Brighton vs Fulham

8 March 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Samuel Barrott

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Jan Paul van Hecke 41’
  • João Pedro 90+8’ (pen)
  • Raúl Jiménez 35’

Match summary

Brighton came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Fulham, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Raúl Jiménez put Fulham ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Alex Iwobi, Jan Paul van Hecke equalised with a header in the 41st minute, set up by Yasin Ayari, and João Pedro won it from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 1.94 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Fulham's 0.71 from 6.

Match stats

Brighton Fulham
9 Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 1
3 Corners 7
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.94 xG 0.71
1.18 Non-penalty xG 0.71
11 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Brighton Fulham
Kick-off
35’
Raúl Jiménez
Assist: Alex Iwobi0-1 (Fulham)
Jan Paul van Hecke
Assist: Yasin Ayari1-1 (Brighton)
41’
Half-time1-1
João Pedro
Penalty2-1 (Brighton)
90+8’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Fulham
  • Joachim Andersen
  • Antonee Robinson

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.94 0.71 35’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), 0-1 35’ 41’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), 1-1 41’ 90+8’ João Pedro (Brighton), 2-1 90+8’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.94 0.71 35’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), 0-1 Jiménez 35’ 41’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), 1-1 van Hecke 41’ 90+8’ João Pedro (Brighton), 2-1 Pedro 90+8’
Brighton 1.94 xGFulham 0.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fulham attacking Brighton attacking 
90+8’ João Pedro (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 84’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 50’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 83’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 41’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 28’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 79’ Alex Iwobi (Fulham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 13’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Fulham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 20’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ Timothy Castagne (Fulham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Timothy Castagne (Fulham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+8’ João Pedro (Brighton), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 84’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 50’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 83’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 41’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), set piece, 0.09 xG, goal 28’ João Pedro (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 79’ Alex Iwobi (Fulham), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 13’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 24’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Fulham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 20’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ Timothy Castagne (Fulham), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Raúl Jiménez (Fulham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90’ Timothy Castagne (Fulham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bart Verbruggen GK900 0.000.000
Jack Hinshelwood DEF900 0.000.000
Jan Paul van Hecke DEF9012 0.110.000
Adam Webster DEF900 0.000.051
Estupiñán DEF900 0.000.000
Carlos Baleba MID880 0.000.000
Yasin Ayari MID7111 0.070.091
Yankuba Minteh MID781 0.050.091
Georginio Rutter MID790 0.000.301
Kaoru Mitoma MID880 0.000.000
João Pedro FWD9014 1.270.441
Diego Gómez Sub190 0.000.000
Solly March Sub120 0.000.000
Danny Welbeck Sub111 0.440.121
Mats Wieffer Sub20 0.000.000
Simon Adingra Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 48% Avg odds 2.01
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55
Fulham win 25% Avg odds 3.85

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton LLWWW
Fulham LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Fulham 3-1 Brighton, 05 Dec 24 Next meeting: Brighton 1-1 Fulham, 16 Aug 25  All Brighton vs Fulham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.