English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 21, 2026
Brighton & Hove Albion LDLLL 2
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Brentford LWWDW 0
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BHA202
BRE000
Gtech Community Stadium · 17,163 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Brighton win at Brentford as James Milner sets new Premier League appearance record

Brighton marked James Milner's record-breaking 654th Premier League appearance with a much-needed 2-0 win at Brentford.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
5
48.1
Possession
51.9
11
SHOTS
13
7
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
319
Accurate Passes
343
416
Passes
439
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
13
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
66
18
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
0
8
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
10
26
Effective Clearances
21
26
Clearances
21

Highlights

02:10 Klopp 'so proud' to be part of Milner's Premier League journey Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Caoimhín KelleherG
  2. 4Sepp van den BergCD-L
  3. 20Kristoffer AjerCD-R
  4. 3Rico HenryLB
  5. 2Aaron HickeyRB
  6. 8Mathias JensenAM
  7. 27Vitaly JaneltLM
  8. 6Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Igor ThiagoF
  10. 19Dango OuattaraAM-L
  11. 23Keane Lewis-PotterAM-R

BHA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 24Ferdi KadiogluLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 20James MilnerCM
  7. 30Pascal GrossLM
  8. 13Jack HinshelwoodRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaLF
  11. 25Diego GómezRF

Timeline

  1. 12' Mats Wieffer (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Brentford 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 45' Substitution, Brentford. Nathan Collins replaces Aaron Hickey because of an injury.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Brentford 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.
  5. 45' Substitution, Brentford. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Vitaly Janelt.
  6. 45' Substitution, Brentford. Kevin Schade replaces Keane Lewis-Potter.
  7. 54' Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 65' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Mats Wieffer.
  9. 67' Substitution, Brentford. Mikkel Damsgaard replaces Jordan Henderson.
  10. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Maxim De Cuyper replaces Diego Gómez.
  11. 81' Substitution, Brentford. Romelle Donovan replaces Kristoffer Ajer.
  12. 90' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Carlos Baleba replaces James Milner because of an injury.
  13. 90'+2' Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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