Brighton 2–1 Liverpool
Brighton
2–1HT 1–1
Liverpool
Brighton played Liverpool in the Premier League on 21 March 2026 at Amex Stadium. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 14'D. Welbeck (assist by D. Gomez)
- 25'Yankuba Minteh — Yellow card
- 30'M. Kerkez
- 45'Ibrahima Konaté — Yellow card
- 45+5'Diego Gómez — Yellow card
- 48'Danny Welbeck — Yellow card
- 56'D. Welbeck (assist by J. Hinshelwood)
- 61'Jeremie Frimpong — Yellow card
- 68'Alexis Mac Allister — Yellow card
- 79'Dominik Szoboszlai — Yellow card
- 85'Lewis Dunk — Yellow card
- 90'Federico Chiesa — Yellow card
- 90+4'Mats Wieffer — Yellow card
Line-ups
Brighton 4-2-3-1
- B. Verbruggen
- M. Wieffer
- J. P. van Hecke
- L. Dunk
- F. Kadioglu
- J. Milner
- P. Gross
- D. Gomez
- J. Hinshelwood
- Y. Minteh
- D. Welbeck
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Steele
- J. Veltman
- O. Boscagli
- K. Mitoma
- Y. Ayari
- C. Baleba
- C. Kostoulas
- G. Rutter
- M. De Cuyper
- COACHES: Fabian Hurzeler
Liverpool 4-3-1-2
- G. Mamardashvili
- J. Frimpong
- I. Konate
- V. van Dijk
- M. Kerkez
- D. Szoboszlai
- R. Gravenberch
- F. Wirtz
- A. Mac Allister
- H. Ekitike
- C. Gakpo
- SUBSTITUTES
- F. Woodman
- F. Chiesa
- C. Jones
- K. Morrison
- A. Robertson
- J. Gomez
- C. Ramsay
- T. Nyoni
- R. Ngumoha
- COACHES: Arne Slot
Match statistics
| Brighton | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 7 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 16 | Total shots | 12 |
| 2 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 11 | Shots inside box | 10 |
| 5 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 11 | Fouls | 11 |
| 4 | Corners | 8 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 47% | Possession | 53% |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 5 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 380 | Total passes | 431 |
| 297 | Accurate passes | 346 |
| 78% | Pass accuracy | 80% |
| 2.17 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.03 |
| 0.45 | goals_prevented | 0.45 |