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

Premier League · Monday 7 December 2020

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Southampton

Premier League · Monday 7 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Southampton: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Southampton 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 7 December 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Pascal Groß opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goal came from Pascal Groß (26', penalty). Southampton scored through J. Vestergaard (45') and D. Ings (81', penalty).

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 16th on 10 points from 10 and Southampton 8th on 17 points from 10. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Southampton 15th with 43.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jannik Vestergaard of Southampton (8.2), ahead of Pascal Groß (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 4 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · M. DjenepoSouthampton
  • 26'Penalty goal · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · J. VestergaardSouthampton · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuSouthampton
  • 56'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 80'Yellow card · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 81'Penalty goal · D. IngsSouthampton · 1-2
  • 86'Yellow card · A. McCarthySouthampton
  • 89'Yellow card · Yves BissoumaBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 0, draws 4, Southampton 2.

Team news

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

Mathew Ryan, Joël Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Adam Webster, Tariq Lamptey, Ben White, Yves Bissouma, S. March, Pascal Groß, Aaron Connolly, Danny Welbeck

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Moussa Djenepo, Theo Walcott, Ché Adams