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Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2 - 1 Fulham FC
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
17:06A dramatic ending at The Amex as Pedro's 98th minute penalty decides a tight contest between Brighton and Fulham as the Seagulls emerge 2-1 victors. Fulham had defended admirably in that second half before substitute Harrison Reed fouled Pedro in the penalty area in the final seconds of the match. Pedro then made no mistake from the penalty spot for his eigth Premier League goal of the season. The visitors had taken the lead in the first half when Iwobi set up Jimenez to fire home. The hosts produced an instant response through van Hecke's header, which was his first goal for the club. Brighton controlled the second half, but couldn't break through the Fulham defence until the penalty. It is a massive three points in their quest to achieve European football next season. This result moves Brighton up to sixth in the table, four points above Fulham who sit in ninth. The hosts produced an xG of 1.61 compared to an xG creation of 0.90 for the visitors. Fulham hosts Tottenham next whilst Brighton travel to Manchester City in their next Premier League outing. That is all from me. Thanks for joining me and goodbye.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:59FULL-TIME: BRIGHTON 2-1 FULHAM
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:58Andersen's frustrations over the awarding of the penalty earns the defender a yellow card.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:58GOOOALLL! The last kick of the match from Pedro gives Brighton their first ever Premier League victory over Fulham! Leno went the right way, but Pedro’s penalty was accurately placed beyond the reach of the goalkeeper. Brighton 2-1 Fulham.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:58Penalty to Brighton in the last seconds of the game! Pedro goes down after a challenge from Reed and the referee has no hesitation pointing to the spot.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:54Brighton probing for a late winner, but Fulham are standing firm defensively. The hosts can't seem to break down the visitors rearguard.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:53Brighton try to exploit the space in-behind the Fulham defence again, but the pass from van Hecke is slightly beyond the reach of Gomez and the ball goes out for a goal-kick.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:50Five minutes added on at the end of this second half.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:50Chance for Fulham! A teasing corner delivery into the front post from Willian is met by Castagne, whose header flashes over the crossbar.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:48Brighton think they have a late winner as Adingra finishes past Leno, after latching onto Webster's long ball, but the flag is raised for offside. After a VAR check the goal doesn't stand.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:47Substitution Alexander Chuka Iwobi Kouassi Ryan Sessegnon
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:45More changes for Brighton as they chase a late winner. Mitoma is replaced by Adingra.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:45Substitution Carlos Noom Quomah Baleba Mats Henrik Berne Wieffer
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:44Chance for Welbeck! Another excellent delivery from Pedro, this time picking out Welbeck. It is a free header for the substitute, but the can't direct his effort towards goal and that is a let off for Fulham.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:43Baleba dinks a ball into the path of Estupinan and he goes down under the close attention of Castagne. Estupinian appeals for a penalty, but the referee waves play on.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:41Another late change for Fulham as Willian replaces Smith Rowe.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:40Substitution Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira Harrison James Reed
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:39Berge drives a free-kick across to Robinson who then picks out Iwobi just inside the penalty area whose shot deflects behind off his own player for a goal-kick.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:36Welbeck has scored in his last two games as a substitute. He comes on again here for Rutter.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:36March replaces Minteh for the hosts.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:35Hinshelwood's cushioned pass finds Minteh, as the two combine down the right, but the cross into the six-yard box is intercepted.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:34Iwobi brings the ball forward again for the visitors, but Mitoma does superbly to match the midfielder stride for stride and he manages to win a goal-kick for his side.