Brighton vs Tottenham

20 September 2025 · Premier League · 2025/26 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Yankuba Minteh 8’
  • Yasin Ayari 31’
  • Richarlison 43’
  • Jan Paul van Hecke 82’ (og)

Match summary

Brighton and Tottenham shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Brighton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Yankuba Minteh put Brighton ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Georginio Rutter, Yasin Ayari made it 2-0 in the 31st minute, and Richarlison pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 43rd minute, set up by Mohammed Kudus. In the second half, van Hecke's own goal equalised in the 82nd minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Brighton created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Tottenham 1.25 from 11.

Match stats

36% Possession 64%
12 Shots 11
4 Shots on target 3
2 Corners 10
11 Attacks 33
4 Dangerous attacks 20
307 Passes 523
77% Pass accuracy 89%
25 Tackles 26
10 Fouls 13
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 1

Key events

Brighton Tottenham
Kick-off
Yankuba MintehLeft foot shot1-0 (Brighton)
8’
Yasin AyariShot on target
27’
Yasin AyariRight foot shot2-0 (Brighton)
31’
43’
RicharlisonRight foot shot2-1 (Tottenham)
Half-time2-1
Diego GómezCarlos Baleba
46’
46’
Mohammed Kudus Foul
Second half underway
61’
Xavi Simons Rodrigo Bentancur 
James MilnerBrajan Gruda
63’
68’
Xavi SimonsShot on target
72’
Brennan JohnsonWilson Odobert 
Diego GómezFoul
73’
Diego CoppolaYankuba Minteh
75’
Danny WelbeckGeorginio Rutter
75’
Kaoru MitomaShot on target
79’
81’
RicharlisonShot on target
82’
Jan Paul van HeckeOwn goal2-2 (Tottenham)
Mats WiefferFerdi Kadıoğlu
85’
88’
Cristian Romero Foul
89’
Archie GrayLucas Bergvall
89’
Djed SpencePedro Porro
Full-time2-2

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 1.25 8’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 1-0 8’ 31’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), 2-0 31’ 43’ Richarlison (Tottenham), 2-1 43’ 82’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham) own goal, 2-2 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.40 1.25 8’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 1-0 Minteh 8’ 31’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), 2-0 Ayari 31’ 43’ Richarlison (Tottenham), 2-1 Richarlison 43’ 82’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Tottenham) own goal, 2-2 van Hecke 82’
Brighton 1.40 xGTottenham 1.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Tottenham attacking Brighton attacking 
8’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 43’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 79’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.22 xG, saved 84’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 41’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 43’ Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 87’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 80’ Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 28’ Wilson Odobert (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Xavi Simons (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 68’ Xavi Simons (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 25’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Brajan Gruda (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 88’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Xavi Simons (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 27’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 76’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Richarlison (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 59’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), own goal 8’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.68 xG, goal 43’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 79’ Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), open play, 0.22 xG, saved 84’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, blocked 41’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 43’ Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 87’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 80’ Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 81’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 28’ Wilson Odobert (Tottenham), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Xavi Simons (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 68’ Xavi Simons (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 25’ Richarlison (Tottenham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Brajan Gruda (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 88’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 64’ Xavi Simons (Tottenham), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 27’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 76’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Richarlison (Tottenham), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+4’ Mohammed Kudus (Tottenham), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Yasin Ayari (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 59’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), direct free kick, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), own goal
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Lineups

Brighton 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Verbruggen
Veltman
Hecke
Dunk
Kadıoğlu 85’
Baleba 46’
Ayari
Minteh 75’
Gruda 63’
Mitoma
Rutter 75’
Tottenham 4-3-3 Starting XI
Vicario
Udogie
Ven
Romero
Porro 89’
Bentancur 61’
Palhinha
Bergvall 89’
Odobert 72’
Richarlison
Kudus

Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bart Verbruggen GK900 0.000.000
Joël Veltman DEF900 0.000.000
Jan Paul van Hecke DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.020.000
Ferdi Kadioglu DEF881 0.080.221
Yasin Ayari MID9015 0.210.031
Carlos Baleba MID490 0.000.000
Yankuba Minteh MID7911 0.680.041
Brajan Gruda MID661 0.040.031
Kaoru Mitoma MID901 0.220.081
Georginio Rutter FWD7810 0.000.722
Diego Gómez Sub411 0.030.081
James Milner Sub240 0.000.141
Danny Welbeck Sub121 0.140.000
Diego Coppola Sub110 0.000.000
Mats Wieffer Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 44% Avg odds 2.17
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.63
Tottenham win 30% Avg odds 3.14

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

Form going into the game

Brighton WDLWL
Tottenham LWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Tottenham 1-4 Brighton, 25 May 25 Next meeting: Tottenham 2-2 Brighton, 18 Apr 26  All Brighton vs Tottenham meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Timeline, lineups and team statistics from Sportmonks. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.