{"id":534443,"date":"2025-10-29T01:49:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/534443\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:49:15","slug":"7-injuries-for-seagulls-ahead-of-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/534443\/","title":{"rendered":"7 injuries for Seagulls ahead of weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brighton have multiple players ruled out through injuries as they prepare for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> at the AMEX this weekend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Farke will no doubt feel buoyed this week after his side saw off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/troy-deeney-names-leeds-duo-brenden-aaronson-and-joe-rodon-in-team-of-the-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a huge home win against West Ham on Friday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>United sit six clear of the bottom three after nine games, looking to build on their form ahead of an incredibly tough festive period.<\/p>\n<p>    Most Read on LeedsAllOver<\/p>\n<p>Brighton injury news: Fabian Hurzeler confirms James Milner injury to deny Leeds United reunion<\/p>\n<p>Leeds\u2019 next fixture in the Premier League is a trip down to the AMEX to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/brighton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brighton<\/a>. However, the Seagulls are in action tomorrow night as well in the EFL Cup against Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Fabian Hurzeler\u2019s side are undoubtedly underdogs away to Arsenal, but could be eyeing an upset to pass through to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>As Hurzeler previewed their Emirates trip, he revealed that former Elland Road favourite James Milner is suffering with a \u201csmall muscle issue\u201d and is ruled out. However, the Horsforth-raised Milner won\u2019t be fit to return to Elland Road either \u2013 as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargus.co.uk\/sport\/25576841.james-milner-arsenal-tie---likely-miss-leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Argus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025-10-25T183115Z_616592501_UP1ELAP1FG2NI_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-MUN-BHA-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57157\"  \/>Brighton veteran James Milner is ruled out of Leeds United clash. (REUTERS\/Phil Noble)<\/p>\n<p>Seven Brighton players ruled out through injuries against Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>Milner is one of seven players that the Seagulls won\u2019t have when United make their way to the South Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term absentees Solly March and Adam Webster remain on the sideline until after the new year. Meanwhile, versatile defensive duo Jack Hinshelwood and Joel Veltman are expected to be back later in November.<\/p>\n<p>Attacking pair Kaoru Mitoma and Brajan Gruda are also expected to be back beyond the Leeds clash, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierinjuries.com\/teams\/brighton-hove-albion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier Injuries<\/a>. Of course, that\u2019ll be a big a relief to Farke\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>Significant boost for Leeds United as Brighton struggle through injuries and fitness concerns<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NEW-View-From-FA5-1024x322.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50642\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>If seven injuries weren\u2019t already enough for Hurzeler to contend with, a midweek trip to the best side in the country at the moment won\u2019t help.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton might fancy themselves in the cup competitions this season and therefore go strong at Arsenal. That would help us massively if they did.<\/p>\n<p>Going the distance tomorrow night against the best side in the league could leave them even more depleted for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A positive result here could bring us some very good momentum ahead of Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/leeds-uniteds-pl-rivals-wolves-face-major-double-sky-sports-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more: Leeds United\u2019s Premier League rivals hit with \u00a3400m takeover blow and manager sack stance is revealed\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brighton have multiple players ruled out through injuries as they prepare for Leeds United at the AMEX this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[1169,748,25764,393,172580,4884,149077,1860,2922,142361,142362,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-534443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-brighton","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-elland-road","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-fabian-hurzeler","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-james-milner","15":"tag-leeds","16":"tag-leeds-united","17":"tag-lufc","18":"tag-the-whites","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115454946388194434","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}