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Brighton & Hove Albion kept up their unbeaten start to the season but dropped their first home points as a plucky Ipswich Town held out for a fortunate goalless draw in the Premier League.
Brighton stayed in third place with eight points from four matches but will consider this an opportunity missed as they dominated proceedings but failed to find the net.
Goalkeeper Arijanet Muric proved key for newly promoted Ipswich as they won their second point of the season to add to the first that they picked up in their last league game at home to Fulham before the international break.
Muric made a series of saves as desperate defending kept their hosts at bay.
FULL TIME! Brighton 0-0 Ipswich Town
Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0 - 0 Ipswich Town FC
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It's all over at the AMEX as Brighton are held to a 0-0 stalemate against Ipswich. The Seagulls maintain their unbeaten Premier League record so far this season but they will be frustrated not to claim a win. Muric was vital in keeping Ipswich in the contest throughout with saves from Welbeck, Mitoma and Rutter, as his defenders battled their way to a draw. An incredible 21 Brighton shots and an xG of 1.62 could not secure the all-important goal as a dogged Ipswich still await their first Premier League victory of the campaign.
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Yellow Card Bart Verbruggen
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FULL-TIME: BRIGHTON 0-0 IPSWICH TOWN
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Ipswich are throwing everything at keeping Brighton out with O'Shea and Greaves brilliantly marshalling the defence as we tick towards the final whistle.
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Three minutes added on here
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Ferguson is given room to turn just outside the Ipswich area but his strike flashes wide of Muric's post.
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Yellow Card Joël Ivo Veltman
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Morsy is replaced by Luonogo for the final minutes
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Substitution Omari Elijah Giraud-Hutchinson Conor Mark Chaplin
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Substitution Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah Welbeck Evan Joe Ferguson
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Ipswich are figthing to protect a draw here with their star performer Muric making 6 saves, his highest total in a single match in the Premier League.
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Can either team find a winner as we move into the final ten minutes? Brighton had scored six Premier League goals from three games ahead of today and across the six combined matches for the two sides this season there have been no 0-0 draws.
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Free kick to Brighton on the edge of Ipswich's box as Morsy catches Ayari. Dunk's effort is straight into the wall.
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Good hold up play from Hirst forces a corner and Ipswich send up O'Shea and Greaves.
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Hutchinson saw the headlines being written for him as he raced onto a cleared Brighton corner but his weak effort is gathered in by Verbruggen.
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Brighton are trying to turn the screw here as Enciso pokes an effort straight at Muric. The Seagulls had 76.9% possession in the opening 15 minutes of the second half with 40.8% of the action played in the Ipswich Town final third in that period.
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Substitution: Minteh is off for Adingra
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Substitution: Hinshelwood is replaced by Kadıoğlu
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Substitution: Rutter is replaced by Enciso and the former Leeds man will feel unlucky not to have netted a first Brighton goal today.
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Ogbene's cross from the right almost causes a problem for Ipswich as van Hecke heads away in front of Verbruggen.
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Can those Ipswich changes give the visitors a different option? Szmodics and Delap are the only players to score a Premier League goal for them this season and they are now off the field.
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Yellow Card: Hinshelwood goes into the referee's note book.
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Substitution Delap is replaced by Hirst
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Substitution Szmodics is off for Clarke
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Substitution: Burns is replaced by Ogbene
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Yellow Card: Hutchinson picks up a booking as he catches Dunk with a high boot mid-way inside the Ipswich half.
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SO CLOSE FOR IPSWICH! From nowhere Ipswich almost catch Brighton out as Liam Delap storms away from half-way. Van Hecke closes the angle but he fires a brilliant effort off Veerbruggen's post!
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The pattern of the second half is mirroring the first 45 so far and Ipsiwch boss McKenna needs to find a way to get his attacking players involved. Szmodics had just 6 touches in the first half and the visitors are struggling to find him.
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Brighton are attakcing at will now as Rutter turns and smashes an effort wide from 15 yards.
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Yellow Card Kalvin Mark Phillips
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ANOTHER CHANCE FOR BRIGHTON! Rutter is found in space on the edge of the box, but his goal bound effort is deflected out for a corner by the sprawling O'Shea.
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Yellow Card Yankuba Minteh - The battle down the Brighton right continues as Minteh pulls back Davis.
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Brighton are immediately on the front foot again, as Greaves gets back to block off Welbeck inside the box, and Baleba curls a long range effort well wide.
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The second half is under way! No changes from either side ahead of the second half
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For all of their attacking dominance, Brighton have been unable to find a way through, and they will need to be more ruthless after the break. Four shots on target has only yielded a half time xG of 0.77 for the Seagulls.
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All square the break, but Ipswich can thank keeper Muric for frustrating the home side with two vital stops from Rutter and Mitoma before the interval. The visitiors have been in firm defensive mode in the first 45 minutes with no shots and just one touch in the opposition penalty box.
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HALF TIME: BRIGHTON 0-0 IPSWICH TOWN
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We've got three minutes added on here at the end of the first half as Ipswich push for the break.
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Brighton almost find a way through on the edge of Ipswich's penalty area but Phillips wins a thumping challenge.
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Baleba tries to race away down the left but he is pushed over by Hutchinson. Hinshelwood's free kick is cleared away as Ipswich keep digging in at the AMEX.
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Mitoma slips Ayari into space inside the box but Muric is on hand again to block off the danger. Ipswich are battling to hold on for half-time here.
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DOUBLE SAVE!! Superb goal keeping fom Muric to keep Ipswich level! Rutter steps into the box and drives at goal, but Muric denies him, before springing back to his feet to thwart Mitoma from tapping home a certain goal.
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The battle between Minteh and Davis is becoming more important and the Ipswich defender is standing up to the challenge so far with a game-high of four tackles.
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Half chance for Brighton as Minteh hangs in a cross from the right, but Welbeck is back peddling as he tries to nod down, and Muric easily gathers.
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Brighton again tiptoe their way into the Ipswich penalty area, but Welbeck has the ball nicked away at the vital moment, and Mitoma's heavy touch is gathered in by Muric.
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Mitoma wrigglees free down the left-hand side of the box and produces a cut back that is dying to be finished off, but it's missed by Welbeck and Baleba.
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With a quarter of the game gone it's been pretty much one-way traffic in favour of the home side with 68% possession but just one shot on target.
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Davis is forced into an error and gives away a cheap corner but Hinshelwood can only loft his cross into the hands of Muric. Ipswich try to quickly launch a counter attack but Mitoma fouls Burns on half-way.
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Brilliant work down the Brighton right from Minteh, as it takes two Ipswich defenders to stop him, and concede a throw-in by the corner flag.
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Both teams take advantage of an injury to Hutchinson to grab a quick water break. The Ipswich midfielder is back on his feet now and the game restarts.
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Brighton are starting to edge into control now but Baleba's drive is the closest they have come to a breakthrough. The Seagulls have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League home games against promoted sides (W5 D7), going down 1-0 against Fulham in February 2023 and they will be hoping to turn this pressure into a goal.
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Good work from Yankuba Minteh forces a corner for Brighton but Hinshelwood's delivery is headed away at the front post.
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Yellow Card Samy Sayed Mekway Said Morsy
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CHANCE FOR BRIGHTON! What a start here on the South Coast....Carlos Baleba reacts quickest to a bouncing ball on the edge of the box but his low drive is clawed away by Arijanet Muric.
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CHANCE! Ipswich are immediately on the front foot as Wes Burns whips in a cross from the right-hand side of the box but Leif Davis arrives just too late to stab home at the back post!
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We're under way - Brighton v Ipswich!
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Both teams are now out on the pitch, kick-off is just a few minutes away. Stay tuned for all the match action from the AMEX!
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The start of the 2024/25 Premier League has seeen a string of 'firsts' for Ipswich Town and today is the first league meeting between themselves and Brighton since a 1-1 draw in February 2017, and the first in the top-flight since a 2-0 win for Ipswich back in January 1983.
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Two starting swaps for the visitors also as Kieran McKenna drops Chiedozie Ogbene to the bench and Luke Woolfeenden is absent all together. Dara O'Shea starts in defence with Wes Burns in for Ogbene.
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Two changes from the home side for this game as James Milner and Joao Pedro miss out through injury. Yasin Ayari and Georginio Rutter step in for their first starts for the club after the latter joinied from Leeds United over the summer. Pedro's absence is a blow for the Seagulls after he scored in successive games before the break.
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IPSWICH TOWN SUBS: Conor Chaplin, Jens Cajuste, Ben Johnson, Chiedozie Ogbene, Conor Townsend, Masismo Luongo, George Hirst, Christian Walton, Jack Clarke.
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IPSWICH TOWN (4-2-3-1): Arijanet Muric, Axel Tuanzebe, Dara O'Shea, Jacob Greaves, Leif Davis; Kalvin Phillips, Sam Morsy; Wes Burns, Omar Hutchinson, Sammie Szmodics; Liam Delap.
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BRIGHTON SUBS: Igor Julio, Adam Webster, Julio Enciso, Simon Adingra, Jakub Moder, Jason Steele, Ferdi Kadıoglu, Evan Feguson, Pervis Estupinan.
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BRIGHTON (4-4-2): Bart Verbruggen; Joel Veltman, Lewis Dunk; Jan Paul van Hecke, Jack Hinshelwood; Yankuba Minteh, Yasin Ayari, Carlos Baleba, Kaoru Mitoma; Danny Welbeck, Georginio Rutter.
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Brighton will be looking to maintain their superb unbeaten start to the season here today with the Seagulls picking up seven points from three Premier League games heading into the international break. Ipswich Town are yet to win since their return to the top-flight with successive defeats against Liverpool and Manchester City followed up by a 1-1 home draw with Fulham.
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