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Good evening and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League match between Brighton and Watford from the Amex Stadium. Both sides ran out winners in their opening game of the season last weekend, with Brighton defeating Burnley 2-1 and Watford springing a 3-2 surprise on Aston Villa, and they'll both be keen to continue their good starts. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match this afternoon, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 17:30!

Premier League / Matchday 2
Amex Stadium / 21.08.2021
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Pete Sharland

Updated 21/08/2021 at 18:26 GMT


17:10
HEAD TO HEAD
This will be the two clubs' 7th Premier League meeting, with Brighton winning 2, Watford being the victors only once and 3 of the encounters being draws.
17:03
Will rumours of Brighton trying to sign Benfica striker Darwin Nunez motivate Neal Maupay to continue scoring?
16:45
WATFORD TEAM NEWS
Just the one change for Hornets gaffer Xisco Munoz!
Imran Louza - a summer signing from Nantes - comes on in for fellow summer signing Juraj Kucka, who misses out due to injury, while Emmanuel Dennis leads the line once more after a dream debut last weekend against Aston Villa in which he scored the opening goal.
Highly rated 18 year-old, Kwado Baah, who Watford beat Man City to sign earlier this year, could feature off the bench.
16:41
BRIGHTON TEAM NEWS
Graham Potter makes two changes to the side who beat Burnley a week ago, replacing central midfielders Enock Mwepu and Steven Alzate with Adam Lallana and the man who scored the winner off the bench, Alexis Mac Allister.
England youth internationals Haydon Roberts and Taylor Richards could make their Premier League debuts if they're brought on as subs this evening.