Brighton vs Newcastle: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from Premier League clash

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Ahead of this weekend's action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Brighton's home clash with Newcastle on Sunday.

Brighton vs Newcastle (Amex Stadium, Sunday 16:00)

Team news

Brighton

Bruno, Glenn Murray, Izzy Brown and Gaetan Bong will all be available for Brighton when they host Newcastle on Sunday.

Bruno was absent for last Friday's defeat at Bournemouth, owing to a back injury, while Murray missed out on Tuesday's loss to the same team because of an injured ankle.

A back injury means Steve Sidwell remains unavailable, while Beram Kayal is a long-term absentee having broken his leg.

Gaetan Bong (right) is one of those available for Chris Hughton's Brighton on Sunday

Provisional squad: Krul, Maenpaa, Ryan, Schelotto, Hunemeier, Bruno, Dunk, Duffy, Goldson, Rosenior, Suttner, Bong, Ahannach, Brown, Hutchinson, March, Stephens, Skalak, Propper, Knockaert, Izquierdo, Gross, Murphy, Murray, Hemed.

Newcastle 

Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez has no fresh injury concerns as he goes in search of a fourth successive Premier League win at Brighton.

Florian Lejeune is yet to fully recover from the ankle injury he suffered against Tottenham during the opening weekend of the campaign, while fellow defenders Paul Dummett (hamstring) and Massadio Haidara (knee) continue to work their way back to fitness.

Striker Aleksandar Mitrovic completes his three-match man, while midfielder Jonjo Shelvey looks for his first start since returning from his own suspension.

Newcastle have no fresh injury concerns and are searching for four successive wins 

Provisional squad: Elliot, Darlow, Woodman, Yedlin, Manquillo, Mbemba, Gamez, Lascelles, Clark, Hayden, Merino, Shelvey, Saivet, Ritchie, Atsu, Murphy, Aarons, Diame, Barlaser, Perez, Gayle, Joselu.

Key stats - supplied by Opta

- This will be the 15th league meeting between these two clubs, but the first in the English top-flight.

- In fact, this will become the 1421st different English top-flight fixture to be played between two clubs.

- Newcastle United were the only team to beat Brighton & Hove Albion both home and away in the 2016-17 Championship season, including a 2-1 win away on the south coast.

- Newcastle have posted the lowest passing accuracy (68.9%) and the second lowest average possession figure (38.1%) this season in the Premier League.

- Brighton have handed a Premier League appearance to just 16 different players in 2017-18; the lowest total amongst all clubs this season.

Newcastle are on a strong run of form having won their last three Premier League games

- Newcastle United have had the youngest starting XI on average this season (25y 208d) in the Premier League and they have had three of the five youngest starting XI’s in games this season.

- Newcastle won more points in their last Premier League away game (1-0 v Swansea – three points) than they had in their previous 12 Premier League away trips combined (W0 D2 L10 – two points).

- The Magpies will be looking to win successive Premier League away matches for the first time in nearly three years – last doing so in November 2014.

- Jamaal Lascelles has scored in each of his last two Premier League appearances for Newcastle United – the only defender to score in three in a row in the competition for the Magpies is Steven Taylor in May 2011.

- Pascal Groß has been involved in all four of Brighton’s Premier League goals this season; scoring the first two and assisting the second two.