West Ham United v Brighton and Hove Albion, 30 December 2025

Score2-2
RefereeMichael Salisbury
CompetitionPremier League
VenueLondon Stadium
Attendance62,438

View West Ham United v Brighton and Hove Albion head to head

Kick-off: 7.30pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 18 West Ham United won: 1 Drawn: 10 Brighton and Hove Albion won: 7 West Ham United scored: 21 Brighton and Hove Albion scored: 34 . West Ham United now remained without a home win against Brighton and Hove Albion since a 6-0 victory in the League Championship on 14 April 2012, which also remains as the last time that they scored five or more goals in a league game.

2 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Jarrod Bowen 10 G
Lucas Paquetá penalty 45+4 P

Goals:

Danny Welbeck penalty 32 P
Joël Veltman 61 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Jean-Clair Todibo
Defender/Midfielder Soungoutou Magassa
Defender/Midfielder Freddie Potts
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Lucas Paquetá
Midfielder Mateus Fernandes
Midfielder/Forward Jarrod Bowen
Forward Callum Wilson

Starting lineup:

Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper
Lewis Dunk Defender
Jan Paul Van Hecke Defender
Joël Veltman Defender
Maxim De Cuyper Defender/Midfielder
Ferdi Kadioğlu Defender/Midfielder
James Milner Defender/Midfielder
Diego Gómez Midfielder
Yasin Ayari Midfielder/Forward
Yankuba Minteh Midfielder/Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Dinos Mavropanos for Jean-Clair Todibo 45+3
Crysencio Summerville for Callum Wilson 63
Tomáš Souček for Soungoutou Magassa 82
Ezra Mayers for Kyle Walker-Peters 83
Mohamadou Kanté for Lucas Paquetá 83

Substitutions:

Brajan Gruda for Yankuba Minteh 58
Kaoru Mitoma for Maxim De Cuyper 58
Jack Hinshelwood for James Milner 72
Georginio Rutter for Diego Gómez 72
Charalampos Kostoulas for Danny Welbeck 83

Cards:

Jarrod Bowen 13 Y
Mateus Fernandes 37 Y
Max Kilman 45 Y

Cards:

Danny Welbeck 37 Y
James Milner 42 Y
Lewis Dunk 45+2 Y
Charalampos Kostoulas 84 Y
Jan Paul Van Hecke 90+3 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Airidas Golambeckis
Defender Dinos Mavropanos
Defender Ezra Mayers
Midfielder George Earthy
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder Guido Rodríguez
Midfielder Tomáš Souček
Midfielder/Forward Crysencio Summerville

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Diego Coppola
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Midfielder/Forward Brajan Gruda
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Midfielder/Forward Tom Watson
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas
Forward Georginio Rutter

Comments:

League position: 18th . West Ham United avoided losing 12 home league games in a year for the first time: previously 11 in 1967. . This was the first time that the Hammers have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in a league season in the same month since versus Birmingham City in League Division Two in April 1980. . They had now drawn their last league game of a year in three of the last ten seasons (won two). . West Ham United were awarded a penalty in the first added minute of the first half following a VAR review.

Comments:

League position: 14th . This was the first time that Brighton and Hove Albion have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in a league season in the same month since versus Cheltenham Town in League One in February 2008. . Albion had now drawn their last league game of a year in three of the last six seasons (lost two). . They now remained without a win in their last 12 games in the Premier League played in December (lost five). . Danny Welbeck’s penalty in the 36th minute was missed.

2 West Ham United

Manager: Nuno Espírito Santo

Goals:

Jarrod Bowen 10 G
Lucas Paquetá penalty 45+4 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola
Defender Max Kilman
Defender Jean-Clair Todibo
Defender/Midfielder Soungoutou Magassa
Defender/Midfielder Freddie Potts
Defender/Midfielder Oliver Scarles
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Walker-Peters
Midfielder Lucas Paquetá
Midfielder Mateus Fernandes
Midfielder/Forward Jarrod Bowen
Forward Callum Wilson

Substitutions:

Dinos Mavropanos for Jean-Clair Todibo 45+3
Crysencio Summerville for Callum Wilson 63
Tomáš Souček for Soungoutou Magassa 82
Ezra Mayers for Kyle Walker-Peters 83
Mohamadou Kanté for Lucas Paquetá 83

Cards:

Jarrod Bowen 13 Y
Mateus Fernandes 37 Y
Max Kilman 45 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen
Defender Airidas Golambeckis
Defender Dinos Mavropanos
Defender Ezra Mayers
Midfielder George Earthy
Midfielder Mohamadou Kanté
Midfielder Guido Rodríguez
Midfielder Tomáš Souček
Midfielder/Forward Crysencio Summerville

Comments:

League position: 18th . West Ham United avoided losing 12 home league games in a year for the first time: previously 11 in 1967. . This was the first time that the Hammers have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in a league season in the same month since versus Birmingham City in League Division Two in April 1980. . They had now drawn their last league game of a year in three of the last ten seasons (won two). . West Ham United were awarded a penalty in the first added minute of the first half following a VAR review.

2 Brighton and Hove Albion

Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Goals:

Danny Welbeck penalty 32 P
Joël Veltman 61 G

Starting lineup:

Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper
Lewis Dunk Defender
Jan Paul Van Hecke Defender
Joël Veltman Defender
Maxim De Cuyper Defender/Midfielder
Ferdi Kadioğlu Defender/Midfielder
James Milner Defender/Midfielder
Diego Gómez Midfielder
Yasin Ayari Midfielder/Forward
Yankuba Minteh Midfielder/Forward
Danny Welbeck Forward

Substitutions:

Brajan Gruda for Yankuba Minteh 58
Kaoru Mitoma for Maxim De Cuyper 58
Jack Hinshelwood for James Milner 72
Georginio Rutter for Diego Gómez 72
Charalampos Kostoulas for Danny Welbeck 83

Cards:

Danny Welbeck 37 Y
James Milner 42 Y
Lewis Dunk 45+2 Y
Charalampos Kostoulas 84 Y
Jan Paul Van Hecke 90+3 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Jason Steele
Defender Olivier Boscagli
Defender Diego Coppola
Defender/Midfielder Jack Hinshelwood
Midfielder/Forward Brajan Gruda
Midfielder/Forward Kaoru Mitoma
Midfielder/Forward Tom Watson
Forward Charalampos Kostoulas
Forward Georginio Rutter

Comments:

League position: 14th . This was the first time that Brighton and Hove Albion have played both home and away fixtures against the same opposing team in a league season in the same month since versus Cheltenham Town in League One in February 2008. . Albion had now drawn their last league game of a year in three of the last six seasons (lost two). . They now remained without a win in their last 12 games in the Premier League played in December (lost five). . Danny Welbeck’s penalty in the 36th minute was missed.