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Premier League 2026/27

Brighton lineup

3rd in the Premier League 16 points Most-used formation: 4-2-3-1 DWWWW

Predicted lineup for Brighton

Next match: Liverpool vs Brighton,

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Brighton 4-2-3-1
1 Verbruggen
21 Boscagli
5 Dunk
44 Vušković
24 Kadioglu
14 Andrés or Chema
13 Groß or Gross
29 De Cuyper
26 Ayari
25 Gómez
19 Kostoulas

Predicted lineup for Brighton: Verbruggen, Boscagli, Dunk, Vušković, Kadioglu, Andrés, Groß, De Cuyper, Ayari, Gómez, Kostoulas

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Brighton injuries and suspensions

  • Jason Steele Illness Doubtful
  • Mats Wieffer Knee injury Doubtful
  • Pascal Struijk Rested Doubtful
  • Yankuba Minteh Injury Doubtful
  • Evan Ferguson Ankle injury Unavailable
  • Oluwafemi Azeez Abdominal strain Unavailable
  • Kaoru Mitoma Hamstring injury Unavailable
  • Stefanos Tzimas Knee injury Unavailable
  • Zadok Yohanna Injury Unavailable
Played 7 5W 1D 1L
Goals for 23 3.3 per match on average
Goals against 5 0.7 per match on average
Goal difference +18 16 points
Clean sheets 5 failed to score in 0
xG 13.54 above expectation

Home and away

Per match Home Away Total
Points 2.50 2.00 2.29
Goals for 3.25 3.33 3.29
Goals against 0.25 1.33 0.71
xG for 2.03 1.80 1.93
xG against 0.85 1.60 1.17
Corners 6.3 5.0 5.7
Cards 2.8 2.0 2.4
Clean sheets 75% 67% 71%

Stats

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Goals

  1. 1 Jack Hinshelwood 4
  2. 2 Charalampos Kostoulas 4
  3. 3 Pascal Groß 3
  4. 4 Maxim De Cuyper 3
  5. 5 Georginio Rutter 2

Assists

  1. 1 Pascal Groß 4
  2. 2 Georginio Rutter 3
  3. 3 Maxim De Cuyper 3
  4. 4 Charalampos Kostoulas 3
  5. 5 Diego Gómez 2

Key passes

  1. 1 Pascal Groß 40
  2. 2 Maxim De Cuyper 23
  3. 3 Olivier Boscagli 21
  4. 4 Malick Yalcouyé 13
  5. 5 Diego Gómez 11

Duels won

  1. 1 Luka Vušković 71
  2. 2 Diego Gómez 52
  3. 3 Charalampos Kostoulas 41
  4. 4 Malick Yalcouyé 35
  5. 5 Olivier Boscagli 32

Shots on target

  1. 1 Charalampos Kostoulas 9
  2. 2 Jack Hinshelwood 8
  3. 3 Yasin Ayari 7
  4. 4 Diego Gómez 7
  5. 5 Pascal Groß 6

Rating

  1. 1 Mats Wieffer 7.70
  2. 2 Olivier Boscagli 7.57
  3. 3 Maxim De Cuyper 7.50
  4. 4 Jack Hinshelwood 7.49
  5. 5 Pascal Groß 7.48

Team stats

How the team has performed across all matches played.

  • xG for13.54
  • Actual goals scored23
  • Difference +9.46
  • xG against8.19
  • Passes per match502
  • Possession59.7%

