Brighton host Crystal Palace in matchday seven of the Premier League

Brighton host Crystal Palace on 18 October 2026 at 16:00 Damascus time, in matchday seven of the 2026/27 Premier League season, with the match broadcast on beIN Sports.

Brighton go into the match on the back of a run of positive results, having won their last matches against Kauno Zalgiris 4-0, Sunderland 2-0, Arsenal 3-0 and Coventry City 5-0, while drawing 1-1 with Leeds United.

Crystal Palace, meanwhile, have had mixed results, losing their last match against Lyon 2-3, before that beating Nottingham Forest 3-1, drawing 0-0 with Leeds United, beating Lech Poznan 4-0, and losing to Ipswich Town 2-3.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Crystal Palace beat Brighton 0-1 on 8 February 2026, the two sides drew 0-0 on 9 November 2025, Crystal Palace won 2-1 on 5 April 2025, Crystal Palace beat Brighton 1-3 on 15 December 2024, and Brighton beat Crystal Palace 4-1 on 3 February 2024.

Brighton will be without E. Ferguson, Y. Mitoma, S. Tzimas, A. Aziz, K. Mitoma, Mats Wieffer, Zadok Yohannes and Ibrahima Osman, while Crystal Palace will be missing Axel Disasi due to suspension, in addition to Dean Henderson, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Chadi Riad, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Benjamin Chilwell.

Brighton sit third in the table with 13 points from 6 matches, after 4 wins, a draw and one defeat, scoring 18 goals and conceding 5, while Crystal Palace are twelfth with 7 points from 6 matches, after two wins, a draw and three defeats, scoring 9 goals and conceding 12.