Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2026

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 18 April 2026, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Tottenham Hotspur drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 April 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Pedro Porro opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Pedro Porro (39') and Xavi Simons (77'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Kaoru Mitoma (45+3') and Georginio Rutter (90+5').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 5 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 18th on 30 points from 32 and Brighton & Hove Albion 10th on 46 points from 32. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro Porro of Tottenham Hotspur (7.9), ahead of Pascal Groß (7.7).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Yves BissoumaTottenham Hotspur
  • 34'Yellow card · Roberto De ZerbiTottenham Hotspur
  • 37'Yellow card · Mats WiefferBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 39'Goal · Pedro PorroTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 45+3'Goal · Kaoru MitomaBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Roberto De ZerbiTottenham Hotspur
  • 65'Yellow card · Kevin DansoTottenham Hotspur
  • 77'Goal · Xavi SimonsTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Xavi SimonsTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+5'Goal · Georginio RutterBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 1, Brighton & Hove Albion 5.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-3)

Antonín Kinský, Pedro Porro, Kevin Danso, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Conor Gallagher, Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, Randal Kolo Muani, Dominic Solanke, Xavi Simons

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

Bart Verbruggen, Mats Wieffer, Jan Paul van Hecke, Olivier Boscagli, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Yasin Ayari, Pascal Groß, Diego Gómez, Jack Hinshelwood, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck