Minteh 8' football
Ayari 31' football
Brighton & Hove Albion
BHA

Premier League

20 Sep 2025
2 – 2
Full-time
American Express Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur
TOT
Richarlison 43' football
van Hecke 82' (OG) football

Timeline

89'
A. Gray
on
off
L. Bergvall
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A. Gray
L. Bergvall
89'
D. Spence
on
off
P. Porro
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D. Spence
P. Porro
88'
C. Romero
YELLOW CARD
C. Romero
85'
M. Wieffer
on
off
F. Kadioglu
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M. Wieffer
F. Kadioglu
82'
J. Hecke
2-2
Own Goal
J. Hecke
75'
D. Coppola
on
off
Y. Minteh
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D. Coppola
Y. Minteh
75'
D. Welbeck
on
off
G. Rutter
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D. Welbeck
G. Rutter
73'
D. Gómez
YELLOW CARD
D. Gómez
72'
B. Johnson
on
off
W. Odobert
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B. Johnson
W. Odobert
63'
J. Milner
on
off
B. Gruda
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J. Milner
B. Gruda
61'
X. Simons
on
off
R. Bentancur
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X. Simons
R. Bentancur
46'
M. Kudus
YELLOW CARD
M. Kudus
45'
D. Gómez
on
off
C. Baleba
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D. Gómez
C. Baleba
43'
R. Andrade
2-1
Goal
R. Andrade
31'
Y. Ayari
2-0
Goal
Y. Ayari
8'
Y. Minteh
1-0
Goal
Y. Minteh

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90'+5'
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Full Time

That's it. 2-2.
90'

FIVE MINUTES ADDED TIME

88'
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Yellow Card

Romero goes flying in late on Mitoma midway inside the Tottenham half. Yellow card.
85'
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Substitution

Mats Wieffer replaces Ferdi Kadioglu.
82'

OWN GOAL

Jan Paul van Hecke deflects the ball past his own keeper after it's headed onto him by Palhinha.
75'
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Substitution

Danny Welbeck and Diego Coppola replace Georginio and Yankuba Minteh.
73'
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Yellow Card

Fair decision. Gomez lunges in to try and win the ball, but catches Bergvall.
70'
Another big chance for Xavi Simons goes begging as he's found in the middle by Kudus, but he drags it wide. Albion cannot afford to keep giving away brilliant chances like that.
68'
Big save from Bart. Xavi Simons gets a shot away from inside the box looking for the bottom right corner, but Verbruggen tips it around the post at full stretch.
62'
Georginio crosses it back towards the edge of the box from the by-line and Ayari meets it, but he sends his first time effort wide to the right of goal.
61'
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Substitution

James Milner replaces Brajan Gruda.
58'
Gruda is fouled by Porro in front of the Tottenham technical area. Lewis Dunk takes, spotting Vicario well off his line, and looks to lob the keeper. The ball lands on the roof of the net with the Tottenham stopper sprinting back towards his own goal.
52'

BRILLIANT LEWIS DUNK CLEARANCE

Bergvall looks to get onto the end of a cross from the left, but Dunk is there first to smash it away. Love it.
46'
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Yellow Card

An early second half booking for Kudus. He is late tackling Diego Gomez in the middle of the park.
46'
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Substitution

One change at the beginning of the second half as Diego Gomez replaces Carlos Baleba. Albion get the second half underway.
45'+3'
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Half-Time

Albion head in at the break 2-1 up. A terrific performance so far.
45'

THREE MINUTES ADDED TIME

43'
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Goal

Richarlison fires in from close range after Tottenham win the ball back courtesy of a handball. Albion staff and players complain, but in the end the referee gives the goal after VAR have a look. It's probably a case of the action happening too long before the goal is scored, but without it the goal doesn't happen. A contentious one.
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A terrific moment at the Amex.
34'

VAN HECKE CLEARS IT AGAIN

Udogie has been the one that Albion need to look out for. He gives Baleba the run around on the left before getting to the by-line and crossing low, but it's cut out by van Hecke.
31'
BHA
0-0
TOT
Player
Football

Goal!

