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  1. Brighton v Leeds: Key stats and talking pointspublished at 19:04 BST

    Matt Jones
    BBC Sport journalist

    After a rollercoaster start to their Premier League campaign, Brighton & Hove Albion welcome an improving Leeds United team to the Amex Stadium on Saturday (15:00 BST).

    The Seagulls were 4-0 winners over Aston Villa in their opener, then lost 4-3 at Chelsea last time out. Head coach Fabian Hurzeler will have taken some positives from the clash at Stamford Bridge though, namely the manner in which his team bossed long periods of the contest.

    As for Leeds, they followed up a win over Nottingham Forest in their first game with a creditable draw at home to Brentford. A strong start to the season and some shrewd summer business means spirits are high at Elland Road.

    Brighton seeking balance

    Brighton games so far have certainly been eventful. The 4-3 loss at Stamford Bridge means they are just the second side since 1950 to score four or more goals in their first game of an English top-flight season and then concede four or more in their second, after Blackpool in 2010-11.

    Hurzeler would have been unhappy with the defensive lapses in the early stages of the game – they were 2-0 down after 14 minutes and 3-0 down after 32 minutes – but his team did show quality and spirit to battle back.

    Indeed, Brighton's possession of 74.4% was the highest on record (from 2003-04) by any side in a Premier League game against Chelsea. The Blues actually only completed 155 passes in the match, their lowest total in a Premier League game since 2003-04.

    Brighton have averaged 73.1% and 74.1% possession in their first two games so far this season, against Villa and Chelsea respectively. Since Opta records began in 2003-04, no side has averaged above 70% possession in their first three Premier League games.

    Against Leeds, Hurzeler will want to see the same sort of control without the chaos at the back. For all their possession, they have made more errors leading to a shot than any other team in the division so far.

    A table showing errors made leading to shots in the Premier League so far this seasonImage source, BBC Sport

    Leeds looking for elusive win

    While Leeds may be happy to relinquish possession on the road, they showed against Brentford last time out that getting on the front foot can help negate a dangerous opponent.

    Farke switched from a 5-3-2 to a 4-3-3 at the interval with his team trailing, and Leeds were much improved in the second half.

    Dominic Calvert-Lewin was on target with the equaliser, his 15th Premier League goal for the club. There is a sense that the Whites will be hugely reliant on the England forward to be a point of difference again this season.

    After two games of the new season, Calvert-Lewin has applied 104 high-intensity pressures in the opposition half, with only Hull's Oliver McBurnie, with 105, doing so more often. Only Igor Jesus of Nottingham Forest, with 16, has won more aerial duels than the Leeds striker's 11.

    With two away wins already recorded this season – at Nottingham Forest in the Premier League and in the League Cup – Leeds will hope to end their miserable record at the Amex Stadium. They have played more matches without winning at the Amex than at any other stadium in their entire history, drawing three and losing seven of their 10 games there.

  2. Hurzeler on 'Baby Rodri', Minteh and transfer dreamspublished at 11:25 BST

    Craig Nelson
    BBC Sport Journalist

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    Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Leeds United at Amex Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST).

    Here are the key lines from his news conference:

    • Deadline-day signings Chema Andres, a £15.5m arrival from Stuttgart, and Femi Azeez, who joined from Millwall in a deal worth up to £15m, are both "great characters".

    • Andres, 21, "can definitely be an option" against Leeds on Saturday, but Azeez, 25, who is recovering from an injury, "hopefully will be available for the next game".

    • On comparisons between Spain Under-21 international midfielder Andres, who has been dubbed the 'Baby Rodri', and the World Cup Golden Ball winner: "He has a long way to go and hopefully he can get there one day."

    • On what it would mean to Brighton if Andres lives up to his nickname: "It would be a big one for us but also the whole football world."

    • On whether Yankuba Minteh is committed to the club after Brighton turned down offers for him from Liverpool: "Yes, definitely. He wears the Brighton colours, he wears the Brighton badge."

    • On his challenge to Minteh: "If the whole team is successful and the individual shines then Yankuba will get a lot of attention again and he can then maybe fulfil his dream in the next transfer window."

    • Mats Wieffer is not expected to return from a knee injury until "after the international break", but Yasin Ayari and Georginio Rutter "might be options" to face Leeds.

    Hit play above to hear Hurzeler talking to BBC Radio Sussex about his Conference League squad selection, or listen on BBC Sounds here

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  3. A record-breaking transfer windowpublished at 07:01 BST 3 September

    Steve Sutcliffe, Emlyn Begley and Gary Rose
    BBC Sport journalists

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    Premier League clubs have broke their all-time summer transfer record with spending reaching £3.49bn.

    A total of £506.5m was spent on deadline day itself, up from £391m last year.

    The total amount spent during the window considerably dwarfs the £1.13bn spent by clubs just five years ago and underlines the power top English clubs have to attract talent, according to figures provided to BBC Sport by Paul Macdonald, founder of FootballTransfers.com.

    Three of the 10 most expensive signings in the history of football have happened this summer – with all of them being Premier League signings. In fact, this summer window featured four of the top flight's five most expensive ever deals.

    So maybe it is not surprising then that of the 20 most expensive transfers completed, only six were not to clubs in the English top flight.

    Indeed, newly-promoted Ipswich have spent more on new signings than the likes of Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus and reigning European champions PSG.

    Biggest Premier League deals of the window
Fernandez to Man City - £125m
Barcola to Liverpool - £123m
Rogers to Chelsea - £117m
Anderson to Man City - £116m
Tonali to Tottenham - £100m

    Premier League clubs as a whole were willing to dip deep into their pockets this summer, as 11 of the 20 clubs broke their transfer records, six of them on more than one occasion.

    Coventry, promoted to the Premier League alongside Ipswich and Hull, have done so four times over.

    Read more on the Premier League's record-breaking transfer spending

  4. Fleetwood sign Brighton midfielder Robertsonpublished at 12:50 BST 2 September

    Josh Robertson warming up before a game for Brighton's under-21sImage source, Shutterstock
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    Josh Robertson captained Brighton's under-21s to the Premier League 2 title last season

    Fleetwood Town have signed Brighton midfielder Josh Robertson on loan until 5 January.

    The 20-year-old joined the Seagulls from Sunderland in February 2024 but is yet to make his senior debut for the Premier League side.

    He has scored one goal in two appearances for Brighton's under-21s in the EFL Trophy.

    Robertson could feature for the Cods in Saturday's home match against Shrewsbury in League Two.