Newcastle United 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2018

Result

Newcastle United 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 20 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newcastle United 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from B. Kayal of Brighton & Hove Albion in the 29th minute.

Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 19th on 2 points from 8 and Brighton & Hove Albion 13th on 8 points from 8. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 17th with 36.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mathew Ryan of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.8), ahead of Jonjo Shelvey (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · B. KayalBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · B. KayalBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 74'Yellow card · Alireza JahanbakhshBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Newcastle United 0, draws 1, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernández, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diamé, Kenedy, Ayoze Pérez, Yoshinori Muto

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

Mathew Ryan, Bruno Saltor, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Dale Stephens, Beram Kayal, José Izquierdo, S. March, Glenn Murray