Undoubtedly the encounter between Leeds and Brighton is one of the most interesting of the first round of the Championship. Although, they were not particularly active on the transfer market, both teams have serious ambitions to get into the fight for qualifying for the Premier League this season. Brighton was quite close to achieving this goal, but the home loss in the playoffs against Crystal Palace, deprived the team from playing among the best in England.
The hosts will be looking for their first win against this rival since 5 games. Furthermore, the last success of Leeds over Brighton in front of own audience was in 2008. Brighton on the other hand, performed well as a guest last season and in their last 5 games away from home, the team has lost none.
In the Brighton camp definitely there might be some tension after manager Gus Poyet was surprisingly fired. Gus has achieved considerable success as the team ranked fourth last season and his scandalous dismissal will undoubtedly have an effect on the team. On the other hand, the ambitious new manager of Brighton - Oscar Garcia, who won the Israel Premier League with Maccabi Tel Aviv, will definitely want to start the season with a valuable victory.