Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 2 September 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Newcastle United: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 September 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Evan Ferguson opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Evan Ferguson (27'), Evan Ferguson (65') and Evan Ferguson (70'). Newcastle United scored through Callum Wilson (90+2').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 4 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 6th on 6 points from 3 and Newcastle United 14th on 3 points from 3. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Newcastle United 7th with 60.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to E. Ferguson of Brighton & Hove Albion (9.7), ahead of João Pedro (7.3).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

23'Yellow card · Anthony GordonNewcastle United
27'Goal · Evan FergusonBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
43'Yellow card · Fabian SchärNewcastle United
65'Goal · Evan FergusonBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
68'Yellow card · Matt TargettNewcastle United
70'Goal · Evan FergusonBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-0
76'Yellow card · Dan BurnNewcastle United
83'Yellow card · Tariq LampteyBrighton & Hove Albion
86'Yellow card · James MilnerBrighton & Hove Albion
90+2'Goal · Callum WilsonNewcastle United · 3-1
90+5'Yellow card · Mahmoud DahoudBrighton & Hove Albion
90+8'Yellow card · Adam LallanaBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 3, draws 5, Newcastle United 2.

Newcastle United 4-1 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 18 May 2023
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-0 Newcastle UnitedPremier League · 13 Aug 2022
Newcastle United 2-1 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 5 Mar 2022
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Newcastle UnitedPremier League · 6 Nov 2021
Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Newcastle UnitedPremier League · 20 Mar 2021
Newcastle United 0-3 Brighton & Hove AlbionPremier League · 20 Sep 2020

Team news

Unavailable

Jakub ModerBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Joe WillockNewcastle United · injury (Hamstring Injury)
O. OffiahBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Ill)
Steven AlzateBrighton & Hove Albion · other (Doubtful)
Javier ManquilloNewcastle United · other (Doubtful)
Emil KrafthNewcastle United · other (Doubtful)
Paul DummettNewcastle United · other (Doubtful)
Matt RitchieNewcastle United · other (Doubtful)
J. SarmientoBrighton & Hove Albion · other (Doubtful)

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

Bart Verbruggen, Joël Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupiñán, Pascal Groß, Billy Gilmour, S. March, João Pedro, Kaoru Mitoma, E. Ferguson

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Dan Burn, Matt Targett, Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimarães, Joelinton, Miguel Almirón, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon