English Premier League

FT Saturday, November 22, 2025
Brentford WWWLW 1
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Brighton & Hove Albion WLLWD 2
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BRE101
BHA022
American Express Stadium · 31,358 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Verbruggen saves late penalty as Brighton fight back to beat Brentford

Bart Verbruggen was the hero for Brighton after his stoppage-time penalty save from Igor Thiago earned a dramatic 2-1 home victory over Brentford.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
3
35.8
Possession
64.2
10
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
234
Accurate Passes
479
314
Passes
576
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
45
18
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
23
0.4
Tackle %
0.4
13
Interceptions
8
29
Effective Clearances
19
29
Clearances
19

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 21Olivier BoscagliCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 24Ferdi KadiogluLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 10Georginio RutterAM
  7. 26Yasin AyariLM
  8. 17Carlos BalebaRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 25Diego GómezAM-L
  11. 11Yankuba MintehAM-R

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Caoimhín KelleherG
  2. 4Sepp van den BergCD-L
  3. 22Nathan CollinsCD-R
  4. 20Kristoffer AjerLB
  5. 33Michael KayodeRB
  6. 24Mikkel DamsgaardAM
  7. 18Yehor YarmoliukLM
  8. 6Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Igor ThiagoF
  10. 7Kevin SchadeAM-L
  11. 19Dango OuattaraAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Brentford 1. Igor Thiago (Brentford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 36' Dango Ouattara (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Maxim De Cuyper replaces Carlos Baleba.
  5. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk replaces Olivier Boscagli.
  6. 64' Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 65' Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Dango Ouattara.
  8. 70' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Diego Gómez.
  9. 71' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Brentford 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yankuba Minteh with a cross.
  10. 80' Substitution, Brentford. Aaron Hickey replaces Kristoffer Ajer.
  11. 80' Substitution, Brentford. Vitaly Janelt replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
  12. 80' Substitution, Brentford. Mathias Jensen replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.
  13. 84' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Brentford 1. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  14. 89' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Georginio Rutter.
  15. 89' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Yankuba Minteh.
  16. 90'+1' Brajan Gruda (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+4' Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+4' Penalty saved. Igor Thiago (Brentford) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion).
  19. 90'+5' Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.

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