Sunderland 0-2 Brighton highlights and rate the players
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More reaction on the way…
That’s all from us from Wearside.
However, for more reaction to tonight’s game, head to our dedicated Sunderland and Brighton blogs!
We’ll have the views of both Regis Le Bris and Fabian Hurzeler and much, much more, so head over right now for all the latest news and gossip from the Stadium of Light.
The key moments from the Stadium of Light…
8: BIG CHANCE! Terrible first touch by Danso allows Gomez in on goal, but Roefs does well to stand up tall and make a block.
22: POST! Xhaka feeds Le Fee in space down the left and from his pull back, Isidor’s effort is deflected on to the outside of the near post with Verbruggen at full stretch.
45+2: POST! Gross curls a free kick into the heart of the hosts’ area and the totally unmarked Struijk plants a header on to the foot of the post with Roefs motionless.
53: GOAL! The visitors lead as De Cuyper, in acres of space in the box after being found by Gross, drills a low shot past Roefs at his near post after the hosts failed to deal with a long throw.
57: RED CARD! On review, referee Bramall decides Struijk has pulled Isidor to the ground as the striker broke clear on goal and issues a straight red.
8 – Tweet – Premier League Match Centre
90+3: GOAL! Hadjam finds the net after a brilliant counter involving Rutter, who initially does well to hold the ball up, before feeding his fellow sub in space in the box and from a tight angle the Algerian finds the bottom righthand corner.
Report: Ten-player Brighton win at Sunderland to stay third
High-flying Brighton and Hove Albion won 2-0 at Sunderland to make it three straight Premier League wins without conceding despite having to play more than half an hour with ten men.
The key numbers from the Stadium of Light
- Brighton and Hove Albion have won three successive matches without conceding for just the second ever time in the Premier League, after also doing so in October 2018 under Chris Hughton.
- Sunderland have lost back-to-back Premier League home games without scoring for the first time since April/May 2017, with this the first time they have lost two of their opening three home matches of a league season since 2017-18 (also L2).
- Aged 35 years and 117 days, Pascal Groß is the oldest player to provide an assist in three successive Premier League games since Ryan Giggs in February 2012 (38y 68d).
- This is the first time in 17 Premier League games that Sunderland have suffered a defeat when their opponent has received a red card (W11 D5), since Arsenal won 1-0 vs the Black Cats in February 2013.
- Brighton and Hove Albion’s Maxim De Cuyper has been directly involved in seven goals across his last 11 Premier League games (2 goals, 5 assists), after managing just two contributions in his 25 previous top-flight appearances (2 goals).
- Pascal Struijk is the third Dutchman to receive a Premier League red card for Brighton and Hove Albion (also Jan Paul van Hecke and Davy Pröpper), with no nation having more players sent off for the Seagulls in the competition (England, also 3).
- This is just the fifth ever Premier League game to not feature a single English starter, and second in the competition this calendar year – after Sunderland vs Liverpool in February.
How the match played out on Wearside
How the bottom of the table looks
That defeat leaves Sunderland down in 16th:
Tale of the Tape from the Stadium of Light
In the end, a deserved win for the visitors:
How the top of the table looks
So that hard-fought win keeps Brighton in third:
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Sunderland 0-2 Brighton
FT: It is all over at a muted Stadium of Light as Brighton take all three points despite having to play for more than half an hour with only ten men.
Sunderland 0-2 Brighton
90+6: A late Brighton corner, but there is barely enough time to take it as the full-time whistle goes.
Sunderland 0-2 Brighton
Michael Dawson on Soccer Saturday:
“Brighton have been outstanding!
“And what a finish this is…”
GOAL! Sunderland 0-2 Brighton (Hadjam, 90+3)
Game over and three points to Brighton as Hadjam finds the net after a brilliant counter involving Rutter, who initially does well to hold the ball up, before feeding his fellow sub in space in the box and from a tight angle the Algerian finds the bottom righthand corner.
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton
90+1: Another Sunderland corner late on, but again, the visitors hold firm.
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton
90: OK, seven added minutes at the end of the game after that lengthy VAR review – enough time for a late Sunderland leveller?
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton
88: SUBS!
Hadjam and Rutter on for Gomez and Ayari for the closing stages for Brighton.
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton
86: It is all Sunderland as we move into the final few minutes, but do they have the quality to level matters?
Sunderland 0-1 Brighton
84: A late Sunderland corner as the home fans raise the decibel levels, but again the visitors comfortably deal with the ball in from the left.
