English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 16, 2025
Fulham WLLWL 1
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWWWW 1
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American Express Stadium · 31,478 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Brighton 1-1 Fulham: Late Muniz equaliser earns visitors a draw

Brighton & Hove Albion were held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham in their Premier League opener at the American Express Stadium on Saturday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
16
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
1
50.2
Possession
49.8
7
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
349
Accurate Passes
374
423
Passes
427
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
14
Crosses
11
0.2
Cross %
0.4
53
Long Balls
50
29
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
9
15
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
2
Interceptions
9
15
Effective Clearances
27
15
Clearances
27

Head to Head

FUL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 29Maxim De CuyperLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 33Matt O'RileyAM
  7. 26Yasin AyariLM
  8. 17Carlos BalebaRM
  9. 10Georginio RutterF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 11Yankuba MintehAM-R

FUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 15Jorge CuencaCD-L
  3. 5Joachim AndersenCD-R
  4. 3Calvin BasseyLB
  5. 2Kenny TeteRB
  6. 24Josh KingAM
  7. 16Sander BergeLM
  8. 20Sasa LukicRM
  9. 7Raúl JiménezF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 8Harry WilsonAM-R

Timeline

  1. 31' Calvin Bassey (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 55' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 0. Matt O'Riley (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 60' Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Sander Berge.
  5. 66' Substitution, Fulham. Rodrigo Muniz replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  6. 66' Substitution, Fulham. Adama Traoré replaces Alex Iwobi.
  7. 69' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Gómez replaces Carlos Baleba.
  8. 69' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Georginio Rutter.
  9. 69' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ferdi Kadioglu replaces Yankuba Minteh.
  10. 73' Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 77' Substitution, Fulham. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Josh King.
  12. 78' Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Kaoru Mitoma.
  14. 84' Substitution, Fulham. Timothy Castagne replaces Jorge Cuenca.
  15. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner replaces Matt O'Riley.
  16. 90'+3' Tom Cairney (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+7' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 1. Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  18. 90'+8' Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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