Brighton 3, Newcastle 1 · Final · EPL

Sat, Sep 2 · American Express Stadium

Team	1	2	T
BHA	1	2	3
NEW	0	1	1

Ferguson hits hat-trick as Brighton crush Newcastle · ESPN recap

Key moments

23'NEWAnthony Gordon yellow card
27'BHAEvan Ferguson goal
43'NEWFabian Schär yellow card
65'BHAEvan Ferguson goal; assist: Billy Gilmour
68'NEWMatt Targett yellow card
70'BHAEvan Ferguson goal; assist: Kaoru Mitoma
76'NEWDan Burn yellow card
83'BHATariq Lamptey yellow card
86'BHAJames Milner yellow card
90'+2'NEWCallum Wilson goal; assist: Sean Longstaff
90'+5'BHAMahmoud Dahoud yellow card
90'+8'BHAAdam Lallana yellow card

Game leaders

Category	BHA	NEW
Total Shots	4Kaoru Mitoma1 shot on goal, 0 goals	4Alexander Isak0 shots on goal, 0 goals
Saves	3Jan Paul van Hecke1 GA	4Nick Pope3 GA

Earlier meetings

Game information

Venue: American Express Stadium, Falmer, England
Attendance: 31,620
Officials: Stuart Attwell

Starting XI · 4-2-3-1

Player	G	A	SH	SOT	FC	FS	SV
Bart VerbruggenG	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Joël VeltmanRB	0	0	0	0	1	2
Pervis EstupiñánLB	0	0	1	0	1	0
Billy GilmourLM	0	1	1	1	0	1
Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R	0	0	0	0	0	1
Lewis DunkCD-L	0	0	1	0	0	0
Solly MarchAM-R	0	0	1	0	3	2
Pascal GrossRM	0	0	0	0	1	1
Evan FergusonF	3	0	4	4	1	4
João PedroAM	0	0	2	0	1	4
Kaoru MitomaAM-L	0	1	4	1	1	1

Substitutes used

Player	FC	FS	YC
Tariq LampteySUB	1	0	1
Simon AdingraSUB	0	1	0
James MilnerSUB	1	0	1
Mahmoud DahoudSUB	1	0	1
Adam LallanaSUB	2	0	1

First Half

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
First Half begins.
1'NEWAttempt missed. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães with a through ball.
3'NEWAttempt missed. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
4'NEWFoul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
4'NEWJoão Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
4'NEWFoul by Dan Burn (Newcastle United).
4'NEWSolly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5'BHAAttempt missed. Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
7'NEWCorner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Matt Targett.
7'BHAAttempt missed. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross following a corner.
8'NEWEvan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8'NEWFoul by Dan Burn (Newcastle United).
10'BHACorner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Nick Pope.
11'BHAAttempt missed. Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Lewis Dunk with a headed pass following a corner.
14'BHAAttempt saved. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour with a through ball.
16'BHACorner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Bart Verbruggen.
16'BHAAttempt blocked. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
19'BHAAttempt blocked. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro.
19'Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kieran Trippier.
22'BHAFoul by Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion).
22'BHAMatt Targett (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23'NEWFoul by Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United).
23'NEWJan Paul van Hecke (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23'NEWAnthony Gordon (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25'BHAOffside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Billy Gilmour tries a through ball, but Solly March is caught offside.
27'BHAAttempt saved. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
27'BHAAttempt saved. Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
27'BHAGoal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Newcastle United 0. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
28'NEWAttempt missed. Joelinton (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anthony Gordon.
29'BHAAttempt missed. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
30'Delay in match because of an injury Joelinton (Newcastle United).
31'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
31'BHADan Burn (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31'BHAFoul by Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion).
32'NEWBilly Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32'NEWFoul by Joelinton (Newcastle United).
32'BHAAttempt blocked. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Pedro.
34'NEWEvan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34'NEWFoul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
35'BHABruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35'BHAFoul by Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion).
38'BHABruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38'BHAFoul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
39'NEWAttempt blocked. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sandro Tonali.
39'BHAFoul by Pervis Estupiñán (Brighton and Hove Albion).
39'BHASandro Tonali (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
40'NEWFoul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
40'NEWJoão Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
41'BHAFoul by Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion).
41'BHAKieran Trippier (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43'NEWFoul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
43'NEWJoão Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43'NEWFabian Schär (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44'Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Anthony Gordon.
44'BHAAttempt missed. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross following a corner.
45'+2'NEWFoul by Joelinton (Newcastle United).
45'+2'NEWPascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3'First Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Newcastle United 0.

