Spurs team news: Georginio to miss final game

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We head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for our final game of the season.

2025-05-23T12:25+01:00

Georginio Rutter will miss Sunday's game against Tottenham. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Albion's Premier League campaign comes to a close on Sunday as they head to Tottenham Hotspur, kick-off 4pm.

Fabian Hurzeler's team will secure eighth in the Premier League with a point, while Spurs face us four days after their Europa League final victory on Wednesday.

Team news

Georginio Rutter made 28 Premier League appearances for Albion this season. 📷 by James Boardman.

Fabian Hurzeler gave an update on Georginio Rutter and Joao Pedro in his press conference on Friday.

"It’ll be the same squad we had [against Liverpool], so it’s only positive things. Georginio is not available. Unfortunately, he didn't make it and we won't risk anything. He will be back in preseason.

"We had a small issue in training [with Joao Pedro] – a type which isn't uncommon from time to time in all football clubs. We dealt with it internally and the matter is closed."

Fabian's thoughts

On any possibility of Spurs' Europa League celebrations impacting them on Sunday, "We don't know. I think that's one of the questions I was asked most in the last few hours, but my answer will be always the same. I can't influence how they celebrate or how they will prepare for the game. The only things I can influence are how we prepare our team, and we will try to be the best prepared team we can be. That's what our focus is on."

On previously spending time with Ange Postecoglou, "I'm happy for him because he's a very good guy. He deserves this. He deserves it and he has a lot of pressure on how he deals with the pressure.

"I think he’s a role model for young coaches as well, like me. I'm very happy for him. I know that he worked hard for this and what I really like is that he said already in September after a game against Arsenal [that he wins things in his second season]. He's a man who can look into the future and that's something very impressive."

Match facts

Tottenham have won seven of their last eight home league games against Brighton, with the exception being a 1-0 loss in April 2022.

Brighton came from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the reverse fixture against Tottenham in October – they’ve never won consecutive league games against Spurs before.

Tottenham Hotspur have lost 21 league games this season, their most in a campaign since 1976-77 (also 21); only once have they lost 22 games in a campaign, doing so in 1934-35 when they finished bottom of the top-flight. Should they lose this game, they will be the first side in top-flight history to lose 22 games in a 38-game season and not be relegated.

Tottenham have only lost their final league game in one of the last 14 seasons (W11 D2), winning the last four by an aggregate score of 16-3. Their only defeat in this run was at Newcastle in 2015-16 (1-5).

Brighton have lost their final league game in five of their seven Premier League campaigns, with the exceptions coming in 2019-20 (2-1 at Burnley) and 2021-22 (3-1 v West Ham).

Although Spurs are 17th in the Premier League, they’ve scored more goals (63) than they’ve conceded (61). The lowest position in a Premier League table a side has finished with a positive goal difference is 16th, by Man City in 2003-04 (+1).

Since winning three Premier League games in a row in February, only Southampton (3) have picked up fewer points in the competition than Spurs (5), losing eight of 11 games in that time (W1 D2). Their one victory in this timeframe came at home against the Saints in April.

Brighton have scored at least twice in 10 of their last 13 Premier League games. Indeed, since the first game in this run (February 14th), no side has scored more goals in the competition than the Seagulls (27, level with Liverpool).

Tottenham have given 98 Premier League appearances to players under the age of 21 this season, only awarding more in 1993-94 (99). Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall have contributed 27 games each to that total, with Dele Alli in 2016-17 the last player with more under-21 appearances in a season (30).

Brighton have had six Premier League goals both scored and assisted by substitutes this season, including their winner over Liverpool last time out (Hinshelwood assisted by O’Riley). In the competition’s history, no side has ever had more goals both scored and assisted by subs in a single campaign.

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