English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 10, 2026
Brighton & Hove Albion LDWWW 2
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Sunderland DWLWL 0
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Stadium of Light · 47,196 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Brighton keep pressure on Man City, Arsenal with 2-0 Sunderland win

Maxim De Cuyper and Jaouen Hadjam were both on the scoresheet as 10-man Brighton clinched a 2-0 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
2
37.7
Possession
62.3
13
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
206
Accurate Passes
385
305
Passes
495
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
64
21
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
14
19
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
7
Interceptions
9
43
Effective Clearances
18
43
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 4Kevin DansoCD-L
  3. 20Nordi MukieleCD-R
  4. 17Reinildo MandavaLB
  5. 32Trai HumeRB
  6. 28Enzo Le FéeAM
  7. 27Noah SadikiLM
  8. 34Granit XhakaRM
  9. 18Wilson IsidorF
  10. 10Nilson AnguloAM-L
  11. 12Thomas MeunierAM-R

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 4Pascal StruijkCD-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

Timeline

  1. 33' Delay in match because of an injury Thomas Meunier (Sunderland).
  2. 33'
  3. 34' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  4. 34'
  5. 34' Substitution, Sunderland. Malick Fofana replaces Thomas Meunier because of an injury.
  6. 36' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 53' Goal! Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
  8. 56'
  9. 57'
  10. 57' Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the red card.
  11. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
  12. 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Olivier Boscagli.
  13. 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  14. 73' Substitution, Sunderland. Dayann Méthalie replaces Reinildo Mandava.
  15. 73' Substitution, Sunderland. Jocelin Ta Bi replaces Nilson Angulo.
  16. 81' Substitution, Sunderland. Juan Angulo replaces Enzo Le Fée.
  17. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jaouen Hadjam replaces Diego Gómez.
  18. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Yasin Ayari.
  19. 90'+3' Goal! Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Jaouen Hadjam (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Georginio Rutter following a fast break.

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