Brighton & Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace – Result & match summary
Events
Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.
Momentum
Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Match statistics
Top performers
About the match
Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Crystal Palace 5–0 on 18 October 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, Olivier Boscagli, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Diego Gómez, Yasin Ayari, Maxim De Cuyper, Luka Vuskovic.
Crystal Palace: (3-4-2-1) Tyrick Mitchell, Jaydee Canvot, Yéremy Pino, Daichi Kamada, Adam Wharton, Honest Ahanor, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Quinten Timber, Anan Khalaili, Chris Richards, Walter Benítez.
Substitutions
Brighton & Hove Albion: Jack Hinshelwood for Pascal Groß, Georginio Rutter for Charalampos Kostoulas, Jaouen Hadjam for Olivier Boscagli, Malick Yalcouyé for Yasin Ayari, Michael Svoboda.
Crystal Palace: Dwight McNeil for Quinten Timber, Jefferson Lerma for Honest Ahanor, Jean-Philippe Mateta for Jørgen Strand Larsen, Eddie Nketiah for Yéremy Pino, Will Hughes for Daichi Kamada.
Sidelined players
Brighton & Hove Albion: Stefanos Tzimas, E. Ferguson, Kaoru Mitoma, Yankuba Minteh.
Crystal Palace: Chadi Riad, Axel Disasi.
Match statistics
Brighton & Hove Albion had 57% of the possession, compared with 43% for Crystal Palace.
Brighton & Hove Albion registered 17 shots, with 9 on target. Crystal Palace had 5 shots, with 1 on target.
Brighton & Hove Albion won 8 corners, while Crystal Palace won 5.
Top players
Brighton & Hove Albion: Charalampos Kostoulas scored 1 goal, Olivier Boscagli provided 1 assist, and Luka Vuskovic was the highest-rated player (8.2).
Crystal Palace: Jefferson Lerma was the highest-rated player (6.7), Anan Khalaili had 1 shot on target, and Jaydee Canvot created 1 chance.