• This is the 75th league match between Brighton and Walsall. The Saddlers are chasing their eighth win in 10 such meetings.
• It is 21 years since the Seagulls last recorded a home league win over the Saddlers.
Brighton
• This is Brighton's fourth consecutive season at this level.
• The Seagulls are starting a league campaign on home soil for the first time in a decade, since a 6-0 victory over Mansfield at the first game in Withdean in 1999.
• They ended last season on a five-match unbeaten run, four of which were won.
Walsall
• Walsall, the oldest club in the division, make a third attempt to return to the second tier where they last played in 2004.
• The Saddlers are playing their 90th season of league football and 66th in the third tier. No other club has played as much football in the third tier.
• The West Midlands club have not lost on the opening day of the season since 2002.
Good afternoon everyone from my holiday house by the sunny Aegean!! It's gorgeous here and have just had swim but I would give anything... ANYTHING!!!! to be there this afternoon. Cmon the Albion!
SEEEEEAGULLLLLLLLSSSS!