West Ham United 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 30 December 2025

Result

West Ham United 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Tuesday 30 December 2025, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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West Ham United 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

West Ham United drew with Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 30 December 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Jarrod Bowen opened the scoring in the 10th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Jarrod Bowen (10') and Lucas Paquetá (45+4', penalty). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Danny Welbeck (32', penalty) and Joël Veltman (61').

Discipline: West Ham United received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Ham United were 18th on 13 points from 18 and Brighton & Hove Albion 13th on 24 points from 18. West Ham United went on to finish that season 18th with 39 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

West Ham 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 Lucas Paquetá of West Ham United (7.8), ahead of Joël Veltman (7.7).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Jarrod BowenWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 13'Yellow card · Jarrod BowenWest Ham United
  • 32'Penalty goal · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 36'Missed penalty · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 37'Yellow card · Mateus FernandesWest Ham United
  • 37'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 42'Yellow card · James MilnerBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 45'Yellow card · Maximilian KilmanWest Ham United
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · Lucas PaquetáWest Ham United · 2-1
  • 61'Goal · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Charalampos KostoulasBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jan Paul van HeckeBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 1, draws 5, Brighton & Hove Albion 4.

Team news

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West Ham United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alphonse Areola, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jean-Clair Todibo, Maximilian Kilman, Oliver Scarles, Soungoutou Magassa, Freddie Potts, Jarrod Bowen, Mateus Fernandes, Lucas Paquetá, Callum Wilson

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

Bart Verbruggen, Joël Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Yasin Ayari, James Milner, Yankuba Minteh, Diego Gómez, Maxim De Cuyper, Danny Welbeck