Tottenham Hotspur are due to travel to Brighton on Saturday, looking to bounce back from their derby day defeat against Arsenal, their first loss in the Premier League this season. The clash will be a difficult one for Antonio Conte’s side, with Brighton sat fourth in the division and in buoyant mood after a 3-3 draw at Liverpool in Roberto De Zerbi’s first game in charge of the Seagulls.
However, Brighton have hinted that Saturday’s game may be postponed. The match is scheduled to kick-off at 5:30pm at the AMEX Stadium.
On a video on Brighton’s official Twitter page, the Seagulls have advertised their next home game, but the match against Spurs has not been listed. The graphic says that Brighton’s next home game is against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday, October 18, followed by a clash against Chelsea on Saturday, October 29.
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It’s thrown the fixture against Tottenham into huge doubt, with rail strikes planned on Saturday, October 8. Brighton have already seen a game impacted by rail strikes this season, with their game against Crystal Palace on Saturday, September 17 called off due to ‘exceptional circumstances relating to the planned industrial action on the rail network’.
Screenshot on Brighton’s Twitter page
However, the game against Spurs is still being shown on Brighton’s fixture list on their official club website. The graphic in the Twitter video may just have been an error, but it will no doubt cause confusion among both fanbases as to whether the game will go ahead, particularly because Brighton have history of games being impacted by rail strikes.
Fourteen rail companies are set to strike on October 8, bringing a halt to many services.
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