Getafe
Brighton
Match summary
Brighton took a 1-0 win at Getafe. It was goalless at half-time.
Malick Yalcouyé put Brighton ahead with a header in the 64th minute.
The chances backed that up: Brighton created 1.64 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Getafe's 0.26 from 8.
Getafe hosted Brighton in the Conference League on matchday 3, producing a tightly contested fixture where the visitors dominated possession with 61 percent and registered 15 shots compared to the hosts' 8. Despite Getafe managing 4 shots on target to Brighton's 3, the visitors created higher quality chances, accumulating an expected goals figure of 1.64 against Getafe's 0.26. Brighton also completed 471 passes with a 79.4 percent accuracy, while Getafe made 290 passes at 62.8 percent. The referee issued 5 yellow cards in total, with 1 going to Getafe and 4 to Brighton during a physical encounter.
A scoreless first half featured a yellow card for Brighton's Costinha in the thirty-third minute before Jaouen Hadjam and Malick Yalcouyé both missed notable chances in the thirty-eighth minute. Following half-time, Brighton substituted Lewis Dunk for Luka Vušković and later saw Hadjam booked for simulation in the fifty-eighth minute. The decisive breakthrough arrived in the sixty-fourth minute when Malick Yalcouyé scored with a header to put Brighton ahead at 0-1. Further cautions were shown to Brighton players Michael Svoboda and Georginio Rutter, alongside a yellow card for Getafe's Johan Mojica, before the visitors secured the victory.