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:32An opportunity for Minteh inside the penalty area. The winger was picked out by Pedro, but he was in two minds as to whether to go for goal or head the ball back across goal for a team-mate. In the end the ball goes out for a goal-kick.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:29Robinson takes a heavy touch before lunging into Rutter, bringing the Brighton player down. The Fulham defender is awarded the first yellow card of the match.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:29A first change for the visitors sees a switch up-front with Muniz replacing Jimenez as the lone striker.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:29Brighton make their first change of the match. Gomez replaces Ayari in the midfield.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:28Iwobi's diagonal pass to Robinson is headed behind for a corner by Minteh and van Hecke is then able to clear the delivery into the penalty area.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:25Jimenez takes down Castagne's cross well and Fulham keep the attack alive inside the Brighton half, but they are lacking that piece of creativity to break through the home defence.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:25Both sides could be looking to their bench now as the game reaches the mid-way point of the second half. Welbeck for Brighton and Muniz for Fulham look the likely players to be introduced shortly.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:21Iwobi wins Fulham their first corner of the second half. Pereira's corner is cleared, but the ball is recycled into the penalty area. Diop can't get his shot away and Brighton eventually manage to clear their lines.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:19Brighton taking control of this second half. The hosts have enjoyed 62% possession in this second period so far, but still no shots on target for the hosts.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:15Diop loses possession playing out from the back and Brighton work the ball nicely to Minteh in-behind before he plays the ball across to Mitoma for a simple finish, but the flag is raised for offside. VAR checks and confirms the goal should be ruled out for offside.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:13Ayari is free at the back post, but he can't get a clean connection on his volley and the ball spins behind for a goal-kick. Fulham break forward immediately and Jimenez gets in-behind the Brighton defence and slices an effort into the side-netting.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:12Mitoma shows his burst of pace to break down the left and he wins Brighton their first corner of this second half.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:09Chance for the hosts! Pedro and Rutter play a lovely one-two inside the penalty area before the striker volleys a shot narrowly wide of the post.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:08Brighton penetrating the Fulham penalty area in the first minutes of this second half, but no shots on goal yet.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:05Fulham start the second half. They're shooting towards their away support in this period.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:03The Opta supercomputer gives Brighton a 41.4% chance of going on to claim all three points. Fulham are given a 23.9% chance of victory. A draw is 34.7% probable. An intriguing second half is coming up shortly.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
16:00It is 1-1 at the break at The Amex Stadium after Brighton and Fulham played out an even first half encounter. Both sides cancelled each other out in that first 45 minutes with a lack of goalmouth action before the visitors broke the deadlock. It came from a moment of individual brilliance from Iwobi to charge down the right flank and then deliver a perfect ball into Jimenez who controlled well before firing past the goalkeeper. Fulham though switched off from a free-kick just minutes later to gift Brighton their equaliser. Ayari's free-kick found an unmarked van Hecke who had all the time and space to plant a header beyond the reach of Leno. The hosts created an xG of just 0.31 in that first half. Fulham created an xG of 0.67.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:51HALF-TIME: BRIGHTON 1-1 FULHAM
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:47Two minutes to be added on at the end of this first half.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:47The game has livened up with those two goals scored in a matter of minutes. Fulham will be frustrated they couldn't hold onto their lead before half-time.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:43Assist Yasin Abbas Ayari
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:42Brighton have failed to win any of their last five matches when conceding first in the Premier League. After shading the first 35 minutes of the contest going behind is a blow to the Seagulls. Can they respond before half-time?
