Leeds United are away to Fabian Hurzeler’s Brighton side this weekend. The Seagulls boss has spoken in depth about how Daniel Farke’s side have started the campaign.
The Whites are unbeaten in their first three games of the season.
Leeds beat Nottingham Forest twice in the Premier League and League Cup, and also held Brentford to a draw last week.
Brighton also had a very great start to the season with a 4-0 win over Aston Villa. They came crashing down last weekend as they lost to Chelsea, even after having a dominant game.
Last season, Leeds took four points off the Seagulls and got a win at Elland Road.
Fabian Hurzeler speaks about Leeds United clash
Fabian Hurzeler
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Ahead of Saturday’s game, Fabian Hurzeler has spoken about how well Leeds United have started the season.
He also mentioned the quality of some of Daniel Farke’s players ahead of the game at the AmEX. This weekend’s visitors have failed to win a game away against Brighton in a decade.
“They just continued the performances how they ended last season,” Hurzeler said in Friday’s press conference.
“A very intense team, very aggressive, a clear style of play.
“They try to attack the box, a lot of players, they show a great team effort so overall a very difficult team to beat.
“I think Farke does a brilliant job there and they are a side rich in quality.
“They have players who ask for the ball a lot of times, they have Ampadu who is definitely a key player for them.
“They have Stach in the midfield. Tanaka if he plays who always wants to have the ball, who always wants to be involved in the game.
“They have Okafor, a good one against one player, Calvert-Lewin, a great striker, Aaronson who can attack to death, Wilson who is there now so I think they have a really, really good balance.
“They have a really, really good team and it will be a big challenge for us but we try to focus on us, try to reach the levels we reached at home against Villa and then we we will have a good chance to do it in this game.”
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Brighton’s injury woes may give Whites an upper hand
This weekend, Daniel Farke has confirmed that the team will have an almost clean bill of health.
Joe Rodon got injured last weekend, and his hamstring injury means he will be out for the next eight to ten weeks.
Ilia Gruev is not yet ready for first team action, but Leeds will have both of their new signings eligible to play on Saturday. Farke mentioned that Bard and Bahoya are in contention to make the matchday squad.
Brighton on the other hand will be without Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma, Georginio Rutter, Jack Hinshelwood and Mats Wieffer.