Brighton squad

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# Player Position MP Min Goals Assists Passes Pass % Rating
1 Bart Verbruggen Age 24 · Netherlands Goalkeeper 11 987 0 0 394 81.0% 7.1
23 Jason Steele Age 36 · England Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
38 Tom McGill Age 26 · Canada Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0 - -
21 Olivier Boscagli Age 28 · France Defender 11 879 1 1 708 86.3% 7.6
44 Luka Vušković Age 19 · Croatia Defender 11 862 1 0 733 91.1% 7.3
24 Ferdi Kadioglu Age 27 · Türkiye Defender 7 601 0 0 264 88.6% 6.8
5 Lewis Dunk Age 34 · England Defender 8 569 1 0 592 93.6% 7.2
20 Costinha Age 26 · Portugal Defender 9 312 0 0 180 87.2% 6.8
27 Mats Wieffer Age 26 · Netherlands Defender 4 293 1 0 214 90.2% 7.7
4 Pascal Struijk Age 27 · Netherlands Defender 5 201 0 0 165 93.3% 5.4
30 Michael Svoboda Age 28 · Austria Defender 4 182 0 0 175 95.4% 5.5
3 Jaouen Hadjam Age 23 · Algeria Defender 3 97 1 0 58 86.2% 7.2
13 Pascal Groß Age 35 · Germany Midfielder 11 916 3 4 634 88.2% 7.5
25 Diego Gómez Age 23 · Paraguay Midfielder 9 748 1 2 275 74.2% 6.8
26 Yasin Ayari Age 23 · Sweden Midfielder 10 735 2 0 315 88.9% 7.0
29 Maxim De Cuyper Age 25 · Belgium Midfielder 10 708 3 3 357 88.0% 7.5
35 Malick Yalcouyé Age 20 · Mali Midfielder 11 528 2 0 304 87.8% 7.1
14 Chema Andrés Age 21 · Spain Midfielder 5 308 1 1 143 79.7% 6.9
33 Matt O'Riley Age 25 · Denmark Midfielder 5 250 1 0 93 92.5% 6.9
8 Jack Hinshelwood Age 21 · England Midfielder 5 220 4 0 71 84.5% 7.5
59 Younes Ibrahim Age 18 · England Midfielder 1 24 0 1 13 100.0% 7.3
11 Oluwafemi Azeez Age 24 · England Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
50 S. Nti Age 19 Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0 - -
19 Charalampos Kostoulas Age 19 · Greece Forward 9 599 4 3 146 74.0% 7.2
10 Georginio Rutter Age 24 · France Forward 7 380 2 3 78 48.7% 7.1
15 Ibrahim Osman Age 21 · Ghana Forward 7 294 0 2 159 86.2% 6.6
12 Promise David Age 25 · Canada Forward 4 75 0 0 8 87.5% 6.4
36 Zadok Yohanna Age 19 · Nigeria Forward 3 39 0 0 20 80.0% 6.5
11 Nehemiah Oriola Age 19 · England Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -
11 Yankuba Minteh Age 22 · Gambia Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -
22 Kaoru Mitoma Age 28 · Japan Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -
- Evan Ferguson Republic of Ireland · Ankle injury Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -
- Stefanos Tzimas Greece · Knee injury Forward 0 0 0 0 0 - -

Frequently asked questions

When do Brighton play next?

Brighton play away against Liverpool on .

When will the lineup for Brighton be announced?

The predicted lineup for Brighton against Liverpool is shown above. The confirmed XI usually follows around an hour before kick-off.

Who is the first-choice goalkeeper for Brighton?

Bart Verbruggen has started in goal in 5 of the last 5 matches.

Who is the top scorer for Brighton?

Jack Hinshelwood and Charalampos Kostoulas share top spot, having scored 4 goals each for Brighton this season.

Which Brighton players are injured or suspended?

Brighton are without Jason Steele (illness), Mats Wieffer (knee injury), Pascal Struijk (rested), Yankuba Minteh (injury), Evan Ferguson (ankle injury) and Oluwafemi Azeez (abdominal strain). The full list is above, with the injuries and suspensions.

Is Bart Verbruggen injured?

No, Bart Verbruggen has no fitness issues and can play for Brighton.

Is Mats Wieffer injured?

Yes. Mats Wieffer is sidelined with a knee injury and is not available for Brighton at the moment.