Brighton vs Leeds: Seagulls out for revenge after Elland Road loss
Brighton host Leeds United on Saturday 5 September 2026 in the third round of the Premier League season, aiming to put right a 1-0 defeat at Elland Road when the teams last met in May.
Team News and Injury Latest
Brighton are without Yankuba Minteh (leg), Stefanos Tzimas (knee) and Evan Ferguson (ankle) through injury, while midfielder Jack Hinshelwood is also unavailable. Georginio Rutter and Kaoru Mitoma are both doubtful and face late fitness tests. That puts the creative burden squarely on Diego Gómez Amarilla and Pascal Groß, with Maxim De Cuyper offering a threat from left‑back after scoring in Brighton’s 4-0 demolition of Aston Villa on the opening weekend.
Leeds, meanwhile, are missing forward Mateo Joseph (knee) and will assess Wilfried Gnonto (thigh), Gabriel Gudmundsson (thigh) and Ilia Gruev (knee). Anton Stach and Ethan Ampadu are set to anchor midfield, Stach carrying confidence from his match‑winning goal at Nottingham Forest in Leeds’ opening victory. Dominic Calvert‑Lewin leads the line.
Recent Form
Brighton’s last five league results read won, lost, won, lost, won, the sequence ending with the emphatic 4‑0 win over Villa. However, the last defeat in that run was the 1‑0 reverse at Leeds in May 2026, a result that still stings. Leeds opened their campaign by beating Forest away thanks to Stach’s strike, extending a positive run from the tail‑end of last season.
Key Battle: Maxim De Cuyper vs Leeds’ right flank
The Belgian left‑back registered four shots, one on target and created three chances against Villa, attacking the space with aggression. He will test whoever Leeds deploy on the right side – likely Jayden Bogle or James Justin. If De Cuyper can combine with Groß and Gómez, Brighton may find the overloads that Leeds struggled against in their own defensive third at Elland Road last season. Leeds’ compact midfield, led by Ampadu and Stach, will need to track those rotations early.