English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 8, 2026
Crystal Palace DLLLD 1
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Brighton & Hove Albion DWDLD 0
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American Express Stadium · 31,179 att. · Tele

Match Report

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Ismaïla Sarr strike sees Crystal Palace beat rivals Brighton

Ismaila Sarr struck a second-half winner as Crystal Palace halted a miserable 12-match winless run with a 1-0 win away to bitter rivals Brighton.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
36.2
Possession
63.8
7
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
217
Accurate Passes
476
311
Passes
557
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.1
67
Long Balls
57
22
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
7
21
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
10
Interceptions
3
33
Effective Clearances
34
33
Clearances
34

Head to Head

CRY leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 21Olivier BoscagliCD-L
  3. 5Lewis DunkCD-R
  4. 29Maxim De CuyperLB
  5. 24Ferdi KadiogluRB
  6. 10Georginio RutterAM
  7. 17Carlos BalebaLM
  8. 30Pascal GrossRM
  9. 19Charalambos KostoulasF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 53Harry HowellAM-R

CRY · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Dean HendersonG
  2. 5Maxence LacroixCD
  3. 26Chris RichardsCD-L
  4. 8Jefferson LermaCD-R
  5. 19Will HughesCM-L
  6. 20Adam WhartonCM-R
  7. 3Tyrick MitchellLM
  8. 2Daniel MuñozRM
  9. 22Jørgen Strand LarsenF
  10. 10Yéremy PinoCF-L
  11. 7Ismaïla SarrCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Will Hughes (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 56' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Evann Guessand replaces Yéremy Pino.
  3. 61' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Crystal Palace 1. Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Evann Guessand.
  4. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Diego Gómez replaces Carlos Baleba.
  5. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yankuba Minteh replaces Harry Howell.
  6. 71' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  7. 77' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Daichi Kamada replaces Will Hughes.
  8. 80' Daniel Muñoz (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Georginio Rutter.
  10. 82' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jack Hinshelwood replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
  11. 85' Jørgen Strand Larsen (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Brennan Johnson replaces Ismaïla Sarr.

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