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:40Fulham have avoided defeat in their last seven matches when scoring first in the Premier League and have now scored in their last 13 away games in the league.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:39Iwobi picks up the ball inside his own half and charges forward down the right flank before he picks his head up and finds Jimenez who provides the finish past the goalkeeper.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:37Goal Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:36Jimenez holds the ball up well for Smith Rowe and space opens up for the midfielder to drive into, but the flag goes up from the assistant referee for offside and Brighton regain possession.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:32Minteh picks up the loose ball from the free-kick and looks to play a one-two with Baleba to go in-behind the Fulham defence, but the ball is intercepted the attack breaks down for the hosts.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:31Castagne lunges in and catches Rutter late and Brighton win a free-kick in a good position to cross the ball into the penalty area.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:31A chance for Pedro as he turns well to make space to shoot from 18 yards out, but the effort goes straight at Leno.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:26A first chance for Smith Rowe, but he doesn't make a clean connection with his strike after the ball fell kindly for him on the edge of the penalty area. The shot though does take a deflection and goes out for a corner.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:25A neat passage of play from Fulham earns them their third corner of the match after Minteh heads the ball out with Robisnon running in-behind.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:22A lovely diagonal pass from Webster finds Minteh in space and the winger drives into the penalty area before forcing Leno into a smart save at his near post.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:21A free-kick to Fulham in the centre-circle for a foul on Smith Rowe, but it came from a powerful run down the left from Bassey to bring the ball out from the back.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:17A wicked cross into the penalty area by Baleba is just beyond Rutter who was waiting to pounce and the ball bounces wide for a goal-kick.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:15Ayari skips past a couple of challenges and manages to win Brighton their first corner of the match with a deflected effort.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:13Neat footwork by Iwobi before he finds Robinson on the right flank. Robinson's cross can't pick out a team-mate before Bassey makes a foul on the edge of the penalty area and Brighton win a free-kick.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:13Robinson's cross is deflected off van Hecke and out for the first corner of the match. Pereira's delivery is punched clear by the goalkeeper and out for another corner on the opposite side.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:11Baleba runs into traffic in the middle of the park and Brighton win a free-kick, but nothing then comes of the set-piece as the ball floats out of play for a Fulham throw-in.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:09No shots for either side yet in the early moments of this match. As the Premier League table suggests, with just a point and a place seperating these two sides, this could be an even encounter.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:07Fulham start with a back three here and they have settled into the match well as they enjoy the early possession.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:03It was a 3-1 Fulham victory when these two sides met earlier in the season. Iwobi, who starts here, scored a brace that day. Can the Cottagers complete a league double over the Seagulls?
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:01Brighton get the game started at The Amex Stadium.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
15:01The teams are out on the pitch and kick-off is just moments away.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:56Marco Silva is forced into two changes in his starting line-up from Fulham’s last Premier League match with Sasa Lukic suspended and Adama Traore injured. Silva also decides to drop Muniz, Sessengnon and Jorge Cuenca to the bench. Antonee Robinson, Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Emile Smith Rowe and Raul Jimenez are the players to come into the eleven.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:51FULHAM SUBS: Harrison Reed, Rodrigo Muniz, Tom Cairney, Jorge Cuenca, Willian, Steven Benda, Josh King, Ryan Sessegnon, Martial Godo.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:51FULHAM LINE-UP (3-4-3): Bernd Leno; Calvin Bassey, Joachim Andersen, Issa Diop; Antonee Robinson, Sander Berge, Andreas Pereira, Timothy Castagne; Alex Iwobi, Raul Jimenez, Emile Smith Rowe.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:46Fabian Hurzeler is forced into a change in defence as Tariq Lamptey is suspended, so Hinshelwood comes into the starting eleven. The only other change Brighton make from their last Premier League outing is Ayari replacing Gomes in midfield.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:46BRIGHTON SUBS: Solly March, Simon Adingra, Eiran Cashin, Danny Welbeck, Diego Gomez, Mats Wieffer, Carl Rushworth, Jacob Slater, Joe Knight.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:46BRIGHTON LINE-UP (4-2-3-1): Bart Verbruggen; Pervis Estupinan, Adam Webster, Jan Paul van Hecke, Jack Hinshelwood; Yasin Ayari, Carlos Baleba; Kaoru Mitoma, Georginio Rutter, Yankuba Minteh; Joao Pedro.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:40Fulham travel to Brighton just one point and one place below their opponents, as they too look to qualify for European football next season. Only five teams have a better away record than the Cottagers in the Premier League this season and another win on the road would equal their best-ever return in a top-flight campaign. Their last away match saw Fulham also earn a place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after a penalty shootout victory over Manchester United to continue their good form of just three defeats in their last 17 matches in all competitions.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
14:35Since losing 7-0 to Nottingham Forest, Brighton have won their last three Premier League games and remain in contention for European football next season. The Seagulls are just a point behind sixth-placed Newcastle and eight points off the top three in the Premier League table. Also through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, manager Fabian Hurzeler is enjoying an excellent first season in English football. Hurzeler could lead Brighton to four consecutive top-flight wins for the first time since 1981, and in doing so ensure the Seagulls defeat Fulham for the first time since 2017.
Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
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Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham
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