West Ham v Brighton: Premier League – live

West Ham have won ten of their last 14 matches in all competitions. Brighton have only managed seven wins in their last 14, though two of those were against Ajax, so they’re in a pretty good place as well. As for the head to head, West Ham ran out easy 3-1 winners at the Amex back in August, but were thrashed 4-0 there in March, and they’ve not won this particular fixture since Brighton got back in the big time in 2017, the visitors winning twice and drawing the other four.

West Ham make three changes to their starting XI following the 2-0 win at Arsenal. Said Benrahma, Pablo Fornals and Ben Johnson come in for Mohammed Kudus, who is off to the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana, Vladimir Coufal, who was “outstanding” in the win at the Emirates but now has a cob on over his contract, and the injured Lucas Paqueta.

Brighton make two changes after their 4-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur. Adam Webster stands in for the suspended Lewis Dunk, while Pervis Estupiñán takes the place of Igor Julio.

West Ham United: Areola, Johnson, Mavropanos, Ogbonna, Emerson Palmieri, Alvarez, Soucek, Benrahma, Ward-Prowse, Fornals, Bowen.
Subs: Fabianski, Cresswell, Cornet, Ings, Coventry, Casey, Mubama, Orford, Laing.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Steele, Hinshelwood, van Hecke, Webster, Estupinan, Gross, Gilmour, Milner, Buonanotte, Welbeck, Joao Pedro.
Subs: Verbruggen, Dahoud, Lallana, Moder, Baleba, Ferguson, Boaitey, Kavanagh, Samuels.

Referee: Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire).

Let’s face facts, it’s all about the darts tonight. But across town, seven miles south-east of Ally Pally, there’s also some hot Premier League action to be had, and it’d be remiss of us to ignore it. West Ham and Brighton are both enjoying themselves in the Europa League, and they’d quite like some more of that hot European action next season, thank you very much. With the former currently sixth in the Premier League and the latter eighth, that’s a dream very much within reach; there’s even been talk of the Champions League. Well, why not? All of which means there’s plenty to play for, which should make for a lot of fun this evening, as two upwardly mobile clubs go head to head. Kick off is at 7.30pm. It’s on!