Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 January 2026
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Burnley
Premier League · Saturday 3 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Burnley: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Georginio Rutter opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Georginio Rutter (29') and Yasin Ayari (47'). Burnley did not score.
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received no yellow cards; Burnley received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 14th on 25 points from 19 and Burnley 19th on 12 points from 19. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Burnley 19th with 22.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burnley in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ferdi Kadıoğlu of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.2), ahead of Jan Paul van Hecke (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 5 draws and 3 for Burnley.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Josh Laurent
- 29'Goal · Georginio Rutter
- 39'Yellow card · Florentino
- 44'Yellow card · Bashir Humphreys
- 47'Goal · Yasin Ayari
- 90+3'Yellow card · Kyle Walker
Head-to-head
Team news
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Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bart Verbruggen, Joël Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Yasin Ayari, Diego Gómez, Brajan Gruda, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma, Charalampos Kostoulas
Burnley line-up (5-4-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Kyle Walker, Josh Laurent, Hjalmar Ekdal, Bashir Humphreys, Lucas Pires, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Lesley Ugochukwu, Florentino, Jaidon Anthony, Armando Broja