Brighton and Hove Albion v Brentford, 08 November 2026

Score2-0 to Brighton and Hove Albion
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAmerican Express Stadium
Attendance31,629

View Brighton and Hove Albion v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 11 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 6 Drawn: 3 Brentford won: 2 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 16 Brentford scored: 11 . Brighton and Hove Albion had now won three consecutive meetings in all competitions for the first time since March 2011 (three, all in League One).

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

0 Brentford

Manager: Keith Andrews

Goals:

Diego Gómez 15 G
Pascal Gross penalty 42 P

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Costinha
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Luka Vušković
Defender/Midfielder Chema Andrés
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Midfielder Diego Gómez
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas

Starting lineup:

Caoimhin Kelleher Goalkeeper
Aaron Hickey Defender
Michael Kayode Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mamadou Sangaré Midfielder
Dango Ouattara Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Igor Thiago Forward

Substitutions:

Mats Wieffer for Chema Andrés 46
Jack Hinshelwood for Yasin Ayari 78
Yankuba Minteh for Maxim De Cuyper 82
Georginio Rutter for Charalampos Kostoulas 82
Malick Yalcouyé for Diego Gómez 90+3

Substitutions:

Nathan Collins for Aaron Hickey 46
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Dango Ouattara 46
El Hadji Malick Diouf for Keane Lewis-Potter 59
Mathias Jensen for Mamadou Sangaré 59
Callum Wilson for Sepp Van Den Berg 70

Cards:

Chema Andrés 22 Y
Olivier Boscagli 27 Y
Mats Wieffer 51 Y
Lewis Dunk 61 Y

Cards:

Kristoffer Ajer 5 Y
Igor Thiago 23 R
Kevin Schade 69 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Jaouen Hadjam
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Defender/Midfielder Michael Svoboda
Defender/Midfielder Mats Wieffer
Midfielder Malick Yalcouyé
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh
Forward Georginio Rutter

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender El Hadji Malick Diouf
Defender Jannik Schuster
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Jaidon Anthony
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Brighton and Hove Albion had now won 100 of their 260 home games in the top division (drawn 86, lost 74). . The Seagulls had now taken 50 points from their 29 games in the Premier League in 2026 (won 15, lost nine). . They had now won 18 of their last 37 home games in the Premier League (lost seven).

Comments:

League position: 8th . This was Brentford’s first away defeat in the Premier League since a 3-0 loss at Manchester City on 9 May 2026: longer than any other team currently in the division. . This was the Bees’ 100th away game in the Premier League (won 29, drawn 24, lost 47). . They had now become the last of the 20 teams to fail to score in a game in this Premier League season. . Igor Thiago was shown a yellow card in the 21st minute but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review.

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Diego Gómez 15 G
Pascal Gross penalty 42 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Costinha
Defender Lewis Dunk
Defender Luka Vušković
Defender/Midfielder Chema Andrés
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Midfielder Diego Gómez
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas

Substitutions:

Mats Wieffer for Chema Andrés 46
Jack Hinshelwood for Yasin Ayari 78
Yankuba Minteh for Maxim De Cuyper 82
Georginio Rutter for Charalampos Kostoulas 82
Malick Yalcouyé for Diego Gómez 90+3

Cards:

Chema Andrés 22 Y
Olivier Boscagli 27 Y
Mats Wieffer 51 Y
Lewis Dunk 61 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Jaouen Hadjam
Defender/Midfielder Ferdi Kadioğlu
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Defender/Midfielder Michael Svoboda
Defender/Midfielder Mats Wieffer
Midfielder Malick Yalcouyé
Midfielder/Forward Yankuba Minteh
Forward Georginio Rutter

Comments:

League position: 2nd . Brighton and Hove Albion had now won 100 of their 260 home games in the top division (drawn 86, lost 74). . The Seagulls had now taken 50 points from their 29 games in the Premier League in 2026 (won 15, lost nine). . They had now won 18 of their last 37 home games in the Premier League (lost seven).

0 Brentford

Manager: Keith Andrews

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Caoimhin Kelleher Goalkeeper
Aaron Hickey Defender
Michael Kayode Defender
Sepp Van Den Berg Defender
Kristoffer Ajer Defender/Midfielder
Keane Lewis-Potter Defender/Midfielder/Forward
Vitaly Janelt Midfielder
Mamadou Sangaré Midfielder
Dango Ouattara Midfielder/Forward
Kevin Schade Midfielder/Forward
Igor Thiago Forward

Substitutions:

Nathan Collins for Aaron Hickey 46
Yegor Yarmolyuk for Dango Ouattara 46
El Hadji Malick Diouf for Keane Lewis-Potter 59
Mathias Jensen for Mamadou Sangaré 59
Callum Wilson for Sepp Van Den Berg 70

Cards:

Kristoffer Ajer 5 Y
Igor Thiago 23 R
Kevin Schade 69 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hákon Valdimarsson
Defender Nathan Collins
Defender El Hadji Malick Diouf
Defender Jannik Schuster
Midfielder Mathias Jensen
Midfielder Yegor Yarmolyuk
Midfielder/Forward Jaidon Anthony
Midfielder/Forward Mikkel Damsgaard
Forward Callum Wilson

Comments:

League position: 8th . This was Brentford’s first away defeat in the Premier League since a 3-0 loss at Manchester City on 9 May 2026: longer than any other team currently in the division. . This was the Bees’ 100th away game in the Premier League (won 29, drawn 24, lost 47). . They had now become the last of the 20 teams to fail to score in a game in this Premier League season. . Igor Thiago was shown a yellow card in the 21st minute but was upgraded to a red card following a VAR review.