Brighton have named an unchanged starting line-up for their trip to Sunderland, three weeks after their stunning 3-0 win over Arsenal.
Fabian Hurzeler has kept faith with the side that beat the Gunners, with Pascal Struijk retaining his place in defence despite concerns over a hamstring tweak before the international break.
Skipper Lewis Dunk returns to the bench after missing the Arsenal victory with a neck injury. In-form Pascal Gross – the Premier League player of the month for September – captains Albion again.
There is little relief elsewhere on Brighton’s lengthy injury list.
Skipper Lewis Dunk returns to the Brighton squad, at Sunderland, after missing the Arsenal victory with a neck injury. But he is not yet ready to start. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)placeholder image
Skipper Lewis Dunk returns to the Brighton squad, at Sunderland, after missing the Arsenal victory with a neck injury. But he is not yet ready to start. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)
Jack Hinshelwood has returned to training following an ankle injury but is absent from the matchday squad.
Hurzeler, speaking ahead of the trip to Sunderland, said: “Lewis will be back and Jack trained this week.
“With him we have to see if it already makes sense to take him into the squad, because the next weeks will be busy.
“We have a lot of games, it's really about managing the players and understanding who is really available, and where we don't risk anything.
“But overall these two players (Hinshelwood and Dunk) are definitely available."
Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma, Mats Wieffer, Azeez, Evan Ferguson and Stefanos Tzimas all remain sidelined.
Bart Verbruggen starts as usual in goal, with Struijk, Olivier Boscagli, Ferdi Kadioglu, Maxim De Cuyper and Luka Vuskovic all keeping their places.
Gross, Yasin Ayari, Diego Gomez, Chema and Charalampos Kostoulas also start as Albion look to build on their impressive early-season form.
Brighton: Verbruggen, Kadioglu, Struijk, Vuskovic, Boscagli, Gross, Chema, Ayari, Gomez, De Cuyper, Kostoulas
Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Dunk, Georginio, Promise, Osman, Costinha, O’Riley, Yalcouye