Kieran Maguire, who is the co-host of The Price of Football podcast, is a season ticket holder at Brighton.
He said Sunday’s game was “the derby match which nobody else can understand apart from Palace and Brighton fans”.
It’s an animosity that manifests as a “birth right”, which is passed down through families, he adds.
However, there was a “grudging respect” between the sides.
“Neither of us are glamourous clubs. We both know we’re, to a certain extent, probably living on borrowed time in the Premier League and making the most of it while we’re there.”
He also said there were few other options for Brighton, given Southampton and Portsmouth were “too busy hating each other” and Bournemouth were not ‘rival’ material.
“You can’t dislike Bournemouth,” he said,
“There’s nothing to dislike about them.”
