Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 February 2020

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Saturday 29 February 2020, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal Palace: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion lost to Crystal Palace 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 February 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Jordan Ayew of Crystal Palace in the 70th minute.

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 15th on 28 points from 27 and Crystal Palace 13th on 33 points from 27. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 43.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vicente Guaita of Crystal Palace (8.8), ahead of Aaron Mooy (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 2 draws and 1 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Ezequiel SchelottoBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 33'Yellow card · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace
  • 57'Yellow card · Martín MontoyaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 70'Goal · Jordan AyewCrystal Palace · 0-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 2, draws 2, Crystal Palace 1.

Team news

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

Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Dan Burn, Davy Pröpper, Yves Bissouma, Aaron Mooy, Leandro Trossard, S. March, Neal Maupay

Crystal Palace line-up (4-1-4-1)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Scott Dann, Gary Cahill, Patrick van Aanholt, James McCarthy, Wilfried Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyaté, James McArthur, Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke