Liverpool v Brighton and Hove Albion, 13 December 2025

Score2-0 to Liverpool
RefereeCraig Pawson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,429

View Liverpool v Brighton and Hove Albion head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 17 Liverpool won: 10 Drawn: 4 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 3 Liverpool scored: 34 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 20 . Liverpool now remained unbeaten in the last five home meetings in the Premier league since a 1-0 defeat on 3 February 2021.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Hugo Ekitike 1 G
Hugo Ekitike 60 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Starting lineup:

Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper
Lewis Dunk Defender
Jan Paul Van Hecke Defender
Ferdi Kadioğlu Defender/Midfielder
Jack Hinshelwood Defender/Midfielder
Mats Wieffer Defender/Midfielder
Carlos Baleba Midfielder
Diego Gómez Midfielder
Brajan Gruda Midfielder/Forward
Yankuba Minteh Midfielder/Forward
Georginio Rutter Forward

Substitutions:

Mohamed Salah for Joe Gomez 26
Alexander Isak for Hugo Ekitike 78
Andy Robertson for Florian Wirtz 78
Federico Chiesa for Dominik Szoboszlai 83

Substitutions:

Yasin Ayari for Carlos Baleba 64
Kaoru Mitoma for Brajan Gruda 64
Charalampos Kostoulas for Georginio Rutter 82
Danny Welbeck for Jack Hinshelwood 82
James Milner for Diego Gómez 87

Cards:

Ibrahima Konaté 64 Y

Cards:

Diego Gómez 45+3 Y
Lewis Dunk 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Defender Wellity Lucky
Defender Calvin Ramsay
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Alexander Isak

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas
Forward Danny Welbeck

Comments:

League position: 6th . Liverpool avoided failing to score in the first half of six consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since March 2021 (eight). . Hugo Ekitike’s opening goal was timed at 46 seconds. It became their quickest goal in a game in the Premier League since Naby Keita against Huddersfield Town on 26 April 2019 (15 seconds). . Virgil van Dijk had now become the first outfield player to make his first 250 league appearances for the Reds as a starter since Alan Hansen in November 1984. [c/o Michael Reid] . Freddie Woodman was originally named on the bench before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. He was not replaced.

Comments:

League position: 9th . Brighton and Hove Albion failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in three consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since July 2020. . The Seagulls now remained without a win in their last nine games in the Premier League played in December (lost four). . They had now failed to score in seven of their last 50 games in the Premier League.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Hugo Ekitike 1 G
Hugo Ekitike 60 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Curtis Jones
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Forward Hugo Ekitike

Substitutions:

Mohamed Salah for Joe Gomez 26
Alexander Isak for Hugo Ekitike 78
Andy Robertson for Florian Wirtz 78
Federico Chiesa for Dominik Szoboszlai 83

Cards:

Ibrahima Konaté 64 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili
Defender Wellity Lucky
Defender Calvin Ramsay
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Alexander Isak

Comments:

League position: 6th . Liverpool avoided failing to score in the first half of six consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since March 2021 (eight). . Hugo Ekitike’s opening goal was timed at 46 seconds. It became their quickest goal in a game in the Premier League since Naby Keita against Huddersfield Town on 26 April 2019 (15 seconds). . Virgil van Dijk had now become the first outfield player to make his first 250 league appearances for the Reds as a starter since Alan Hansen in November 1984. [c/o Michael Reid] . Freddie Woodman was originally named on the bench before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. He was not replaced.

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper
Lewis Dunk Defender
Jan Paul Van Hecke Defender
Ferdi Kadioğlu Defender/Midfielder
Jack Hinshelwood Defender/Midfielder
Mats Wieffer Defender/Midfielder
Carlos Baleba Midfielder
Diego Gómez Midfielder
Brajan Gruda Midfielder/Forward
Yankuba Minteh Midfielder/Forward
Georginio Rutter Forward

Substitutions:

Yasin Ayari for Carlos Baleba 64
Kaoru Mitoma for Brajan Gruda 64
Charalampos Kostoulas for Georginio Rutter 82
Danny Welbeck for Jack Hinshelwood 82
James Milner for Diego Gómez 87

Cards:

Diego Gómez 45+3 Y
Lewis Dunk 59 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Joël Veltman
Defender/Midfielder Maxim De Cuyper
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder/Forward Yasin Ayari
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas
Forward Danny Welbeck

Comments:

League position: 9th . Brighton and Hove Albion failed in their attempt to keep a clean sheet in three consecutive away games in the Premier League for the first time since July 2020. . The Seagulls now remained without a win in their last nine games in the Premier League played in December (lost four). . They had now failed to score in seven of their last 50 games in the Premier League.