Kaoru Mitoma
28-Year-Old
Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier
GTD
Injury Ankle
Est. Return 3/14/2026
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Mitoma's third season in Brighton saw him set a bevy of new bests, including 10 goals and 2,608 league minutes played. Even with the bevy of options in the squad, Mitoma seems to have a set role on the left wing to himself, at least when fully fit. Assuming that's the case again, 15 goal contributions are in play, if not more. As always with Mitoma, though, those are likely to come in bursts with plenty of dry spells such as his nearly two-month period without a goal contribution in the middle of last season.
Late call Saturday
Mitoma (ankle) is expected to train Friday and will be a late call for Saturday's clash against Sunderland, according to coach Fabian Hurzeler. "We have to see how training goes today [Friday]. He's the only player where we have some concerns, so we have to wait until training has finished today and then we can make a decision about that."
ANALYSIS
Mitoma will be evaluated after Friday's final team training session, which he is expected to take part in, and how his ankle responds will determine whether he makes the squad for Saturday's clash with Sunderland. If the forward ends up needing some time on the sidelines to fully recover, Yankuba Minteh could be in line for increased minutes with the Seagulls until Mitoma works his way back.
Mitoma will be evaluated after Friday's final team training session, which he is expected to take part in, and how his ankle responds will determine whether he makes the squad for Saturday's clash with Sunderland. If the forward ends up needing some time on the sidelines to fully recover, Yankuba Minteh could be in line for increased minutes with the Seagulls until Mitoma works his way back.
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Suffers minor ankle injury
Mitoma suffered a minor ankle injury and was forced off at halftime during Wednesday's 1-0 defeat against Arsenal, according to coach Fabian Hurzeler, per The Argus. "He couldn't continue the game, so that was disappointing for us because I think he showed a good performance in the first half. Now we have to wait for the scan and then we can say more. But we don't think that it's a big injury."
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Nets equalizer
Mitoma scored one goal to go with two shots (one on goal) and one chance created in Wednesday's 1-1 draw versus Manchester City. In addition, he was given a yellow card in the 69th minute.
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Feeling well after start
Mitoma went 70 minutes in the 2-0 win against Burnley and had no problems after the match, according to manager Fabian Hurzeler. "It was his first start after a long time. But he collected some game minutes before, so we are quite confident that he will be able to start the game."
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Selected for bench
Mitoma (illness) is on the bench for Tuesday's match against West Ham.
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Option for Tuesday
Mitoma (illness) is an option for Tuesday's match against West Ham, according to manager Fabian Hurzeler. "Kaoru will be back."
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Not keen on leaving Brighton
Mitoma is not keen on leaving Brighton in the summer, according to Sky Sports.
ANALYSIS
Bayern Munich want to sign Mitoma in the summer to solve their lack of depth on the left side of the attack. However, the Japan international is not ready to leave the Premier League club yet. Mitoma would prefer to sign a new deal with the Seagulls rather than move to Germany and join the Bundesliga giants.
Bayern Munich want to sign Mitoma in the summer to solve their lack of depth on the left side of the attack. However, the Japan international is not ready to leave the Premier League club yet. Mitoma would prefer to sign a new deal with the Seagulls rather than move to Germany and join the Bundesliga giants.