English Premier League

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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWWD 0
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Liverpool WLWWW 2
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Match Report

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Liverpool's front four get firing as Andoni Iraola's men outplay Brighton

Liverpool's expensively-assembled front four finally clicked into gear as they beat Brighton 2-0 to record their first home Premier League win of the season.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
64.4
Possession
35.6
17
SHOTS
13
1
ON GOAL
4
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
486
Accurate Passes
224
576
Passes
324
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
5
0.3
Cross %
0.4
66
Long Balls
57
35
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
5
18
Effective Clearances
35
18
Clearances
35

Highlights

08:52 Hislop praises Isak's performance for Liverpool vs. Brighton Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Jérémy JacquetCD-R
  4. 6Milos KerkezLB
  5. 33Ronald AraujoRB
  6. 7Florian WirtzAM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 38Ryan GravenberchRM
  9. 9Alexander IsakF
  10. 18Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 29Bradley BarcolaAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Wataru EndoSUB
  2. 73Rio NgumohaSUB
  3. 25Giorgi MamardashviliSUB
  4. 2Joe GomezSUB
  5. 42Trey NyoniSUB
  6. 14Federico ChiesaSUB
  7. 21Kostas TsimikasSUB
  8. 67Lewis KoumasSUB
  9. 53James McConnellSUB

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 44Luka VuskovicCD-R
  4. 21Olivier BoscagliLB
  5. 24Ferdi KadiogluRB
  6. 26Yasin AyariAM
  7. 14Chema AndrésLM
  8. 13Pascal GrossRM
  9. 19Charalambos KostoulasF
  10. 29Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  11. 25Diego GómezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20CostinhaSUB
  2. 33Matt O'RileySUB
  3. 8Jack HinshelwoodSUB
  4. 3Jaouen HadjamSUB
  5. 12Promise DavidSUB
  6. 23Jason SteeleSUB
  7. 15Ibrahim OsmanSUB
  8. 35Malick YalcouyéSUB
  9. 10Georginio RutterSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Delay in match because of an injury Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  2. 4'
  3. 5' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  4. 5'
  5. 6' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Ferdi Kadioglu because of an injury.
  6. 17' Own Goal by Pascal Groß, Brighton and Hove Albion. Liverpool 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0.
  7. 21' Goal! Liverpool 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
  8. 45'+3' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Olivier Boscagli.
  10. 54' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Chema Andrés because of an injury.
  11. 59' Delay in match because of an injury Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
  12. 59'
  13. 61' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  14. 61'
  15. 65' Substitution, Liverpool. Trey Nyoni replaces Florian Wirtz because of an injury.
  16. 73' Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 75' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Yasin Ayari.
  18. 77' Substitution, Liverpool. Rio Ngumoha replaces Bradley Barcola.
  19. 77' Substitution, Liverpool. Lewis Koumas replaces Alexander Isak.
  20. 88' Substitution, Liverpool. Kostas Tsimikas replaces Milos Kerkez.

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