Premier League · Sat, 21 Feb 2026 ·
Brentford vs Brighton — 0 - 2
Brentford Community Stadium · Referee: J. Gillett
Match report
Brighton win 2-0 at Brentford
Brighton beat Brentford 2-0 in Premier League matchday 27 on Saturday, 21 February 2026 at Brentford Community Stadium. D. Gomez (30') and D. Welbeck (45') scored for Brighton. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Brentford had 52% of the ball and 13 shots (3 on target) against Brighton’s 11 (7 on target). Bart Verbruggen (Brighton) was the top-rated player with 8.2. The result leaves Brentford 4th in the Premier League table on 9 points and Brighton 3rd on 10.
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- 12'yellow cardMats WiefferYellow Card
- 30'goalD. GomezNormal Goal
- 45'substitutionA. HickeyOff: N. Collins
- 45'goalD. WelbeckNormal Goal
- 46'substitutionK. Lewis-PotterOff: K. Schade
- 46'substitutionV. JaneltOff: Y. Yarmolyuk
- 54'yellow cardFerdi KadıoğluYellow Card
- 65'substitutionM. WiefferOff: J. Veltman
- 67'substitutionJ. HendersonOff: M. Damsgaard
- 76'substitutionD. GomezOff: M. De Cuyper
- 81'substitutionK. AjerOff: R. Donovan
- 90'substitutionJ. MilnerOff: C. Baleba
- 90+2'yellow cardYehor YarmolyukYellow Card
Lineups
Brentford
Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Keith Andrews
Starting XI
- 1C. KelleherG
- 2A. HickeyD
- 20K. AjerD
- 4S. van den BergD
- 3R. HenryD
- 6J. HendersonM
- 27V. JaneltM
- 23K. Lewis-PotterM
- 8M. JensenM
- 19D. OuattaraM
- 9I. ThiagoF
Substitutes
- 12H. R. ValdimarssonG
- 5E. PinnockD
- 22N. CollinsD
- 24M. DamsgaardM
- 7K. SchadeM
- 11R. NelsonF
- 18Y. YarmolyukM
- 47K. FuroF
- 45R. DonovanM
Brighton
Formation 4-3-3 · Coach Fabian Hurzeler
Starting XI
- 1B. VerbruggenG
- 27M. WiefferD
- 6J. P. van HeckeD
- 5L. DunkD
- 24F. KadiogluD
- 13J. HinshelwoodM
- 20J. MilnerM
- 30P. GrossM
- 25D. GomezF
- 18D. WelbeckF
- 22K. MitomaF
Substitutes
- 23J. SteeleG
- 34J. VeltmanD
- 21O. BoscagliD
- 17C. BalebaM
- 19C. KostoulasF
- 10G. RutterF
- 29M. De CuyperD
- 11Y. MintehF
- 53H. HowellM
Match statistics
- 52%Possession48%
- 1.60Expected goals (xG)1.09
- 13Total shots11
- 3Shots on target7
- 10Shots off target3
- 0Blocked shots1
- 9Shots inside the box6
- 4Shots outside the box5
- 6Corners4
- 1Offsides1
- 9Fouls14
- 1Yellow cards2
- –Red cards–
- 5Goalkeeper saves4
- 439Passes416
- 343Accurate passes319
- 78%Pass accuracy77%
- 0.59Goals prevented0.59
Player statistics
Brentford
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Caoimhin KelleherG | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 2Aaron HickeyD | 44 | 6.9 | ||
| 3Rico HenryD | 90 | 6.0 | ||
| 4Sepp van den BergD | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 20Kristoffer AjerD | 81 | 6.3 | ||
| 6Jordan HendersonM | 67 | 6.3 | ||
| 8Mathias JensenM | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 19Dango OuattaraM | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 23Keane Lewis-PotterM | 45 | 6.5 | ||
| 27Vitaly JaneltM | 45 | 6.3 | ||
| 9Igor ThiagoF | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 12Hákon Rafn ValdimarssonG | – | – | ||
| 5Ethan PinnockD | – | – | ||
| 22Nathan CollinsD | 46 | 5.6 | ||
| 7Kevin SchadeM | 45 | 6.6 | ||
| 18Yehor YarmolyukM | 45 | 6.6 | ||
| 24Mikkel DamsgaardM | 23 | 7.0 | ||
| 45Romelle DonovanM | 9 | 6.7 | ||
| 11Reiss NelsonF | – | – | ||
| 47Kaye FuroF | – | – |
Brighton
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bart VerbruggenGTop rated | 90 | 8.2 | ||
| 5Lewis DunkD | 90 | 7.2 | ||
| 6Jan Paul van HeckeD | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| 24Ferdi KadıoğluD | 90 | 6.7 | ||
| 27Mats WiefferD | 65 | 6.7 | ||
| 13Jack HinshelwoodM | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 20James MilnerM | 89 | 7.3 | ||
| 30Pascal GroßM | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 18Danny WelbeckF | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| 22Kaoru MitomaF | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 25Diego GómezF | 76 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 23Jason SteeleG | – | – | ||
| 21Olivier BoscagliD | – | – | ||
| 29Maxim De CuyperD | 14 | 6.9 | ||
| 34Joël VeltmanD | 25 | 6.9 | ||
| 17Carlos BalebaM | 1 | – | ||
| 53Harry HowellM | – | – | ||
| 10Georginio RutterF | – | – | ||
| 11Yankuba MintehF | – | – | ||
| 19Charalampos KostoulasF | – | – |