English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 26, 2025
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Brighton & Hove Albion LLLDL 3
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Match Report

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Brighton win thriller with Kaoru Mitoma, Carlos Baleba goals

Brighton & Hove Albion's Kaoru Mitoma and Carlos Baleba struck late goals in a thrilling 3-2 Premier League victory over West Ham United.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
2
47.1
Possession
52.9
12
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
414
Accurate Passes
447
469
Passes
514
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
32
0.1
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
35
29
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
1
Effective Tackles
18
9
Tackles
24
0.1
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
4
41
Effective Clearances
20
41
Clearances
20

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 20Carlos BalebaCD-L
  3. 5Lewis DunkCD-R
  4. 30Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 33Matt O'RileyAM
  7. 41Jack HinshelwoodLM
  8. 26Yasin AyariRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 11Simon AdingraAM-L
  11. 7Solly MarchAM-R

WHU · 3-5-2

  1. 23Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 15Konstantinos MavropanosCD
  3. 26Max KilmanCD-L
  4. 25Jean-Clair TodiboCD-R
  5. 28Tomás SoucekCM-L
  6. 10Lucas PaquetáCM-R
  7. 8James Ward-ProwseAM
  8. 33EmersonLM
  9. 29Aaron Wan-BissakaRM
  10. 20Jarrod BowenCF-L
  11. 14Mohammed KudusCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, West Ham United 0. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jack Hinshelwood.
  2. 29' Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, West Ham United. Niclas Füllkrug replaces James Ward-Prowse.
  4. 48' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, West Ham United 1. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen.
  5. 62' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Simon Adingra.
  6. 62' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yankuba Minteh replaces Solly March.
  7. 80' Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Gómez replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  9. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Matt O'Riley.
  10. 83' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, West Ham United 2. Tomás Soucek (West Ham United) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jarrod Bowen with a cross.
  11. 86' Substitution, West Ham United. Vladimír Coufal replaces Emerson.
  12. 89' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, West Ham United 2. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Brajan Gruda with a headed pass.
  13. 90'+2' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, West Ham United 2. Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brajan Gruda following a corner.
  14. 90'+3' Yasin Ayari (Brighton & Hove Albion) Yellow Card at 93'

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