The Seagulls are ninth in the table with nine points after their first six matches with two wins, three draws and a defeat. Last Saturday’s 4-2 loss at Chelsea was Fabian Hurzeler’s first defeat since the German head coach arrived from St Pauli last summer.
Much was made of Brighton’s defensive high-line following the loss at Stamford Bridge and Hurzeler admitted he will be speaking to his players this week to see if they are comfortable to continue that tactic against a potent Tottenham attack.
Brighton will hope to have £25m summer signing Brajan Gruda available for the first time this season while Evan Ferguson, previously linked with a move to Tottenham, is pushing for his first Premier League start.
Here’s what we spotted in training this week… pictures courtesy (BHAFC).
5. Evan sent
Evan Ferguson will look to make his first Premier League start of the season this Sunday Photo: Paul Hazlewood
6. Handy work
Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen gets down low Photo: Paul Hazlewood
7. Baleba ball
Carlos Baleba has impressed this season Photo: Paul Hazlewood
8. Gorgeous George
Georginio Rutter scored at Chelsea and will hope to cause problems for Spurs this weekend Photo: Paul Hazlewood