Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion – Result & match summary

2 – 0
Finished
Pascal Groß 17' (Own goal)
Alexander Isak 21'

Events

Goals, cards, substitutions and key match events.

1st half 2–0
6'
Costinha
Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Injured)
17'
Pascal Groß (Own goal)
21'
Alexander Isak (Bradley Barcola)
45'+3
Olivier Boscagli (Foul)
2nd half 0–0
46'
Jack Hinshelwood
Olivier Boscagli
54'
Malick Yalcouyé
Chema Andrés (Injured)
65'
Trey Nyoni
Florian Wirtz (Injured)
73'
Costinha (Foul)
75'
Georginio Rutter
Yasin Ayari
77'
Lewis Koumas
Alexander Isak
77'
Rio Ngumoha
Bradley Barcola
88'
Konstantinos Tsimikas
Milos Kerkez

Momentum

Who applied more pressure, minute by minute.

Liverpool
Brighton & Hove Albion

Match statistics

Liverpool Brighton & Hove Albion
1.27 Expected Goals (xG) 1.69
36% Overall possession 64%
13 Shots Total 17
4 Shots On Target 1
4 Corners 2

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Top performers

Liverpool
Chances Created
3
Successful Dribbles
1/1 100%
Duels Won
9/21 43%
Tackles Won
2/3 67%
Ball Recoveries
8
Accurate Passes
31/38 82%
Shots on Target
2
Brighton & Hove Albion
Chances Created
4
Successful Dribbles
3/4 75%
Duels Won
8/14 57%
Tackles Won
3/4 75%
Ball Recoveries
8
Accurate Passes
78/86 92%
Shots on Target
1

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About the match

Liverpool defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2–0 on 25 October 2026 at Anfield in Premier League.

Lineups

Liverpool: (4-2-3-1) Alisson, Virgil van Dijk, Jérémy Jacquet, Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo, Bradley Barcola, Ronald Araujo, Ryan Gravenberch.

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.

Substitutions

Liverpool: Trey Nyoni for Florian Wirtz, Lewis Koumas for Alexander Isak, Rio Ngumoha for Bradley Barcola, Konstantinos Tsimikas for Milos Kerkez.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Costinha for Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Jack Hinshelwood for Olivier Boscagli, Malick Yalcouyé for Chema Andrés, Georginio Rutter for Yasin Ayari.

Sidelined players

Liverpool: Giovanni Leoni, Conor Bradley, Vitezslav Jaros, Hugo Ekitiké, Dominik Szoboszlai, Jeremie Frimpong.

Brighton & Hove Albion: Stefanos Tzimas, E. Ferguson, Kaoru Mitoma, Femi Azeez, Zadok Yohanna.

Match statistics

Liverpool had 36% of the possession, compared with 64% for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Liverpool registered 13 shots, with 4 on target. Brighton & Hove Albion had 17 shots, with 1 on target.

Liverpool won 4 corners, while Brighton & Hove Albion won 2.

Top players

Liverpool: Alexander Isak scored 1 goal, Bradley Barcola provided 1 assist, and Cody Gakpo was the highest-rated player (7.4).

Brighton & Hove Albion: Pascal Groß was the highest-rated player (7.2) and created 4 chances, Charalampos Kostoulas had 1 shot on target, and Bart Verbruggen made 3 saves.