English Premier League

FT Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Brighton & Hove Albion LDLDL 2
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West Ham United DDLLL 2
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BHA112
WHU202
London Stadium · 62,438 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Brighton comfortably beat Burnley to move into eighth place

Brighton soared to eighth place in the Premier League by snapping a six-match winless run with a comfortable 2-0 success over second-bottom Burnley.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
11
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
5
61.5
Possession
38.5
16
SHOTS
10
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
2
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
466
Accurate Passes
251
541
Passes
335
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
16
0.0
Cross %
0.1
36
Long Balls
67
21
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
14
13
Tackles
27
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
27
24
Clearances
27

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

WHU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Alphonse AreolaG
  2. 3Max KilmanCD-L
  3. 25Jean-Clair TodiboCD-R
  4. 30Oliver ScarlesLB
  5. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRB
  6. 18Mateus FernandesAM
  7. 32Freddie PottsLM
  8. 27Soungoutou MagassaRM
  9. 9Callum WilsonF
  10. 10Lucas PaquetáAM-L
  11. 20Jarrod BowenAM-R

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 24Ferdi KadiogluLB
  5. 34Joël VeltmanRB
  6. 25Diego GómezAM
  7. 20James MilnerLM
  8. 26Yasin AyariRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 29Maxim De CuyperAM-L
  11. 11Yankuba MintehAM-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! West Ham United 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Paquetá with a through ball.
  2. 13' Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Goal! West Ham United 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 36' Penalty missed! Still West Ham United 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) hits the bar with a right footed shot.
  5. 37' Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 37' Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 42' James Milner (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45' Maximilian Kilman (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 45'+2' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for handball.
  10. 45'+3' Substitution, West Ham United. Konstantinos Mavropanos replaces Jean-Clair Todibo because of an injury.
  11. 45'+4' Goal! West Ham United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  12. 58' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Kaoru Mitoma replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  13. 58' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Brajan Gruda replaces Yankuba Minteh because of an injury.
  14. 61' Goal! West Ham United 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  15. 63' Substitution, West Ham United. Crysencio Summerville replaces Callum Wilson.
  16. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Diego Gómez.
  17. 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces James Milner.
  18. 82' Substitution, West Ham United. Tomás Soucek replaces Soungoutou Magassa.
  19. 83' Substitution, West Ham United. Ezra Mayers replaces Kyle Walker-Peters.
  20. 83' Substitution, West Ham United. Mohamadou Kanté replaces Lucas Paquetá because of an injury.
  21. 83' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Charalampos Kostoulas replaces Danny Welbeck.
  22. 84' Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 90'+3' Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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