Brighton & Hove Albion welcome Newcastle United on 2025-10-18 at 15:00 GMT in week 8 of the 2025-2026 Premier League at American Express Stadium.
Over 3 head-to-head encounters, F. Hürzeler has 2 wins and E. Howe has no wins with 1 draw.
Current league positions have Brighton & Hove Albion 12th on 9 points and Newcastle United 11th on 9 points.
Brighton & Hove Albion have 6 players out: J. Hinshelwood (Ankle Injury), S. March (Knee Injury), A. Webster (Knee Injury), D. Gomez (Thigh Injury), K. Mitoma (Ankle Injury), J. Veltman (Calf Injury) while Newcastle United have 4 players missing: V. Livramento (Knee Injury), Y. Wissa (Knee Injury), L. Miley (Calf Injury), J. Ramsey (Ankle Injury).
Our forecast has Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Newcastle United set to counter in 4-3-3.
Last time out, D. Gómez registered the best mark for Brighton & Hove Albion - 10 - and Joelinton did likewise for Newcastle United with an 9.9 score.
Contrast in results: Brighton & Hove Albion had to share the points 1-1 with Wolverhampton Wanderers, whereas Newcastle United claimed victory 2-0 vs. Nottingham Forest.
Brighton & Hove Albion (2-2-1) and Newcastle United (3-1-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
Dominance for Brighton & Hove Albion: across 23 clashes, they've won 9 games and only lost 6 games to Newcastle United, with 8 stalemates.
We predict Brighton & Hove Albion to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (1-2-0) and 1.67 goals/game.
Brighton is going head to head with Newcastle on 18/10/2025 14:00 GMT at American Express Stadium for the England Premier League. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Brighton v Newcastle H2H statistics!