Rutter 29' football
Ayari 47' football
Brighton & Hove Albion
BHA

Premier League

03 Jan 2026
2 – 0
Full-time
American Express Stadium
Burnley
BUR

Timeline

90'+3
K. Walker
YELLOW CARD
K. Walker
87'
T. Watson
on
off
B. Gruda
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T. Watson
B. Gruda
81'
J. Banel
on
off
J. Anthony
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J. Banel
J. Anthony
80'
J. Milner
on
off
D. GĂłmez
Round Arrow
J. Milner
D. GĂłmez
71'
P. Groß
on
off
C. Kostoulas
Round Arrow
P. Groß
C. Kostoulas
71'
D. Welbeck
on
off
G. Rutter
Round Arrow
D. Welbeck
G. Rutter
70'
M. Cuyper
on
off
K. Mitoma
Round Arrow
M. Cuyper
K. Mitoma
64'
L. Tchaouna
on
off
A. Broja
Round Arrow
L. Tchaouna
A. Broja
55'
O. Sonne
on
off
L. Ugochukwu
Round Arrow
O. Sonne
L. Ugochukwu
55'
M. Edwards
on
off
J. Larsen
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M. Edwards
J. Larsen
47'
Y. Ayari
2-0
Goal
Y. Ayari
44'
B. Humphreys
YELLOW CARD
B. Humphreys
39'
F. LuĂ­s
YELLOW CARD
F. LuĂ­s
29'
G. Rutter
1-0
Goal
G. Rutter
22'
J. Laurent
YELLOW CARD
J. Laurent

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90'+3'
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Full Time

All over. Three points in the bag.
90'+3'
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Yellow Card

Kyle Walker dives in on Ferdi Kadioglu and catches him. Yellow card.
86'
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Substitution

Tommy Watson replaces Brajan Gruda.
84'

DE CUYPER SMACKS THE POST!

What a terrific free-kick from Maxim De Cuyper. The Belgium international is tripped 25 yards from goal, winning a free-kick. He takes it, getting it over the wall, but he can't beat the woodwork as it bounces back into play! Inches in that.
81'
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Substitution

James Milner comes on for Diego Gomez.
79'

GROSS'S STRIKE BLOCKED

The North Stand have already sung that they'll enjoy a drink tonight if Pascal scores, and he nearly comes good as Gruda finds him on the edge of the box, but his thumped drive hits a Burnley defender!
70'
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Substitution

A triple Albion change. Kaoru Mitoma, Babis Kostoulas and Georginio come off. On come Danny Welbeck, Maxim De Cuyper, and, to a huge standing ovation, Pascal Gross.
67'

OFF THE LINE

Lucas Pires's corner is headed from under the crossbar by Ferdi Kadioglu, before Babis Kostoulas manages to clear with a bicycle-kick!
55'

CLOSE FOR KOSTOULAS

Ayari crosses in a peach of a ball which Kostoulas stretches to get to, it brushes the top of his toe on the edge of the six-yard box and goes behind for a goal kick!
50'

KOSTOULAS DENIED

Babis Kostoulas wins the ball on the edge of the Burnley box and then looks to squeeze a strike into the bottom right corner from the edge of the area, but Dubravka reads it well and dives down to make a comfortable save.
47'
BHA
0-0
BUR
Player
Football

Goal!

Ayari
An excellent start to the half, and a lovely finish from Yasin Ayari! The midfielder appears to be going away from goal on the right of the box, but he then very precisely finds the bottom left corner with his right boot! 2-0 to Albion. You'd think this might see Pascal Gross introduced a bit sooner.
46'
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Second Half begins

Back underway at the Amex.
45'+3'
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Half-Time

That's it for the first half. Georginio's goal sees us go in at the break with a 1-0 lead.
45'+2'

VITAL VERBRUGGEN SAVE

Lucas Pires gets down the left of the box and looks to beat Bart Verbruggen with a drilled low effort, but the keeper gets down quickly to block it with his leg. That's his first save of the half and he was ready for it.
44'
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Yellow Card

Another Burnley yellow card, this time for Humphreys as he drags Georginio down with the pair challenging for a header.
40'

VAN HECKE WITH THE BICYCLE KICK!

If that goes in, the roof comes off. Dunk flicks on Georginio's cross from the right and van Hecke meets it with a bicycle-kick - not quite as technically perfect as Wayne Rooney's against Manchester City, but still good - and it flies straight into Dubravka's hands.
39'
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Yellow Card

Florentino catches Georginio on the foot with a high boot. Yellow card.
34'

KADIOGLU NEARLY BEATS DUBRAVKA

Mitoma is tripped over by Walker on the far side for an Albion free-kick, in line with the edge of the box. Kadioglu takes and for a moment it looks as if it's curling into the top left corner, but it hits the side netting. Dubravka was scrambling.
30'
BHA
0-0
BUR
Player
Football

Goal!

Rutter
BREAKTHROUGH!!! Albion have dominated the chances so far and finally have something to show for it. Georginio starts the attack with a terrific run, before Ayari's shot is deflected into his path and he makes no mistake, smashing it past Dubravka from an an angle!
22'
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Yellow Card

Laurent goes into the book for diving in from behind on Kadioglu on the left flank. He takes out the Turkish defender before getting a touch on the ball.
20'

DUNKY SHOULD SCORE!

Kadioglu's free-kick - after Gruda is fouled on the right - is met perfectly by Lewis in the middle, but he sends his header from ten yards just inches over the crossbar!
17'

LOVELY STRIKE BY DIEGO GOMEZ

Diego Gomez gets on the end of Ferdi Kadioglu's pull back from the by-line, but his ferocious strike takes a touch off a Burnley defender and flies over the crossbar for a corner! That had some zip on it.
10'
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Offside

So close to an opener for Albion as Babis Kostoulas takes a terrific touch from a Diego Gomez pass, getting down the right of the box before rifling past Dubravka, but the celebrations are short lived as the offside flag goes up! It's fairly tight, but the right call.
7'

VELTMAN FLICKS OVER

Not far away from a second goal in as many games for the right back. Ferdi Kadioglu's corner finds the head of the defender who is a few yards out, but he guides it just over. A difficult chance.
1'
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Kick-off

We're underway at the Amex. A rapturous welcome for Pascal Gross when his name was read out ahead of kick-off. Let's hope to see him on the pitch this afternoon.

HURZELER NAMES GROSS ON THE BENCH

Fabian Hurzeler has named Pascal Gross on the bench after the German returned to Albion yesterday. "We know that Pascal was a big player in the past and we all hope that he can be a big player in the present and today, in the next weeks he will be an important player in our squad, he knows how to win Premier League games," the head coach said. "We’re happy that he’s back and hopefully the fans will be happy, and feel a good energy today. "We haven’t brought him in to live on the bench, I have always had a good exchange with him and now we’re all happy that he’s back, he’s a big part of my thoughts."
Jan Paul speaks ahead of kick-off.
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It's so good to see Pascal Gross back at the Amex.
The Burnley team.
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The Albion team.
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Fabian Hurzeler arrives at the Amex.

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