Brentford 0–2 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Gómez 30'
- Welbeck 45+1'
21 February 2026
The match in data
A 2–0 win for Brighton & Hove Albion against Brentford on 21 February 2026, on matchday 27 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Danny Welbeck (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 69, thanks above all to 1 goal and 0.46 xG. Welbeck produced 1.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Brentford, the highest-rated player was Aaron Hickey, with 70.
Danny Welbeck
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.21× and cost 0.19× their position's average
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 0.46 xG 1.7×
- 1 shot on target 1.3×
- 1 ball lost 0.7×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Hickey | Defender | 45 | 70 |
| Jordan Henderson | Midfielder | 67 | 59 |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | Midfielder | 46 | 52 |
| Mikkel Damsgaard | Midfielder | 23 | 48 |
| Nathan Collins | Defender | 45 | 47 |
| Igor Thiago | Forward | 90 | 44 |
| Dango Ouattara | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Mathias Jensen | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Defender | 81 | 42 |
| Yegor Yarmolyuk | Midfielder | 44 | 42 |
| Sepp van den Berg | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Vitaly Janelt | Midfielder | 46 | 37 |
| Caoimhín Kelleher | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Kevin Schade | Forward | 44 | 33 |
| Rico Henry | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Romelle Donovan | Midfielder | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Welbeck ★ | Forward | 90 | 69 |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 53 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 76 | 47 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Pascal Groß | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Joël Veltman | Defender | 25 | 39 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 65 | 35 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Brentford player won the most duels?
Dango Ouattara, with 7 duels won. Next: Sepp van den Berg 6, Aaron Hickey 5.
Although Brentford fell 0–2, Dango Ouattara led the side with 7 duels won. That edged out defensive contributions from Sepp van den Berg with 6 and Aaron Hickey with 5.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player won the most aerial duels?
Diego Gómez, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Jan Paul van Hecke 4, Lewis Dunk 2.
In the 0–2 away win, Diego Gómez commanded the skies for Brighton & Hove Albion with 6 aerial duels won. That topped central defenders Jan Paul van Hecke with 4 and Lewis Dunk with 2.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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