Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2026

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2026, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 March 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Danny Welbeck opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Danny Welbeck (14') and Danny Welbeck (56'). Liverpool scored through Milos Kerkez (30').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 6 yellow cards; Liverpool received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 12th on 40 points from 30 and Liverpool 5th on 49 points from 30. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Liverpool 5th with 60.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Welbeck of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.8), ahead of Bart Verbruggen (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Yankuba MintehBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 30'Goal · Milos KerkezLiverpool · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Ibrahima KonatéLiverpool
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Diego GómezBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 48'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 56'Goal · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Jeremie FrimpongLiverpool
  • 68'Yellow cardBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 68'Yellow card · Alexis Mac AllisterLiverpool
  • 79'Yellow card · Dominik SzoboszlaiLiverpool
  • 85'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90'Yellow card · Federico ChiesaLiverpool
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Mats WiefferBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 3, draws 3, Liverpool 4.

Team news

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

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

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

Giorgi Mamardashvili, Jeremie Frimpong, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Florian Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister, Hugo Ekitiké, Cody Gakpo