Match summary
Brighton won 1-0 away at Newcastle. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.
Danny Welbeck put Brighton ahead in the 35th minute, set up by Georginio Rutter.
There was little between the sides on chances: Newcastle created 1.94 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots, Brighton 1.68 from 10.
Before kick-off
Newcastle win
55%
Avg odds 1.73
Draw
24%
Avg odds 4.08
Brighton win
21%
Avg odds 4.60
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.