Newcastle United 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Newcastle United 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Newcastle United 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Newcastle United defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 May 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.

William Osula opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from William Osula (12'), Dan Burn (24') and Harvey Barnes (90+5'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Jack Hinshelwood (61').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 42 points from 34 and Brighton & Hove Albion 6th on 50 points from 34. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sven Botman of Newcastle United (7.5), level with Jacob Murphy (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · William OsulaNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 24'Goal · Dan BurnNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Kaoru MitomaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 53'Yellow card · Dan BurnNewcastle United
  • 61'Goal · Jack HinshelwoodBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Sandro TonaliNewcastle United
  • 86'Yellow cardBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 87'Yellow card · Yoane WissaNewcastle United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jan Paul van HeckeBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+5'Goal · Harvey BarnesNewcastle United · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 2, draws 4, Brighton & Hove Albion 4.

Team news

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Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nick Pope, Lewis Miley, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Jacob Murphy, Joe Willock, Joelinton, William Osula

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

Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Olivier Boscagli, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Pascal Groß, Carlos Baleba, Yankuba Minteh, Jack Hinshelwood, Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck