English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 8, 2025
Fulham WWLWW 1
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWWW 2
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FUL101
BHA112
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Match Report

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Late Pedro penalty earns Brighton 2-1 win over Fulham

A Joao Pedro penalty in added time earned Brighton & Hove Albion a 2-1 home Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday, moving the hosts up to sixth place in the standings and boosting their bid to qualify for European football.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
6
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
7
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
0
46.7
Possession
53.3
6
SHOTS
9
1
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
374
Accurate Passes
444
441
Passes
514
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
22
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
38
27
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
11
22
Tackles
18
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
15
41
Effective Clearances
24
41
Clearances
24

Head to Head

FUL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 4Adam WebsterCD-L
  3. 29Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 30Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 41Jack HinshelwoodRB
  6. 14Georginio RutterAM
  7. 26Yasin AyariLM
  8. 20Carlos BalebaRM
  9. 9João PedroF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 17Yankuba MintehAM-R

FUL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 5Joachim AndersenCD
  3. 3Calvin BasseyCD-L
  4. 31Issa DiopCD-R
  5. 16Sander BergeCM-L
  6. 18Andreas PereiraCM-R
  7. 33Antonee RobinsonLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 7Raúl JiménezF
  10. 32Emile Smith RoweCF-L
  11. 17Alex IwobiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Fulham 1. Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi with a cross following a fast break.
  2. 41' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 1. Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yasin Ayari with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 68' Antonee Robinson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 69' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Gómez replaces Yasin Ayari.
  5. 69' Substitution, Fulham. Rodrigo Muniz replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  6. 77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Yankuba Minteh.
  7. 77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Georginio Rutter.
  8. 81' Substitution, Fulham. Harrison Reed replaces Andreas Pereira.
  9. 82' Substitution, Fulham. Willian replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
  10. 86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  11. 86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mats Wieffer replaces Carlos Baleba.
  12. 89' Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces Alex Iwobi.
  13. 90'+7' Joachim Andersen (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+8' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Fulham 1. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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