Brentford 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2026

Result

Brentford 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Brentford 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Brentford were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Diego Gómez opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Brentford did not score. Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Diego Gómez (30') and Danny Welbeck (45+1').

Discipline: Brentford received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brentford were 7th on 40 points from 26 and Brighton & Hove Albion 14th on 31 points from 26. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

Brentford lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Diego Gómez of Brighton & Hove Albion (7.5), ahead of Danny Welbeck (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brentford wins, 3 draws and 4 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Mats WiefferBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 30'Goal · Diego GómezBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 45+1'Goal · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Ferdi KadıoğluBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Yegor YarmolyukBrentford

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Brentford 2, draws 3, Brighton & Hove Albion 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Brentford line-up (4-2-3-1)

Caoimhín Kelleher, Aaron Hickey, Kristoffer Ajer, Sepp van den Berg, Rico Henry, Jordan Henderson, Vitaly Janelt, Keane Lewis-Potter, Mathias Jensen, Dango Ouattara, Igor Thiago

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-3-3)

Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Jack Hinshelwood, James Milner, Pascal Groß, Diego Gómez, Danny Welbeck, Kaoru Mitoma