English Premier League

FT Saturday, March 14, 2026
Brighton & Hove Albion LLWWL 1
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Sunderland WLDWL 0
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Stadium of Light · 47,197 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Yankuba Minteh strikes as Brighton defeat Sunderland

Brighton edged Sunderland 1-0 on Saturday after a winning goal from Yankuba Minteh.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
3
52
Possession
48
12
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
371
Accurate Passes
332
471
Passes
422
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
0
13
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.0
57
Long Balls
57
15
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
5
17
Effective Tackles
4
26
Tackles
7
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
5
43
Effective Clearances
22
43
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BHA leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

SUN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 31Melker EllborgG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 5Danny BallardCD-R
  4. 34Granit XhakaDM
  5. 32Trai HumeLB
  6. 6Lutsharel GeertruidaRB
  7. 27Noah SadikiCM-L
  8. 19Habib DiarraCM-R
  9. 7Chemsdine TalbiLM
  10. 11Chris RiggRM
  11. 9Brian BrobbeyF

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 24Ferdi KadiogluLB
  5. 27Mats WiefferRB
  6. 13Jack HinshelwoodAM
  7. 30Pascal GrossLM
  8. 20James MilnerRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 11Yankuba MintehAM-L
  11. 25Diego GómezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 51' Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 58' Goal! Sunderland 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 64' Substitution, Sunderland. Luke O'Nien replaces Dan Ballard because of an injury.
  4. 74' Yankuba Minteh (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 75' Granit Xhaka (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Maxim De Cuyper replaces Yankuba Minteh.
  7. 78' Substitution, Sunderland. Eliezer Mayenda replaces Brian Brobbey.
  8. 85' Substitution, Sunderland. Dennis Cirkin replaces Chemsdine Talbi.
  9. 88' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
  10. 90'+4' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Diego Gómez.
  11. 90'+5' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Danny Welbeck.

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