Liverpool v Brighton and Hove Albion, 25 October 2026

Score2-0 to Liverpool
RefereeSam Barrott
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,404
Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 19 Liverpool won: 11 Drawn: 4 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 4 Liverpool scored: 37 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 22 . Brighton and Hove Albion had now lost on five consecutive visits to Anfield in all competitions for the first time: previously four from September 1960 to September 1980 and from February 2012 to November 2019.

2 Liverpool

Manager: Andoni Iraola

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Pascal Gross own goal 17 OG
Alexander Isak 21 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ronald Araújo
Defender Jérémy Jacquet
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Midfielder/Forward Bradley Barcola
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Forward Alexander Isak

Starting lineup:

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

Substitutions:

Trey Nyoni for Florian Wirtz 65
Lewis Koumas for Alexander Isak 77
Rio Ngumoha for Bradley Barcola 77
Kostas Tsimikas for Miloš Kerkez 88

Substitutions:

Costinha for Ferdi Kadioğlu 6
Jack Hinshelwood for Olivier Boscagli 46
Malick Yalcouyé for Chema Andrés 54
Georginio Rutter for Yasin Ayari 75

Cards:

Cards:

Olivier Boscagli 45+3 Y
Costinha 73 Y

On the bench:

Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Lewis Koumas
Midfielder/Forward James McConnell
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Trey Nyoni

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Costinha
Defender Jaouen Hadjam
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Midfielder Matt O'Riley
Midfielder Malick Yalcouyé
Midfielder/Forward Ibrahim Osman
Forward Promise David

Comments:

League position: 4th . Liverpool avoided remaining without a win in six consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since March 2021 (eight). The Reds had now kept a clean sheet in eight of their last 34 home games in the Premier League. . They had now won two of their last 15 games in the Premier League against a team starting the day in the top three (lost six).

Comments:

League position: 3rd . Brighton and Hove Albion failed in their attempt to remain unbeaten in nine consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since August 2022 (ten). . The Seagulls had now lost 200 of their 518 games in the top division (won 160, drawn 158). . The had now lost eight of their last 25 games in the Premier League played in October (won six).

2 Liverpool

Manager: Andoni Iraola

Goals:

Pascal Gross own goal 17 OG
Alexander Isak 21 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ronald Araújo
Defender Jérémy Jacquet
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Miloš Kerkez
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder Florian Wirtz
Midfielder/Forward Bradley Barcola
Midfielder/Forward Cody Gakpo
Forward Alexander Isak

Substitutions:

Trey Nyoni for Florian Wirtz 65
Lewis Koumas for Alexander Isak 77
Rio Ngumoha for Bradley Barcola 77
Kostas Tsimikas for Miloš Kerkez 88

Cards:

On the bench:

Defender Joe Gomez
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward Lewis Koumas
Midfielder/Forward James McConnell
Midfielder/Forward Rio Ngumoha
Midfielder/Forward Trey Nyoni

Comments:

League position: 4th . Liverpool avoided remaining without a win in six consecutive home games in the Premier League for the first time since March 2021 (eight). The Reds had now kept a clean sheet in eight of their last 34 home games in the Premier League. . They had now won two of their last 15 games in the Premier League against a team starting the day in the top three (lost six).

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Starting lineup:

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

Substitutions:

Costinha for Ferdi Kadioğlu 6
Jack Hinshelwood for Olivier Boscagli 46
Malick Yalcouyé for Chema Andrés 54
Georginio Rutter for Yasin Ayari 75

Cards:

Olivier Boscagli 45+3 Y
Costinha 73 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Costinha
Defender Jaouen Hadjam
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Midfielder Matt O'Riley
Midfielder Malick Yalcouyé
Midfielder/Forward Ibrahim Osman
Forward Promise David

Comments:

League position: 3rd . Brighton and Hove Albion failed in their attempt to remain unbeaten in nine consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since August 2022 (ten). . The Seagulls had now lost 200 of their 518 games in the top division (won 160, drawn 158). . The had now lost eight of their last 25 games in the Premier League played in October (won six).