Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Crystal Palace: result and report

Premier League · Monday 22 February 2021

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Crystal Palace

Premier League · Monday 22 February 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 Crystal Palace: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 22 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

J. Mateta opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goal came from Joël Veltman (55'). Crystal Palace scored through J. Mateta (28') and Christian Benteke (90+5').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Crystal Palace received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 16th on 26 points from 24 and Crystal Palace 14th on 29 points from 24. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Crystal Palace 14th with 44.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crystal Palace in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Joël Veltman of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), ahead of Pascal Groß (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 3 draws and 2 for Crystal Palace.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

28'Goal · J. MatetaCrystal Palace · 0-1
53'Yellow card · Dan BurnBrighton & Hove Albion
55'Goal · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
84'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion
90+5'Goal · Christian BentekeCrystal Palace · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 2, draws 3, Crystal Palace 2.

Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 18 Oct 2020
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal PalacePremier League · 29 Feb 2020
Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 16 Dec 2019
Crystal Palace 1-2 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 9 Mar 2019
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Crystal PalacePremier League · 4 Dec 2018
Crystal Palace 3-2 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 14 Apr 2018

Team news

Unavailable

James TomkinsCrystal Palace · injury (Ill)
James McArthurCrystal Palace · injury (Knock)
Jeffrey SchluppCrystal Palace · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Connor WickhamCrystal Palace · injury (Knock)
Mamadou SakhoCrystal Palace · injury (Knock)
Florin AndoneBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Ruptured cruciate ligament)
S. MarchBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Knock)
Nathan FergusonCrystal Palace · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Ankle Injury)
Tariq LampteyBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Wilfried ZahaCrystal Palace · injury (Thigh Muscle Strain)
BernardoBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Ruptured Sideband In The Knee)

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

Robert Sánchez, Ben White, Lewis Dunk, Dan Burn, Joël Veltman, Pascal Groß, Yves Bissouma, Steven Alzate, Leandro Trossard, Alexis Mac Allister, Neal Maupay

Crystal Palace line-up (4-3-3)

Vicente Guaita, Joel Ward, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Gary Cahill, Tyrick Mitchell, Jaïro Riedewald, Luka Milivojevic, Eberechi Eze, Jordan Ayew, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Andros Townsend