Bournemouth vs Brighton: TV channel, live stream, team news and kick-off time for Premier League clash
BOURNEMOUTH will be looking for their first win of the season as they welcome south coast rivals Brighton to the Vitality Stadium.
Brighton will aim to secure back to back victories after beating West Brom 3-1 at The Amex.
When is Bournemouth vs Brighton?
The Cherries take on The Seagulls on Friday, September 15.
Kick-off is at 8pm.
The Premier League clash will take place at The Vitality Stadium.
What TV Channel is showing Bournemouth vs Brighton?
The game will be shown live on Sky Sports Football, Sky Sports Mix, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event.
Coverage will begin at 7pm, and the show will end at 10pm.
Alternatively you can keep up to date on SunSport's live blog.
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What is the team news for Bournemouth vs Brighton?
Bournemouth continue to be without Callum Wilson, Junior Stanislas, Ryan Fraser and Adam Federici.
Brighton will be missing Beram Kayal, Sam Baldock, Gaetan Bong and Steve Sidwell.
Fact me
- This will be the first ever top-flight meeting between Bournemouth and Brighton and Hove Albion and the 101st league clash overall.
- Bournemouth versus Brighton will be the 1420th different top-flight meeting between two teams.
- Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last six league games against Brighton (W3 D3), winning the last two. The Cherries last won three consecutive league clashes versus the Seagulls back in September 1966.
- Brighton have won just once in their last eight visits to Bournemouth in league competition (D2 L5), running out 2-0 winners in October 2007, with Dean Cox and Bas Savage getting on the scoresheet.
- Bournemouth have started the 2017-18 season with four league defeats – they have only lost their first five games to a league season on two previous occasions: 1994-95 (third tier) and 1983-84 (third tier) and they avoided relegation in both seasons.
- Just three clubs have started a Premier League season with five defeats in their opening five games: Portsmouth in 2009-10, Sunderland in 2005-06 and Southampton in 1998-99, with the most recent two being relegated.
- Brighton & Hove Albion will be looking to win back-to-back top-flight league games for the first time in 35 years – last doing so in September 1982.
- Bournemouth have won just five of their 23 Premier League games in 2017 so far (D7 L11) – this is fewer than every other team to have played in the competition over both 2016-17 and 2017-18.
- This could be the 39th different club that Jermain Defoe has played against in the Premier League – he’s currently scored a goal against 35 different teams in the competition.
- Pascal Gross has had a hand in all three of Brighton’s goals in the Premier League this season (two goals, one assist) and has created the most chances for the club (7). He created the most goalscoring chances in the German Bundesliga last season (98) whilst playing for relegated Ingostadt