Brighton vs West Ham

5 October 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Kevin Friend

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Glenn Murray 25’

Match summary

Brighton saw off West Ham 1-0. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Glenn Murray put Brighton ahead in the 25th minute, set up by Beram Kayal.

West Ham can feel hard done by, creating 1.44 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Brighton's 1.03 from 9.

Match stats

Brighton West Ham
9 Shots 17
4 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 9
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.03 xG 1.44
1.03 Non-penalty xG 1.44
2 Deep Completions 15

Key events

Brighton West Ham
Kick-off
Glenn Murray
Assist: Beram Kayal1-0 (Brighton)
25’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Shane Duffy
  • Beram Kayal
  • Alireza Jahanbakhsh
West Ham
  • Marko Arnautovic
  • Robert Snodgrass

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 1.03 1.44 25’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), 1-0 25’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.03 1.44 25’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), 1-0 Murray 25’
Brighton 1.03 xGWest Ham 1.44 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 West Ham attacking Brighton attacking 
25’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 59’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.49 xG, off target 18’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 59’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 90’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 15’ Pedro Obiang (West Ham), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 76’ Lucas Pérez (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 31’ Pedro Obiang (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 40’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 62’ Felipe Anderson (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 86’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 90+5’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Mark Noble (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 53’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 73’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 30’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Arthur Masuaku (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 73’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 25’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 59’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.49 xG, off target 59’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), set piece, 0.13 xG, blocked 90’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 18’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 15’ Pedro Obiang (West Ham), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 76’ Lucas Pérez (West Ham), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 40’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 52’ Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 62’ Felipe Anderson (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 86’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Pedro Obiang (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+5’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Mark Noble (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 53’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 73’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Solly March (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Glenn Murray (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90’ José Izquierdo (Brighton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ Marko Arnautovic (West Ham), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 4’ Anthony Knockaert (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 15’ Fabián Balbuena (West Ham), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 34’ Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Arthur Masuaku (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 73’ Michail Antonio (West Ham), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mat Ryan GK900 0.000.000
Bruno DEF900 0.000.000
Shane Duffy DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Gaëtan Bong DEF900 0.000.000
Anthony Knockaert MID901 0.030.223
Beram Kayal MID9010 0.000.611
Davy Pröpper MID810 0.000.000
Alireza Jahanbakhsh MID722 0.090.000
Solly March MID871 0.040.041
Glenn Murray FWD9014 0.830.102
José Izquierdo Sub181 0.040.000
Yves Bissouma Sub90 0.000.000
Jürgen Locadia Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 36% Bet365 odds 2.70
Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.30
West Ham win 34% Bet365 odds 2.87

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton LDDLL
West Ham LLWDW

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: West Ham 2-2 Brighton, 02 Jan 19  All Brighton vs West Ham 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.