Venue: Amex Stadium. 

Date and time: 23/08/14 at 15:00

Competition: Sky bet Championship

Brighton and Hove Albion host Bolton Wanderers in a Skybet Championship fixture at the Amex Stadium this Saturday.

Sami Hyypia’s side recorded their first win of the season in midweek, following an impressive 2-0 win at Leeds United, with the Seagulls losing their previous two League fixtures in the Sky bet Championship.

Brighton have added several fresh faces to the squad this year, with the majority of them likely to start on Saturday, with Hyypia overhauling his squad after the signings of Fulham duo David Stockdale and Aaron Hughes, striker Chris O’Grady, as well as Liverpool youngster Joao Teixeira.

The departures of Buckley and Leonardo Ulloa to Premier League sides Sunderland and Leicester respectively have also torn through the Sussex side, with the current squad transformed from the previous year, as Hyypia looks to make his own stamp on the club.

Brighton will be looking to build upon last season’s play-off semi final defeat to Derby County, which of course inflicted the resignation of former manager Oscar Garcia.

Meanwhile, Dougie Freedman takes his beleaguered side to the South Coast looking for a first win of the new campaign, having endured a tough start, with Wanderers now sitting 22nd in the League following Tuesday’s narrow 2-1 defeat at home to Middlesbrough, a result which has put even more pressure on the under-fire Bolton boss.

Team News: Brighton.

Team news wise, and Brighton may find themselves slightly short in the midfield position, following the departure of Will Buckley to Sunderland, and an ankle injury to new signing Paddy McCourt, with Irishman looking likely to miss the game.

Other than McCourt, Albion have no real fresh injury concerns.

Hyypia is also set to hand a home debut to new Dutch signing Danny Holla, who signed from Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag, with the 26 year old midfielder likely to play a key role in Saturday’s fixture at the AMEX.

Fullback Joe Bennett is also set to make his debut for the Seagulls, with the 24 year old signing a short term loan deal from Aston Villa yesterday. Bennett has been cleared to play in the fixture against Bolton.

Key Men.

The Seagulls will look to Kazenga LuaLua to fire Brighton to victory, with the attacking midfielder scoring the second goal in the 2-0 win at Elland Road on Tuesday.

LuaLua, aged 23 is the younger brother of former Newcastle striker Lomana, with the Congolese winger set to play more of a key role in the side this season, following recent departures of key players. LuaLua has scored eight goals in 72 appearances since signing on a permanent basis in 2011, following a previous loan spell.

Club captain Gordon Greer is set to play a key role in the heart of the defence, meanwhile youngsters Solley March and Rohan Ince can also prove to be a handful for the Bolton defence, with the pair breaking into the first team squad last season.

Bolton Wanderers.

Focusing on Bolton, and the Trotters will be keen to get up and running following a poor start to their third season in the second tier.

Bolton are set to go into the game unchanged from the squad who were narrowly beat by an impressive Middlesbrough side.

Team News:

This means that goalkeeper Adam Bogdan is likely to retain his place in goal ahead of Andrew Lonergan, meanwhile Jay Spearing is set to partner Liam Trotter in the centre midfield position, however Dougie Freedman may have a selection dilemma within regards to play along Spearing, with the Glaswegian in two minds whether to stick or twist with Trotter.

Neil Danns could return to the first team squad  after being on the substitutes bench for the game at the Macron on Tuesday.

Bolton are set be without youngsters Sanmi Odelusi, Josh Vela and Andy Kellett, who are all struggling with knocks. Mark Davies also also unlikely to feature as he struggles to overcome a toe injury.

Meanwhile, Marc Tierney ( broken leg) and Stuart Holden (knee) are both recovering from long term injuries.

Key men:

Craig Davies and Joe Mason are likely to partner one another up front, with Davies impressing in the centre forward position at the club.

And Freedman will be looking to his front two to deliver the goods on Saturday, with the duo striking up a good partnership so far this season of recent late, something which was proven correct in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at home Nottingham Forest.

Previous meetings: The two sides have met on several occasions following Bolton's relegation to the second tier in 2012, with the last meeting ending in a comfortable 2-0 win for Brighton in an away win at the Trotters in the March of this year. The last game at the AMEX came last September, with Albion recording a 3-1 victory that day. 

Prediction: Brighton 2 Bolton 0. Brighton should build on Tuesday's win at Leeds with a straight forward home win against a poor Bolton side.