Brighton & Hove Albion vs Brentford – Result & match summary

2 – 0
Finished
Diego Gómez 15'
Pascal Groß 42' (Penalty)
Igor Thiago 23'

Events

Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.

1st half 2–0
5'
Kristoffer Ajer (Foul)
15'
Diego Gómez
21'
Yellow card cancelled (Igor Thiago)
22'
Chema Andrés (Argument)
23'
Igor Thiago (Violent conduct)
27'
Olivier Boscagli (Foul)
42'
Pascal Groß (Penalty)
2nd half 0–0
46'
Nathan Collins
Aaron Hickey
46'
Mats Wieffer
Chema Andrés
46'
Yegor Yarmolyuk
Dango Ouattara
51'
Mats Wieffer (Foul)
59'
El Hadji Malick Diouf
Keane Lewis-Potter
59'
Mathias Jensen
Mamadou Sangaré
61'
Lewis Dunk (Foul)
69'
Callum Wilson
Sepp van den Berg
69'
Kevin Schade (Argument)
78'
Jack Hinshelwood
Yasin Ayari
82'
Yankuba Minteh
Maxim De Cuyper
82'
Georginio Rutter
Charalampos Kostoulas
90'+3
Malick Yalcouyé
Diego Gómez

Momentum

Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.

Brighton & Hove Albion
Brentford

Match statistics

Brighton & Hove Albion Brentford
2.66 Expected Goals (xG) 0.77
75% Overall possession 25%
20 Shots Total 5
6 Shots On Target 0
7 Corners 3

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Top performers

Brighton & Hove Albion
Chances Created
5
Successful Dribbles
1/1 100%
Duels Won
11/16 69%
Tackles Won
2/2 100%
Ball Recoveries
10
Accurate Passes
80/92 88%
Shots on Target
2
Brentford
Chances Created
1
Successful Dribbles
1/3 33%
Duels Won
5/5 100%
Tackles Won
2/2 100%
Ball Recoveries
13
Accurate Passes
27/53 49%
Shots on Target
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About the match

Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Brentford 2–0 on 8 November 2026 at The American Express Community Stadium in Premier League.

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion: (4-2-3-1) Bart Verbruggen, Lewis Dunk, Pascal Groß, Chema Andrés, Charalampos Kostoulas, Costinha, Olivier Boscagli, Diego Gómez, Yasin Ayari, Maxim De Cuyper, Luka Vuskovic.

Brentford: (4-4-2) Caoimhín Kelleher, Aaron Hickey, Sepp van den Berg, Kevin Schade, Igor Thiago, Dango Ouattara, Mamadou Sangaré, Kristoffer Ajer, Keane Lewis-Potter, Vitaly Janelt, Michael Kayode.

Substitutions

Brighton & Hove Albion: Mats Wieffer for Chema Andrés, Jack Hinshelwood for Yasin Ayari, Yankuba Minteh for Maxim De Cuyper, Georginio Rutter for Charalampos Kostoulas, Malick Yalcouyé for Diego Gómez.

Brentford: Nathan Collins for Aaron Hickey, Yegor Yarmolyuk for Dango Ouattara, El Hadji Malick Diouf for Keane Lewis-Potter, Mathias Jensen for Mamadou Sangaré, Callum Wilson for Sepp van den Berg.

Sidelined players

Brighton & Hove Albion: Stefanos Tzimas, E. Ferguson, Zadok Yohanna.

Brentford: Kaye Furo, Antoni Milambo.

Match statistics

Brighton & Hove Albion had 75% of the possession, compared with 25% for Brentford.

Brighton & Hove Albion registered 20 shots, with 6 on target. Brentford had 5 shots, with 0 on target.

Brighton & Hove Albion won 7 corners, while Brentford won 3.

Top players

Brighton & Hove Albion: Pascal Groß scored 1 goal and Luka Vuskovic was the highest-rated player (7.8).

Brentford: Sepp van den Berg was the highest-rated player (6.9) and created 1 chance and Caoimhín Kelleher made 4 saves.