Chris Hughton insists an upcoming FA Cup semi-final with Manchester City is not distracting Brighton from their Premier League relegation battle.
Albion face Pep Guardiola's City at Wembley on April 6 following a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory at Millwall in the quarter-finals.
Before their big day out in London, the 15th-placed Seagulls, who are five points above the bottom three with nine fixtures remaining, host Saints on Saturday and then travel to Chelsea in midweek.
"I can't govern what they (the players) talk about in the changing rooms and there are things that we have to talk about a semi-final because arrangements have to be made and things like tickets," said manager Hughton.
"But as regards the work that we do and the meetings that we do, there hasn't been any talk of the semi-final.
"All of our talk and all of our work has been very much on in particular one Premier League game (Southampton) and then of course after that one it's the Chelsea one."
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