Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2025
Result
Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Saturday 5 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Crystal Palace 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Crystal Palace defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 April 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Crystal Palace's goals came from Jean-Philippe Mateta (3') and Daniel Muñoz (55'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Danny Welbeck (31').
Discipline: Crystal Palace received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Crystal Palace were 12th on 40 points from 29 and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th on 47 points from 30. Crystal Palace went on to finish that season 12th with 53 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 61.
Crystal Palace lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace (7.8), ahead of Carlos Baleba (7.5).
Key events
- 3'Goal · Jean-Philippe Mateta
- 25'Yellow card · Jan Paul van Hecke
- 31'Goal · Danny Welbeck
- 55'Goal · Daniel Muñoz
- 57'Yellow card · Marc Guéhi
- 69'Yellow card · Eddie Nketiah
- 78'Second yellow · Eddie Nketiah
- 80'Yellow card · Solly March
- 90'Second yellow · Marc Guéhi
- 90+6'Second yellow · Jan Paul van Hecke
Head-to-head
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Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)
Dean Henderson, Jefferson Lerma, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guéhi, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Daichi Kamada, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Eberechi Eze, Jean-Philippe Mateta
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bart Verbruggen, Jack Hinshelwood, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupiñán, Carlos Baleba, Diego Gómez, Yankuba Minteh, Matt O'Riley, Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck