Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live coverage of Brighton and West Brom - the battle of the Albions. I'm Ciaran Baynes and I'll be following the match with you.

Maupay is brought down on the left hand side of the field 35 yards from goal giving Troussard an opportunity to whip a ball into the box but Gallagher and Furlong get the ball away.

Maupay caught offside but you can see him causing problems for Ivanovic if the right ball is slipped through.

March has an age to put in a cross from the left flank but ony finds a West Brom head.

The first shot at goal is a 20-yard effort from Krovinovic saved diving to his left by Ryan fairly comfortably.

Brighton get us underway.

Brighton line up to the strains of Sussex by the Sea. Nearly there now.

The players are out on the field now.

One win in 11 home league matches for Brighton. You wouldn't necessarily think this stadium was one of the intimidating venues where a lack of home fans would make a difference - but you can't argue with that stat.

This seems a bigger game for Brighton tonight really. Though fifth-bottom you get the feeling they are a class above the bottom four and they can put five points between them and West Brom, currently a place below with a win. A win for the elder Albion (1879 to 1901) will see them climb a point above the Seagulls who will then go into November feeling they are deep in a relegation battle.

What a stat this is...

Brighton are without skipper Lewis Dunk who was sent off in injury time in the Seagulls' 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace last Sunday. Joel Veltman replaces him in the centre of the home side's defence.

Ironically though, Albion's previously porous defence kept their first clean sheet since returning to the Premier League with Hegazi alongside veteran Branislav Ivanovic, who was making his debut last time out against Burnley. Ajayi returns to the centre of defence alongside the former Chelsea stalwart tonight.

The interesting thing about Bilic drawing a line in the sand over Hegazi - if this is the case - is that he has generally been the reserve centre back with the former Croatian national coach generally preferring the pairing of Kyle Bartley and Semi Ajayi.

So, Slaven Bilic is unhappy with the sale of Ahmed Hegazi. He is heading to Al-Ittihad in a deal that should eventually recoup the Baggies £4 million.

And this is how the hosts will line up at the Amex Stadium:

This is how Slaven Bilic is sending out his side - in what could be his last match in charge if some reports are to be believed - but more on that later...