Leeds V Brighton English League Championship Match 3 -August 2013.Leeds boss Brian McDermott starts his first full season in charge with three summer signings, Luke Murphy, Noel Hunt and Matt Smith, available to him.
Defender Sam Byram (hip) is injured, while forward El-Hadji Diouf and midfielder Rudy Austin are suspended.Watch Leeds V Brighton Live, Watch Leeds V Brighton Live Stream, Watch Leeds V Brighton Free Live Stream, Watch Leeds V Brighton Online, Watch Leeds V Brighton Online Free, Leeds V Brighton Live, Leeds V Brighton live stream Online.
Brighton will be without new summer signing - left-back Adam Chicksen - due to injury.
Striker Craig Mackail-Smith could be out until September as he recovers from an ankle injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
• Brighton are unbeaten in five Championship and League One meetings with Leeds (won two, drawn three).
• Leeds, who last beat the Seagulls at home in October 2008, lost last season's corresponding fixture 2-1 as they finished with nine men, and Brighton 10.
• The first goal will be the 100th in competitive matches between the clubs.
Leeds United
• Leeds are beginning their fourth successive Championship campaign, and 10th outside the Premier League.
• The Whites have won their first league game in all-but two of the last nine seasons, and have scored on the opening day in the last 13.
• Brian McDermott is beginning his first full season in charge at Elland Road.
Brighton & Hove Albion
• Former Barcelona midfielder Oscar Garcia starts life as Brighton head coach; one of four managerial debuts in the Championship this weekend.
• The Seagulls ended the 2012-13 regular season on a three-match winning run and nine-match unbeaten sequence, before losing to Crystal Palace in the play-off semi-finals.
• They lost 1-0 away to Hull on the opening day of last season, but then went on to pick up 16 points from the next 18 available.