Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Liverpool
- Welbeck 14'
- Welbeck 56'
- Kerkez 30'
21 March 2026
The match in data
Brighton & Hove Albion beat Liverpool 2–1 on 21 March 2026, on matchday 31 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Danny Welbeck (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 67, thanks above all to 1.11 xG and 2 goals. Welbeck produced 2.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Liverpool, the highest-rated player was Florian Wirtz, with 60.
Danny Welbeck scored twice.
Danny Welbeck
Brighton & Hove Albion · 83'
Produced 2.24× and cost 0.67× their position's average
- 1.11 xG 4.0×
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.37 2.5×
- 5 misplaced passes 1.0×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Welbeck ★ | Forward | 83 | 67 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 76 | 60 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 76 | 58 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 49 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 83 | 48 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Pascal Groß | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Joël Veltman | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai | Midfielder | 90 | 53 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | Defender | 63 | 52 |
| Giorgi Mamardashvili | Goalkeeper | 90 | 50 |
| Virgil van Dijk | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Curtis Jones | Midfielder | 82 | 47 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | Defender | 77 | 47 |
| Cody Gakpo | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Rio Ngumoha | Forward | 27 | 42 |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Ryan Gravenberch | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Milos Kerkez | Defender | 76 | 39 |
| Andrew Robertson | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Federico Chiesa | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Hugo Ekitiké | Forward | 8 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player recovered the most balls?
Diego Gómez, with 8 recoveries. Next: Lewis Dunk 5, Yankuba Minteh 4.
Diego Gómez dominated the pitch with 8 recoveries in Brighton's victory over Liverpool. Lewis Dunk followed with 5, while Yankuba Minteh added 4.
Which Liverpool player made the most interceptions?
Dominik Szoboszlai, with 3 interceptions. Next: Virgil van Dijk 2, Milos Kerkez 2.
Dominik Szoboszlai led Liverpool defensively with 3 interceptions. That tally topped defenders Virgil van Dijk and Milos Kerkez, who recorded 2 each.
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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