Liverpool 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Liverpool 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Liverpool · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Liverpool beat Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Mohamed Salah of Liverpool in the 23rd minute.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 3rd on 6 points from 2 and Brighton & Hove Albion 12th on 3 points from 2. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 97 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th with 36.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shane Duffy of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.4), ahead of Mohamed Salah (8.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Leon BalogunBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 77'Yellow card · Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Liverpool 2, draws 0, Brighton & Hove Albion 0.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, James Milner, Georginio Wijnaldum, Naby Keïta, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-5-1)

Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Shane Duffy, Leon Balogun, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Davy Pröpper, Dale Stephens, Yves Bissouma, S. March, Glenn Murray