Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal Palace: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 8 February 2026
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal Palace
Premier League · Sunday 8 February 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal Palace: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Crystal Palace 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 February 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Ismaïla Sarr of Crystal Palace in the 61st minute.
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card; Crystal Palace received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 13th on 31 points from 24 and Crystal Palace 15th on 29 points from 24. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Crystal Palace 15th with 45.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crystal Palace in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Maxence Lacroix of Crystal Palace (7.5), ahead of Pascal Groß (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 5 draws and 3 for Crystal Palace.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Will Hughes
- 61'Goal · Ismaïla Sarr
- 80'Yellow card · Daniel Muñoz
- 85'Yellow card · Diego Gómez
- 85'Yellow card · Jørgen Strand Larsen
Head-to-head
Team news
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Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bart Verbruggen, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Lewis Dunk, Olivier Boscagli, Maxim De Cuyper, Pascal Groß, Carlos Baleba, Harry Howell, Georginio Rutter, Kaoru Mitoma, Charalampos Kostoulas
Crystal Palace line-up (3-4-2-1)
Dean Henderson, Jefferson Lerma, Maxence Lacroix, Chris Richards, Daniel Muñoz, Adam Wharton, Will Hughes, Tyrick Mitchell, Ismaïla Sarr, Yéremy Pino, Jørgen Strand Larsen