English Premier League

FT Sunday, October 18, 2026
Crystal Palace WDLWL 0
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWWW 5
1st2ndT
CRY000
BHA325
American Express Stadium · 31,440 att. · Peacock

Match Report

Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images.

Five-goal Brighton run rampant over rivals Crystal Palace

Diego Gómez sensationally scored from the halfway line as Brighton struck three goals in the opening 10 minutes en route to thrashing bitter rivals Crystal Palace 5-0.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
1
42.8
Possession
57.2
5
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
9
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
301
Accurate Passes
440
384
Passes
516
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
12
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
52
11
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.2
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
5
12
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
9
Interceptions
10
31
Effective Clearances
30
31
Clearances
30

Head to Head

CRY leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

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

CRY · 3-4-2-1

  1. 44Walter BenítezG
  2. 26Chris RichardsCD
  3. 21Honest AhanorCD-L
  4. 6Jaydee CanvotCD-R
  5. 23Quinten TimberCM-L
  6. 20Adam WhartonCM-R
  7. 3Tyrick MitchellLM
  8. 25Anan KhalailiRM
  9. 22Jørgen Strand LarsenF
  10. 10Yéremy PinoCF-L
  11. 18Daichi KamadaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Own Goal by Jaydee Canvot, Crystal Palace. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Crystal Palace 0.
  2. 7' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Crystal Palace 0. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Olivier Boscagli following a fast break.
  3. 10' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Crystal Palace 0. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charalampos Kostoulas.
  4. 29' Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Dwight McNeil replaces Quinten Timber.
  6. 49' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Crystal Palace 0. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  7. 49'
  8. 51'
  9. 51' Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 53' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jefferson Lerma replaces Honest Ahanor.
  11. 61' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jean-Philippe Mateta replaces Jørgen Strand Larsen.
  12. 61' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Eddie Nketiah replaces Yéremy Pino.
  13. 64' Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Pascal Groß.
  15. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
  16. 81' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Will Hughes replaces Daichi Kamada.
  17. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jaouen Hadjam replaces Olivier Boscagli.
  18. 81' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Yasin Ayari.
  19. 84' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 5, Crystal Palace 0. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
  20. 90' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Michael Svoboda replaces Lewis Dunk.

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