Brighton vs West Ham

26 August 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Pascal Groß 81’

James Ward-Prowse 19’
Jarrod Bowen 58’
Michail Antonio 63’

Match summary

West Ham beat Brighton 3-1 on the road. West Ham led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, James Ward-Prowse put West Ham ahead in the 19th minute. In the second half, Jarrod Bowen made it 0-2 in the 58th minute, set up by Said Benrahma, Michail Antonio made it 0-3 in the 63rd minute, set up by Jarrod Bowen, and Pascal Groß pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 81st minute, set up by Joël Veltman.

The chances backed that up: West Ham created 3.09 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Brighton's 1.38 from 26.

Match stats

25 Shots 12

10 Shots on Target 3

17 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.37 xG 2.95

1.37 Non-penalty xG 2.95

23 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Brighton West Ham

Kick-off

19’

James Ward-Prowse

0-1

Half-time0-1

58’

Jarrod Bowen
Assist: Said Benrahma

0-2

63’

Michail Antonio
Assist: Jarrod Bowen

0-3

Pascal Groß
Assist: Joël Veltman

1-3

81’

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Brighton

Kaoru Mitoma

West Ham

Edson Álvarez
James Ward-Prowse
Thilo Kehrer

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.

Brighton 1.38 xGWest Ham 3.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

West Ham attacking Brighton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bart Verbruggen	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Milner	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Dunk	DEF	90			5	0.18	0.03	1
Adam Webster	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Estupiñán	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	2
Pascal Groß	MID	90	1		5	0.13	0.26	6
Billy Gilmour	MID	64			2	0.10	0.10	2
Solly March	MID	76			2	0.13	0.05	2
Danny Welbeck	MID	64			1	0.03	0.13	2
Kaoru Mitoma	MID	90			2	0.07	0.32	2
Evan Ferguson	FWD	90			6	0.60	0.00	0
João Pedro	Sub	26			2	0.09	0.05	1
Adam Lallana	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.02	1
Joël Veltman	Sub	14		1	1	0.05	0.03	1
Simon Adingra	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.03	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alphonse Areola	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vladimir Coufal	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kurt Zouma	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Angelo Ogbonna	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emerson	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Edson Álvarez	MID	88			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jarrod Bowen	MID	90	1	1	3	0.75	0.17	1
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1		3	1.04	0.00	0
Tomas Soucek	MID	38			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Paquetá	MID	89			2	0.49	0.57	2
Michail Antonio	FWD	83	1		3	0.74	0.16	1
Said Benrahma	Sub	52		1	0	0.00	0.67	4
Thilo Kehrer	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pablo Fornals	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Danny Ings	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 64% Avg odds 1.51

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.78

West Ham win 16% Avg odds 5.91

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

Form going into the game

Brighton W D L W W

West Ham L W L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Brighton 4-0 West Ham, 04 Mar 23 Next meeting: West Ham 0-0 Brighton, 02 Jan 24 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.