Brighton and Hove Albion v Brentford, 26 December 2021

Score2-0 to Brighton and Hove Albion
RefereeDarren England
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAMEX Stadium
Attendance30,141

View Brighton and Hove Albion v Brentford head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 2 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 2 Drawn: 0 Brentford won: 0 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 3 Brentford scored: 0 Brighton and Hove Albion completed a league double over Brentford for the first time since 2010-11 in League One.

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Graham Potter

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Leandro Trossard 34 G
Neal Maupay 42 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Dan Burn
Defender Adam Webster
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Defender/Midfielder Tariq Lamptey
Defender/Midfielder Jakub Moder
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Midfielder/Forward Enock Mwepu
Forward Neal Maupay

Starting lineup:

Alvaro Fernández Goalkeeper
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Dominic Thompson Defender
Mads Bech Sørensen Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Shandon Baptiste Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Sergi Canós Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Danny Welbeck for Leandro Trossard 46
Steven Alzate for Alexis Mac Allister 85
Pascal Gross for Adam Lallana 85

Substitutions:

Yoane Wissa for Bryan Mbeumo 41
Frank Onyeka for Mathias Jensen 46
Saman Ghoddos for Dominic Thompson 66

Cards:

Adam Webster 59 Y

Cards:

Mads Bech Sørensen 38 Y
Christian Norgaard 45 Y
Ivan Toney 77 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen
Defender Ed Turns
Defender/Midfielder Steven Alzate
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder Marc Leonard
Midfielder Taylor Richards
Midfielder/Forward Evan Ferguson
Forward Danny Welbeck

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matthew Cox
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Mads Bidstrup
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder Myles Peart-Harris
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa
Forward Marcus Forss

Comments:

League position: 9th Brighton and Hove Albion ended a club record run of 11 consecutive games without a win in the top division: previously ten games in League Division One in February 1983. This was the Seagulls' first home win in the Premier League since the visit of Leicester City on 19 September 2021; longer than any other team currently in the division. Albion scored two or more goals in the first half of a game in the Premier League for the first time since the visit of Watford to the AMEX Stadium on 21 August 2021 (won 2-0), and for third time since the start of the previous season.

Comments:

League position: 13th Brentford had now lost six of their last ten games in the Premier League (won two). The Bees had now conceded two or more goals in each of seven of their last nine games in the Premier League. They had lost one of their preceding 13 league games played on Boxing Day (home versus Ipswich Town in the League Championship in 2014). Brentford named eight of a possible nine substitutes.

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Graham Potter

Goals:

Leandro Trossard 34 G
Neal Maupay 42 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Robert Sánchez
Defender Dan Burn
Defender Adam Webster
Defender/Midfielder Marc Cucurella
Defender/Midfielder Tariq Lamptey
Defender/Midfielder Jakub Moder
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Midfielder/Forward Enock Mwepu
Forward Neal Maupay

Substitutions:

Danny Welbeck for Leandro Trossard 46
Steven Alzate for Alexis Mac Allister 85
Pascal Gross for Adam Lallana 85

Cards:

Adam Webster 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen
Defender Ed Turns
Defender/Midfielder Steven Alzate
Defender/Midfielder Solly March
Midfielder Pascal Gross
Midfielder Marc Leonard
Midfielder Taylor Richards
Midfielder/Forward Evan Ferguson
Forward Danny Welbeck

Comments:

League position: 9th Brighton and Hove Albion ended a club record run of 11 consecutive games without a win in the top division: previously ten games in League Division One in February 1983. This was the Seagulls' first home win in the Premier League since the visit of Leicester City on 19 September 2021; longer than any other team currently in the division. Albion scored two or more goals in the first half of a game in the Premier League for the first time since the visit of Watford to the AMEX Stadium on 21 August 2021 (won 2-0), and for third time since the start of the previous season.

0 Brentford

Manager: Thomas Frank

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Alvaro Fernández Goalkeeper
Pontus Jansson Defender
Ethan Pinnock Defender
Dominic Thompson Defender
Mads Bech Sørensen Defender/Midfielder
Christian Norgaard Defender/Midfielder
Shandon Baptiste Midfielder
Mathias Jensen Midfielder
Sergi Canós Midfielder/Forward
Bryan Mbeumo Midfielder/Forward
Ivan Toney Forward

Substitutions:

Yoane Wissa for Bryan Mbeumo 41
Frank Onyeka for Mathias Jensen 46
Saman Ghoddos for Dominic Thompson 66

Cards:

Mads Bech Sørensen 38 Y
Christian Norgaard 45 Y
Ivan Toney 77 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matthew Cox
Defender/Midfielder Fin Stevens
Midfielder Mads Bidstrup
Midfielder Frank Onyeka
Midfielder Myles Peart-Harris
Midfielder/Forward Saman Ghoddos
Midfielder/Forward Yoane Wissa
Forward Marcus Forss

Comments:

League position: 13th Brentford had now lost six of their last ten games in the Premier League (won two). The Bees had now conceded two or more goals in each of seven of their last nine games in the Premier League. They had lost one of their preceding 13 league games played on Boxing Day (home versus Ipswich Town in the League Championship in 2014). Brentford named eight of a possible nine substitutes.