back onto his right-foot. The ball comes loose and Emerson Royal boots it away for Spurs.

Brighton get the match started with a long ball up the right side of the pitch that Tottenham clear without too much trouble. The ball is knocked back to Marc Cucurella who sends it across to Brighton’s left wing. Harry Kane presses up the pitch and wins the ball sending Spurs into a slight counter-attack. He drives inside and lets fly with an early effort at goal that Robert Sanchez clings onto.