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 Brighton are one of two teams who play twice in FPL Double Gameweek 36 - but with tough trips to Arsenal and Newcastle, and just one away clean sheet since Gameweek 3, can their defence still be trusted?
With Newcastle also doubling and Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.6m) amongst others boasting enticing single gameweek fixtures, FPL managers face some difficult benching decisions - particularly in defence.
We first assess these benching dilemmas, before evaluating the attacking potential of Brighton's popular defensive picks, and assessing their likelihood of clean sheets as a unit, in order to reach a conclusion on who to start, and who to bench.

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<h2>FPL Double Gameweek 36 predicted points for defenders</h2>
Before getting into the meat of it, let's check in with the Hub's latest predicted points for FPL defenders in Double Gameweek 36.
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Despite the pair of tricky away fixtures, with trips to Arsenal and Newcastle on the horizon, Brighton defenders Lewis Dunk (£4.8m) and Pervis Estupinan (£4.9m) still feature highly on the list for predicted points this week.
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<h2>What are the FPL dilemmas involving Brighton's defence?</h2>
Alongside Dunk and Estupinan, budget goalkeeper Jason Steele (£4.0m) is the next most popular Brighton defensive asset, but it's worth bearing in mind that there is some emerging threat of goalkeeper rotation at Brighton.
Recent shaky performances from Steele have prompted Brighton fans to call for Robert Sanchez (£4.5m) to return to the team.
Despite this, those who own him are advised to start him, as the likelihood is he remains first choice for the time being, despite some slight unrest amongst fans.
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Those in the position of starting Steele may not have such a difficult decision to make, with three defensive slots available to them, as one isn't used up by Dunk or Estupinan.
This allows those managers to start Alexander-Arnold and Kieran Trippier (£6.1m), alongside another highly owned defensive asset, such as Luke Shaw (£5.1m) or Fabian Schar (£5.1m), whereas those who own a Brighton defender will have a tough call to make here.
The Newcastle defenders in particular will likely create benching dilemmas in many squads due to their double, with Sven Botman (£4.5m) making the top 20 for ownership, alongside Trippier and Schar.
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To provide some context, Ederson (£5.4m), Alexander-Arnold, Trippier, and Estupinan make up the most common backline in the top 250k.
Given that plenty also own doublers Schar or Botman, or another defender with a good single fixture, many FPL managers are likely to have a benching headache in defence this week.
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Almost a quarter of FPL squads in the top 250k contain both Estupinan and Botman, which suggests this will be a very common dilemma.
We attempt to solve this benching headache in the next section, taking a look at the individual attacking threat of Estupinan and Dunk, before assessing Brighton's defence as a whole.
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<h2>Pervis Estupinan: Worth it for the attacking threat?</h2>
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