Ayari
BRILLIANT FROM YASIN AYARI!!! This might be a bit of a howler from Vicario, but we don't care. Bergvall gives the ball to Ayari who from the far side of the box whips it into the top right corner. Now the keeper gets a big touch and should probably save it. But it's 2-0 to the Albion and that's all that matters.
27'
Yasin Ayari gets the ball onto his right foot and thumps it straight at Vicario, but the power means the Spurs keeper has to awkwardly punch it away. Albion win back possession before Brajan Gruda blazes wide.
25'
A long ball over the top is brought down by Richarlison. The Brazilian gets past van Hecke but in doing so makes the angle for a shot very tight, before driving the ball into the side netting. The striker is frustrated with himself for not doing better with that.
21'

ALBION CARVE SPURS OPEN

Baleba charges forward with the ball before sliding it through the Tottenham defence for Georginio to run onto. Vicario is out of his box quickly to clear though and the attack ends. Minteh's goal has given Albion confidence, and it appears to have dented Spurs, who were so confident going forward before we took the lead.
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... before slotting Albion in front!
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Yankuba showed his composure...
8'
BHA
0-0
TOT
Player
Football

Goal!

Minteh
ALBION TAKE THE LEAD!!! This might be offside, but the flag for the moment stays down. Georginio plays the over the Tottenham defence for Minteh to run onto, he takes it round Vicario and passes it in! GOAL GIVEN AFTER A VAR CHECK!
6'

VAN HECKE CLEARS

Udogie gets down the left of the box - Ayari dives in but pulls away in a desperate attempt not to trip the Spurs player - before looking for Bergvall in the middle, but van Hecke gets there first.
4'

EARLY PRESSURE FROM TOTTENHAM

Baleba is forced to put a cross into the Albion box behind for a corner. Spurs looking to start this one quickly.
1'
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Kick-off

Tottenham get us underway at the Amex. Come on Albion!

THE TEAMS ARE OUT

Lewis Dunk leads out the Albion.
Here's how Spurs start today.
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The Albion team.
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FRANK ON HURZELER "He deserves massive praise to be able to, first and foremost, get a job in the Premier League club, then you have done something right. He's definitely done something right last year with Brighton as well. So, you know, he's young and he's learning every day. I'm learning every day, but he's clearly, you can see from last season, done well. Also, you learn processes, doing all the things right. He's got a great future ahead of him. I was thinking myself at 32. Wow, that's a few years ago. I think I'm still quite young. It's a great job he's done."
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SOLANKE TO MISS AMEX TRIP Thomas Franks said on Friday, "It's too early for him [at Brighton], too early for Doncaster [in the League Cup], but the positive is that he's on the grass and progressing forward."
The players prepare for Saturday's game at the Amex.
Watch Fabian Hurzeler's pre-match press conference here.

THE STATS

Brighton completed a Premier League double over Tottenham Hotspur last season – the only time they have ever won back-to-back league meetings with Spurs. Tottenham have lost away to Brighton in both of the last two league seasons but have never before lost three successive visits. Albion have lost just one of their last 10 home Premier League matches (W6 D3), and are unbeaten in six at the Amex (W3 D3) since a 3-0 defeat to Aston Villa in April. Tottenham have won both their away league games so far this season by an aggregate score of 5-0; not since November 2020 under José Mourinho have they won three consecutive Premier League matches on the road (run of four). Albion have the lowest points per defensive action in the Premier League this season (9.5), as well as recording the most shots following high turnovers, attempting eight from their 31 so far. Only two sides have attempted more crosses in the Premier League this season than Tottenham (89), with their three goals from crosses the most of any side in 2025-26. Only Chelsea (14) and Manchester City (12) have created more big chances in the Premier League this season than Albion (10), with the Seagulls scoring four of those opportunities; the eighth-best conversion rate. Spurs boss Thomas Frank lost his first two Premier League meetings with Brighton in the 2021-22 season, but he’s only lost one of his last six against the Seagulls (W2 D3), all while manager of Brentford. Brighton’s Yankuba Minteh has the highest take-on success rate among players with 10+ attempted in the Premier League this season (65% - 13/20), while only Oscar Bobb (10) has recorded more take-ons in the opposition’s box than Minteh’s six.

SPURS TEAM NEWS

Speaking in his press conference on Friday morning, Fabian Hurzeler confirmed that he will be without Jack Hinshelwood for the foreseeable future. "Unfortunately we had two injuries in the game against Bournemouth. Jack will be out for a longer time. "With Maxim, luckily it's not that bad so we have to see. He might be available for the game, it's not a big injury, it was just a hit and hopefully he will be back soon. "Mats Wieffer is back and is an option, he is available. "It's not perfect with Jack, but overall we are still in a good place. "Jack has a ligament injury in his ankle. It happened in a very unlucky way, but that's football. We have to accept it."

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