Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2023

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Southampton

Premier League · Sunday 21 May 2023, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Southampton: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion won against Southampton 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 May 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Evan Ferguson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Evan Ferguson (29'), Evan Ferguson (40') and Pascal Groß (69'). Southampton scored through Mohamed Elyounoussi (58').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 6th on 58 points from 35 and Southampton 20th on 24 points from 36. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Southampton 20th with 25.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to E. Ferguson of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.2), ahead of Alexis Mac Allister (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 5 draws and 3 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 29'Goal · Evan FergusonBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Carlos AlcarazSouthampton
  • 40'Goal · Evan FergusonBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Mohamed ElyounoussiSouthampton
  • 58'Goal · Mohamed ElyounoussiSouthampton · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton
  • 67'Yellow card · James BreeSouthampton
  • 69'Goal · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion · 3-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Joël VeltmanBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Facundo BuonanotteBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Jason Steele, Joël Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Levi Colwill, Pervis Estupiñán, Pascal Groß, M. Caicedo, Julio Enciso, Alexis Mac Allister, Kaoru Mitoma, E. Ferguson

Southampton line-up (4-1-4-1)

Alex Simon McCarthy, James Bree, Jan Bednarek, Lyanco, Kyle Walker-Peters, Roméo Lavia, Theo Walcott, James Ward-Prowse, Carlos Alcaraz, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Joe Aribo