Brighton vs Tottenham

31 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Leandro Trossard 17’

Match summary

Brighton beat Tottenham 1-0. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Leandro Trossard put Brighton ahead in the 17th minute, set up by Pascal Groß.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 1.77 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Tottenham's 0.37 from 8.

Match stats

Brighton Tottenham
16 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 4
9 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.77 xG 0.37
1.77 Non-penalty xG 0.37
21 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Brighton Tottenham
Kick-off
Leandro Trossard
Assist: Pascal Groß1-0 (Brighton)
17’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Neal Maupay
  • Dan Burn
Tottenham
  • Toby Alderweireld

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 1.77 0.37 17’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-0 17’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.77 0.37 17’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-0 Trossard 17’
Brighton 1.77 xGTottenham 0.37 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tottenham attacking Brighton attacking 
84’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.64 xG, blocked 73’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 17’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 3’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 64’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 56’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 20’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 58’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Carlos Vinicius (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 56’ Ben White (Brighton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 30’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+1’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Carlos Vinicius (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 84’ Aaron Connolly (Brighton), open play, 0.64 xG, blocked 73’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 17’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 3’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, hit the woodwork 64’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 56’ Joël Veltman (Brighton), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 20’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 84’ Lucas Moura (Tottenham), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 40’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 58’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Carlos Vinicius (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 46’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 56’ Ben White (Brighton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 68’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 30’ Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 37’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 87’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+1’ Erik Lamela (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 37’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Carlos Vinicius (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Son Heung-Min (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 12’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Ben White DEF901 0.050.011
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.040.091
Adam Webster DEF900 0.000.000
Joël Veltman MID731 0.100.021
Solly March MID902 0.150.172
Alexis Mac Allister MID907 0.380.202
Pascal Groß MID9011 0.130.975
Yves Bissouma MID900 0.000.000
Leandro Trossard FWD8011 0.140.122
Neal Maupay FWD801 0.150.182
Dan Burn Sub170 0.000.000
Aaron Connolly Sub101 0.640.000
Adam Lallana Sub100 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 30% Avg odds 3.24
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.32
Tottenham win 41% Avg odds 2.31

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

Form going into the game

Brighton LDLWD
Tottenham DWDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Tottenham 2-1 Brighton, 01 Nov 20 Next meeting: Brighton 0-2 Tottenham, 16 Mar 22  All Brighton vs Tottenham 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.