Tottenham v Brighton: Confirmed line-ups as De Zerbi takes on former club

Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi goes up against his former club as Spurs host Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday.

De Zerbi takes charge of his first home game as Spurs boss, with the north Londoners in desperate need of a positive result having dropped into the bottom three with six games remaining.

By contrast, Brighton’s will be aiming to finish the season strongly as they hope to secure a European spot for next season.

The Seagulls have claimed three successive wins and are just two points adrift of sixth-placed Chelsea

Tottenham team news

For the hosts, De Zerbi makes four changes to the team that fell to defeat at Sunderland.

Kevin Danso, Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur and Xavi Simons come in to replace Cristian Romero, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Richarlison.

James Maddison makes the bench, while Dejan Kulusevski, Wilson Odobert and Ben Davies remain sidelined.

Captain Romero, meanwhile, will miss the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury at the Stadium of Light.

Tottenham XI: Kinsky, Danso, Pedro Porro, Udogie, Van de Ven, Bissouma, Gallagher, Bentancur, Xavi, Kolo Muani, Solanke

Subs: Austin, Dragusin, Palhinha, Richarlison, Maddison, Tel, Gray, Bergvall, Spence

Brighton team news

The visitors are unchanged from the side that beat Burnley last time out.

Top goalscorer Danny Welbeck captains the side in the absence of defender Lewis Dunk, who is suspended.

Stefanos Tzimas and Adam Webster miss out due to knee ligament injuries, while James Milner will play no part, also due to injury.

Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Van Hecke, Minteh, Hinshelwood, Welbeck, Boscaglli, Kadioglu, Gomez, Ayari, Wieffer, Gross

Subs: Steele, Igor Julio, Georginio, Baleba, Kostoulas, Mitoma, De Cuyper, O’Riley, Veltman

Where to watch Tottenham v Brighton: TV and online streams

Tottenham v Brighton kicks off at 5:30pm. It will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, it can also be streamed via Sky Go.

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Stats for Tottenham v Brighton

• Tottenham are winless in their last three Premier League games against Brighton (D1 L2), having previously never gone more than once without a win against the Seagulls in the top- flight.
• Brighton have won two of their last four away league games against Spurs (L2), including a 4-1 victory last season. They’d only won one of their first nine visits between 1977 and 2020 (D2 L6).
• Brighton have scored 14 goals in their last five Premier League games against Spurs (2.8 per game), having scored just 10 in their first 12 against them in the competition (0.8 per game).
• Tottenham are the only Premier League side without a win in 2026, winning none of 14 games (D5 L9). It’s their second-longest winless league run in their history, only having a longer stretch without a win between December 1934 and April 1935 (16 games).
• De Zerbi’s first home Premier League game in charge of Brighton was against Tottenham in October 2022, losing 1-0. It’s the first time in Premier League history a manager’s first home game in charge of two clubs has been the same fixture.
• Brighton and Hove Albion have won five of their last six Premier League matches (L1), as many wins as they’d had in their previous 20 combined. Since matchday 27, they’ve won more points than any other team (15).
• Tottenham have won just one of their last 26 Premier League matches played across January, February, March, April and May (D7 L18), and are winless in their last 21 games in those months since a 3-1 win over Southampton last April.
• Brighton have won their last three away Premier League games – they’ve never won four in a row in the top-flight. The Seagulls have also kept a clean sheet in all three wins, last winning four on the bounce on the road in the league without conceding in March 2011 in League One.
• This will be De Zerbi’s first home Premier League game in charge of Spurs – only one of the previous 13 managers to take charge of Spurs have lost their first home game, though it was his predecessor Igor Tudor in February against Arsenal. Spurs have lost their last four home games, only losing five in a row once in their league history in February 1994.