Mikel Arteta’s side produced an impressive 3-1 win over West Ham on their return to Premier League action following the World Cup break.
The Gunners lead defending champions Manchester City by five points at the top of the table, but they will face a real test at Brighton.
Roberto De Zerbi’s team won 3-1 at rivals Southampton in their first game following Qatar 2022 and the hosts have a strong record against the Premier League big-hitters in recent seasons.
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What time is Brighton vs. Arsenal kick off?
This Premier League clash will kick off at the AMEX Stadium on Saturday, December 31 at 5:30 p.m local time.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:
*Game starts on January 1 in these time zones
Brighton vs. Arsenal live stream, TV channel
Here’s how to watch all of the action from this match in some of the major territories:
USA: The match will be televised on Telemundo (Spanish-language) which can be streamed on fuboTV. The English-language stream can be seen on NBC’s Peacock platform.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streaming exclusively via fuboTV in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.
India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).
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Brighton vs Arsenal lineups
De Zerbi faced a midfield conundrum ahead of this clash with Moises Caicedo suspended and Jakub Moder injured for the home side. Billy Gilmour was given the nod alongside Pascal Gross.
Alexis MacAllister is still not available following Argentina’s World Cup celebrations, but Tariq Lamptey was handed a start at right-back.
Brighton XI (4-2-3-1): Sanchez (GK) — Lamptey, Dunk, Colwill, Estupinan — Gross, Gilmour — March, Lallana, Mitoma — Trossard
Brighton subs: Steele, Sarmiento, Enciso, Ferguson, Van Hecke, Veltman, Turns, Moran, Hinshelwood
Arteta’s injury picture is unchanged ahead of this game with Eddie Nketiah continuing up front in the absence of the injured Gabriel Jesus.
Takehiro Tomiyasu and Emile Smith Rowe are back in training but not match fit, so Arsenal made just one change from the win over West Ham, Oleksandr Zinchenko coming in for Kieran Tierney.
Arsenal XI (4-2-3-1): Ramsdale (GK) — White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko — Xhaka, Partey, Odegaard — Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli
Arsenal subs: Turner, Tierney, Tomiyasu, Cedric, Holding, Elneny, Lokonga, Vieira, Marquinhos
Brighton vs. Arsenal betting odds, prediction
Arsenal’s quest to hold off City in the Premier League title race will be the big story in the 2022/23 campaign run-in.
Arteta’s young charges could upset City’s dominance in the coming months but they need to maintain a winning momentum across this crucial period of games.
Arsenal have only won once in Premier League action at the AMEX Stadium but they have lost just once away from home this season.
Prediction: Arsenal to win 1-0
