Brighton vs Liverpool match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Premier League · England · Regular Season - 31 · American Express Stadium, Falmer · Ref D. England

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Brighton beat Liverpool 2–1 in the Premier League on 21 March 2026. Expected goals finished 2.17–1.03. Liverpool had 53% of the ball.

Brighton vs Liverpool match statistics

BrightonLiverpool

47% Ball possession 53%
2.17 Expected goals (xG) 1.03
16 Total shots 12
7 Shots on target 5
7 Shots off target 4
2 Blocked shots 3
11 Shots inside the box 10
4 Corners 8
11 Fouls 11
2 Offsides 1
5 Yellow cards 5
380 Passes 431
78% Pass accuracy 80%
4 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

14' Goal D. Welbeck (assist D. Gómez) Brighton
25' Yellow card Y. Minteh Brighton
30' Goal M. Kerkez Liverpool
45' Yellow card I. Konaté Liverpool
45+5' Yellow card D. Gómez Brighton
48' Yellow card D. Welbeck Brighton
56' Goal D. Welbeck (assist J. Hinshelwood) Brighton
61' Yellow card J. Frimpong Liverpool
68' Yellow card A. Mac Allister Liverpool
79' Yellow card D. Szoboszlai Liverpool
85' Yellow card Lewis Dunk Brighton
90' Yellow card F. Chiesa Liverpool
90+4' Yellow card M. Wieffer Brighton

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Brighton

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Fabian Hurzeler

1 Bart Verbruggen

24 Ferdi Kadıoğlu 5 Lewis Dunk 6 J. van Hecke 27 M. Wieffer

30 Pascal Groß 20 J. Milner

11 Y. Minteh 13 J. Hinshelwood 25 D. Gómez

18 D. Welbeck

Bench Jason Steele , J. Veltman , Olivier Boscagli , K. Mitoma , Yasin Ayari , C. Baleba , Charalampos Kostoulas , G. Rutter , Maxim De Cuyper

Liverpool

Confirmed 4-3-1-2 Arne Slot

25 G. Mamardashvili

6 M. Kerkez 4 V. van Dijk 5 I. Konaté 30 J. Frimpong

7 F. Wirtz 38 R. Gravenberch 8 D. Szoboszlai

10 A. Mac Allister

18 C. Gakpo 22 H. Ekitike

Bench F. Woodman , F. Chiesa , C. Jones , K. Morrison , A. Robertson , J. Gomez , C. Ramsay , T. Nyoni , R. Ngumoha

Form guide

Brighton at home

8–1–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.7 per game
Conceded: 0.7 per game
Clean sheets: 7 / 10
Corners: 6.3 per game
Shots on target: 5.9 per game

8% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Liverpool away

5–1–4 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.9 per game
Conceded: 2.0 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 5.2 per game
Shots on target: 5.2 per game

16% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Brighton vs Liverpool head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
14 Feb 26	Liverpool v Brighton	3–0
13 Dec 25	Liverpool v Brighton	2–0
19 May 25	Brighton v Liverpool	3–2
2 Nov 24	Liverpool v Brighton	2–1
31 Mar 24	Liverpool v Brighton	2–1
8 Oct 23	Brighton v Liverpool	2–2

The full Brighton vs Liverpool head-to-head record