Brighton vs Newcastle preview and prediction: A heart-stopping last-minute shock.
The Brighton vs Newcastle Premier League match will take place at 9:00 PM on October 18th. Nghe An newspapers, radio, and television will analyze form, provide football commentary, and predict the score.
Latest Brighton vs Newcastle team news
Brighton will continue to be without Solly March and Adam Webster (both knee injuries) as well as Jack Hinshelwood (ankle). Additionally, Kaoru Mitoma (ankle), Joel Veltman (calf), Brajan Gruda (knee) and Diego Gomez (thigh) are still being assessed before the match.
Left-back Maxim De Cuyper is working to regain his place from Ferdi Kadioglu, while Mats Wieffer may continue to be deployed at right-back if Veltman is not yet available.
If Mitoma recovers, he will take over the left wing, while Yankuba Minteh – a former Newcastle player – is likely to return to the right wing. Georginio Rutter is also competing for a starting spot in the attacking midfield role behind striker Danny Welbeck.
Newcastle are still without Yoane Wissa and Tino Livramento (knee injuries) and Lewis Hall (hamstring). Midfielders Jacob Ramsey (ankle) and Lewis Miley (calf) are also doubtful to play.
Dan Burn will continue to man the left flank in place of Hall, while Fabian Schar hopes to return to central defense alongside either Sven Botman or Malick Thiaw.
Young striker Nick Woltemade – who scored his first international goal for Germany last week – is almost certain to start. He has scored 3 goals in his first 4 Premier League games. In Newcastle history, only four players have ever scored 4 or more goals in their first 5 Premier League games: Loic Remy (5 goals), Les Ferdinand, Michael Owen and Callum Wilson (all 4 goals).
Latest predicted lineups for Brighton vs Newcastle
Brighton & Hove Albion:
Verbruggen; Wieffer, Dunk, Van Hecke, Kadioglu; Baleba, Ayari; Minteh, Rutter, Mitoma; Welbeck
Newcastle United:
Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon
Latest football match prediction: Brighton vs Newcastle
From the start of the 2025–26 season, Brighton fans would likely agree that the word “inconsistent” is the most accurate description of the team’s performance. After seven rounds in the Premier League, they had two wins, three draws, and two losses, scoring 10 goals and conceding 10.
Brighton haven't yet secured two consecutive league wins, but they are maintaining a three-match unbeaten run – including an impressive 3-1 victory over Chelsea, sandwiched between two 1-1 draws against Tottenham and Wolves. In the match against Wolves before the international break, Jan Paul van Hecke's 86th-minute equalizer secured a valuable point for Brighton.
To date, Brighton have earned 30 points from a deficit in the Premier League under manager Fabian Hurzeler – accounting for 43% of their total points earned under the German coach (30/70). This is the highest figure, both in terms of total points and percentage, for any team playing continuously in the league since the start of the 2024–25 season.
Brighton are currently 12th in the league table, just three points behind the top six. They will return to their home ground, Amex Stadium – where Brighton have lost only one of their last 11 Premier League matches (6 wins, 4 draws). Notably, in their last seven home games, they have alternated between draws (4) and wins (3) since their 0-3 defeat against Aston Villa in April.
The team from the seaside also has a very good head-to-head record against Newcastle at home: theynever lostThis opponent has faced Newcastle eight times in the Premier League at the Amex (3 wins, 5 draws). Newcastle is also the only team to have visited the Amex at least five times in this competition without ever leaving with all three points.
Newcastle United, after finishing in the top 5 last season, are having a more modest start to this season. After seven matches, they have only 9 points and are ranked just above Brighton on goal difference.
Newcastle's biggest problem right now is their attack: they've only scored 6 goals from 80 shots – a conversion rate of just 7.5%. Only Nottingham Forest (6.3%) has a lower rate. However, Newcastle have shown remarkable defensive solidity. Goalkeeper Nick Pope has been a key player.5 clean sheets– the most in the Premier League this season, with only league leaders Arsenal (3 goals conceded) having conceded fewer goals than them (5 goals conceded).
However, Eddie Howe's team will face a formidable opponent. In 16 Premier League encounters with Brighton, Newcastle have only won 2 (8 draws, 6 losses) – a win rate of 13%, their lowest against any opponent they have faced at least three times in the league.
Newcastle's away form is also a cause for concern.have failed to score in their last four away games in the Premier League.And all three matches this season have ended 0-0. The last time Newcastle went five consecutive league matches without scoring was between February and May 2015. In English football history, only one team has ever had their first four away games of the season end 0-0 – that was Notts County in the Southern Third Division in 1935–36.
Latest Brighton vs Newcastle score prediction
Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Brighton vs Newcastleas follows:
- Sportsmole:Brighton 1-1 Newcastle
- WhoScore:Brighton 2-2 Newcastle
- We predict:Brighton 1-1 Newcastle
When and where can I watch Brighton vs Newcastle live?
To watch the Brighton vs Newcastle match live in the English Premier League at 9:00 PM on October 18th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.