Tottenham vs Brighton LIVE: Dominic Solanke opens scoring with penalty before Hinshelwood nets twice

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Brighton score

Hinshelwood scores again. Porro steps away from him and Gray doesn't get across to cover in time, leaving the Brighton man time to backheel the ball into the net as the ball falls his way from a corner.

Big chance

Should have been another Spurs goal there as Tel raced down the left flank and pulled the ball across the box but Johnson scuffed his shot wide.

Brighton score

Bit of a mess from a corner as the ball hits Solanke and bounces perfectly for Hinshelwood to smash into the roof of the net. 1-1.

Save

Should have been 2-0 to Spurs. Great break from Bentancur. He eventually finds Porro who feeds Tel and the Frenchman shoots only for Verbruggen to make a good save.

Pre-match vibes

Here's a look at the incredible atmosphere inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium today.

There was a flag on every seat and the supporters certainly made the most of it.

Just under 15 minutes until kick-off

There's a good atmosphere building inside the stadium. There's a real party mood and hopefully the players feed into that. Son and Madders, who are by the side of the pitch, were just shown on the big screen here at the stadium and got a great ovation from the crowd. Shakira's Waka Wake is playing and Maddison has a little dance.

Thoughts, Spurs fans?

So, how do we feel now we've seen the Spurs lineup?

It's a very strong team from Ange Postecoglou, with only three changes from the team that started the Europa League final!

What condition the players are actually in, we will soon see!

Team news

The teams are in for today's clash and Ange Postecoglou has had to make some important decisions, given everything that has happened in the last few days.

League positions

Tottenham go into today's final game of the season in 17th place in the league table.

However, they can finish the season in 14th if they win and other results go their way.

Winning, against a Brighton side looking to try and claim a European spot, depending on results going their way, after days of partying, however, may prove difficult.

Levy talks

It's the final game of the season and as is customary, chairman Daniel Levy has delivered an end of season message to the supporters in his programme notes for the match.

It's a very celebratory message, but there is one key thing missing from the message that fans are desperate to find out.

Read his message here.

May the odds be ever in your favour

Tottenham are at home and normally you'd expect them to be favourites to win.

But this has been a strange season and the players have been out celebrating their Europa League success.

So the odds are actually in Brighton's favour.

Grosvenor Sport match odds

Tottenham Hotspur 18/5

Draw 7/2

Brighton and Hove Albion 8/13

Predicted team

It's tough to know how Ange Postecoglou will go with his team selection for today's match.

The squad partied in Spain and parited in London before another party with the open-top bus parade on Friday...it's going to depend on who's in a physically fit state to play.

Here's our go at predicting the starting XI.

The reverse

I think most of us would rather forget the reverse fixture between these two teams.

Tottenham were in cruise control at the Amex Stadium, leading 2-0 at half-time, only to turn in an atrocious second half display to lose 3-2.

There could be goals today, with Spurs having spent the last week celebrating their Europa League triumph and Brighton desperate for the points in their outside quest for European football next season.

Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to live coverage of Tottenham's final game of the Premier League campaign.

None of us will be sorry to see the back of this domestic season, but there will be a carnival atmosphere inside the stadium today after the Europa League winning exploits of midweek.

Who's looking forward to seeing the trophy again?