Brighton vs Brentford 2023-24 English Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion

31': Pascal Groß
52': Jack Hinshelwood

FT
2 - 1

Brentford

27': Bryan Mbeumo (P)

Hinshelwood gives Brighton win over Brentford

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Jack Hinshelwood saved on the line and then headed a winning first Premier League goal for Brighton & Hove Albion as the south-coast side came from a goal down to beat visitors Brentford 2-1 on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
25': Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
27': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Brentford 1. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
31': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Brentford 1. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
40': Substitution, Brentford. Yoane Wissa replaces Bryan Mbeumo because of an injury.
45'+7': Facundo Buonanotte (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+8': First Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Brentford 1.
45': Second Half begins Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Brentford 1.
45': Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Yehor Yarmoliuk.
52': Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Brentford 1. Jack Hinshelwood (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
69': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner replaces Facundo Buonanotte.
69': Substitution, Brentford. Mikkel Damsgaard replaces Shandon Baptiste.
69': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces João Pedro.
73': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Jack Hinshelwood.
76': Yoane Wissa (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
76': Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
84': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Benicio Baker-Boaitey replaces Simon Adingra.
84': Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jakub Moder replaces Carlos Baleba.
84': Substitution, Brentford. Myles Peart-Harris replaces Mads Roerslev.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Brentford 1.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: American Express Stadium
Location: Falmer, England
Attendance: 30,760

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+46	Liverpool	35	82	3
+33	Arsenal	35	67	4
+24	Manchester City	36	65	9
+21	Newcastle United	35	63	10

Full Table

Statistics

BRE		BHA
8	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	7
5	Saves	0
38.4	Possession	61.6
8	SHOTS	18
2	ON GOAL	7
0.3	On Target %	0.4
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
279	Accurate Passes	526
377	Passes	608
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	4
11	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.3
70	Long Balls	56
22	Accurate Long Balls	34
0.3	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	4
19	Effective Tackles	9
28	Tackles	15
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	8
19	Effective Clearances	20
19	Clearances	20

Line-Ups

Brighton & Hove Albion (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
23	Jason Steele (GK)
3	Igor Julio
29	Jan Paul van Hecke
13	Pascal Groß
41	Jack Hinshelwood
40	Facundo Buonanotte
11	Billy Gilmour
20	Carlos Baleba
9	João Pedro
22	Kaoru Mitoma
24	Simon Adingra

Substitutes:

James Milner, Jakub Moder, Benicio Baker-Boaitey, Joël Veltman, Evan Ferguson, Luca Barrington, Leigh Kavanagh, Bart Verbruggen, Mark O’Mahony.

Brentford (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Mark Flekken (GK)
16	Ben Mee
5	Ethan Pinnock
14	Saman Ghoddos
30	Mads Roerslev
27	Vitaly Janelt
33	Yehor Yarmoliuk
26	Shandon Baptiste
15	Frank Onyeka
7	Neal Maupay
19	Bryan Mbeumo

Substitutes:

Thomas Strakosha, Mikkel Damsgaard, Yoane Wissa, Myles Peart-Harris, Michael Olakigbe, Keane Lewis-Potter, Mathias Jorgensen, Val Adedokun, Charlie Goode.