Liverpool vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 2025-26 English FA Cup, Fourth Round

· English FA Cup

Liverpool

42': Curtis Jones
56': Dominik Szoboszlai
68': Mohamed Salah (P)

FT
3 - 0

Brighton & Hove Albion

Curtis Jones breaks duck as Liverpool cruise to FA Cup win against Brighton

Curtis Jones' first goal in over a year paved the way for Liverpool's progression into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a 3-0 victory over Brighton at Anfield.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Attempt blocked. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood.
4': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Liverpool).
4': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
9': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Liverpool).
9': Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
10': Attempt saved. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Diego Gómez.
11': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
12': Offside, Liverpool. Milos Kerkez is caught offside.
14': Handball by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
14': Attempt blocked. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
15': Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
15': Foul by Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
15': Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17': Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
17': Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
18': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
19': Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
19': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
20': Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
20': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
23': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
24': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
24': Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
25': Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
25': Foul by Cody Gakpo (Liverpool).
25': Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Attempt blocked. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
29': Attempt missed. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
30': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
30': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
31': Attempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood.
33': Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
33': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
34': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
34': Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
35': Offside, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
37': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jason Steele (Brighton and Hove Albion).
38': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
38': Attempt saved. Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Jason Steele (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
38': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jason Steele.
39': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Diego Gómez.
39': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
39': Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
39': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
40': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40': Foul by Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion).
41': Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
41': Milos Kerkez (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41': Attempt blocked. Federico Chiesa (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
42': Goal! Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Milos Kerkez with a cross.
43': Delay in match (Brighton and Hove Albion).
44': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Cody Gakpo.
45': Attempt missed. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Harry Howell with a cross following a corner.
45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Attempt saved. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Lewis Dunk.
45'+2': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Liverpool).
45'+2': Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
46': Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
46': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
50': Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
50': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
51': Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
53': Foul by Milos Kerkez (Liverpool).
53': Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
53': Attempt blocked. Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
54': Attempt missed. Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ferdi Kadioglu following a set piece situation.
55': Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
55': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Goal! Liverpool 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
57': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
57': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Harry Howell.
60': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
60': Foul by Harry Howell (Brighton and Hove Albion).
61': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
61': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
62': Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion).
62': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yankuba Minteh replaces Harry Howell.
62': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Carlos Baleba.
62': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Diego Gómez.
65': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
67': Penalty Liverpool. Mohamed Salah draws a foul in the penalty area.
67': Penalty conceded by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) after a foul in the penalty area.
67': Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
68': Goal! Liverpool 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
70': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk is caught offside.
71': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Florian Wirtz.
71': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
71': Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Olivier Boscagli replaces Jan Paul van Hecke.
74': Attempt blocked. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charalampos Kostoulas.
74': Offside, Liverpool. Federico Chiesa is caught offside.
75': Attempt blocked. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
75': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Dominik Szoboszlai.
76': Attempt missed. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
77': Substitution, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha replaces Mohamed Salah.
77': Substitution, Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké replaces Federico Chiesa.
78': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion).
80': Offside, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha is caught offside.
81': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mats Wieffer replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
82': Offside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pascal Groß is caught offside.
83': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
83': Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
84': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
85': Attempt missed. Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ferdi Kadioglu.
86': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion).
87': Attempt saved. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alisson Becker (Liverpool).
87': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
87': Attempt blocked. Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Dunk.
87': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Alexis Mac Allister.
89': Attempt missed. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joël Veltman.
89': Substitution, Liverpool. Calvin Ramsay replaces Cody Gakpo.
89': Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Curtis Jones.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Foul by Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool).
90'+2': Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Milos Kerkez.
90'+5': Attempt blocked. Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Yankuba Minteh with a cross.
90'+5': Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
0': Match ends, Liverpool 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.

Statistics

BHA		LIV
19	Fouls	15
4	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	4
7	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	3
53.2	Possession	46.8
17	SHOTS	13
3	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	2
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
379	Accurate Passes	334
449	Passes	391
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	1
14	Crosses	13
0.3	Cross %	0.1
53	Long Balls	36
27	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
8	Blocked Shots	6
14	Effective Tackles	8
22	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	7
19	Effective Clearances	26
19	Clearances	26

Game Information

Competition: English FA Cup

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 60,227

Line-Ups

Liverpool (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alisson Becker (GK)
4	Virgil van Dijk
5	Ibrahima Konaté
6	Milos Kerkez
17	Curtis Jones
7	Florian Wirtz
10	Alexis Mac Allister
8	Dominik Szoboszlai
14	Federico Chiesa
18	Cody Gakpo
11	Mohamed Salah

Liverpool Substitutes:

Hugo Ekitike, Rio Ngumoha, Kieran Morrison, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Ryan Gravenberch, Joe Gomez, Andrew Robertson, Trey Nyoni, Calvin Ramsay.

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-3-3)

No.	Name
23	Jason Steele (GK)
5	Lewis Dunk
6	Jan Paul van Hecke
24	Ferdi Kadioglu
34	Joël Veltman
17	Carlos Baleba
13	Jack Hinshelwood
30	Pascal Groß
19	Charalambos Kostoulas
25	Diego Gómez
53	Harry Howell

Brighton & Hove Albion Substitutes:

James Milner, Olivier Boscagli, Georginio Rutter, Yankuba Minteh, Maxim De Cuyper, Mats Wieffer, Danny Welbeck, Bart Verbruggen, Kaoru Mitoma.

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