Second Half

45'Second Half begins Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Newcastle United 0.
48'NEWFoul by Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).
48'NEWKaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49'NEWEvan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49'NEWFoul by Dan Burn (Newcastle United).
52'BHAOffside, Brighton and Hove Albion. João Pedro tries a through ball, but Solly March is caught offside.
54'BHAFoul by João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion).
54'BHAKieran Trippier (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56'Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Bruno Guimarães.
57'BHAFoul by Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion).
57'BHAMatt Targett (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
58'NEWSubstitution, Newcastle United. Callum Wilson replaces Joelinton.
58'NEWSubstitution, Newcastle United. Elliot Anderson replaces Miguel Almirón.
58'NEWSubstitution, Newcastle United. Sean Longstaff replaces Sandro Tonali.
59'BHACorner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
60'NEWFoul by Callum Wilson (Newcastle United).
60'NEWJoël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61'BHACorner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Jan Paul van Hecke.
65'BHAGoal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Newcastle United 0. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
67'NEWAttempt missed. Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Elliot Anderson.
68'NEWFoul by Alexander Isak (Newcastle United).
68'NEWJoël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68'NEWMatt Targett (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
70'BHAGoal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Newcastle United 0. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
72'NEWAttempt blocked. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Targett.
72'NEWFoul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
72'NEWJoão Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74'NEWSubstitution, Newcastle United. Harvey Barnes replaces Alexander Isak.
74'NEWSubstitution, Newcastle United. Jamaal Lascelles replaces Matt Targett.
75'NEWAttempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sean Longstaff.
76'NEWFoul by Dan Burn (Newcastle United).
76'NEWSolly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
76'NEWDan Burn (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
77'BHASubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tariq Lamptey replaces João Pedro.
77'BHASubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mahmoud Dahoud replaces Billy Gilmour.
78'NEWEvan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78'NEWFoul by Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).
81'BHASubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Adam Lallana replaces Solly March.
81'BHASubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner replaces Evan Ferguson.
83'BHABruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83'BHAFoul by Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion).
83'BHATariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86'BHAAnthony Gordon (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
86'BHAFoul by James Milner (Brighton and Hove Albion).
86'BHAJames Milner (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87'NEWAttempt saved. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross.
88'BHAOffside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Pervis Estupiñán tries a through ball, but Kaoru Mitoma is caught offside.
89'BHASubstitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Simon Adingra replaces Pascal Groß.
90'Attempt blocked. Simon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kaoru Mitoma.
90'+1'BHAOffside, Brighton and Hove Albion. Lewis Dunk tries a through ball, but Pervis Estupiñán is caught offside.
90'+2'BHAElliot Anderson (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2'BHAFoul by Mahmoud Dahoud (Brighton and Hove Albion).
90'+2'NEWGoal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Newcastle United 1. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sean Longstaff.
90'+4'BHAFoul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
90'+4'BHAHarvey Barnes (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+5'NEWFoul by Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United).
90'+5'NEWSimon Adingra (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5'BHAMahmoud Dahoud (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6'BHAOffside, Brighton and Hove Albion. James Milner tries a through ball, but Kaoru Mitoma is caught offside.
90'+8'BHAFoul by Adam Lallana (Brighton and Hove Albion).
90'+8'BHASean Longstaff (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8'BHABruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+8'BHAFoul by Adam Lallana (Brighton and Hove Albion).
90'+8'BHAAdam Lallana (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+9'Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Newcastle United 1.
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Newcastle United 1.

Team stats

BHA	Stat	NEW
14	Fouls	17
4	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	4
55.8	Possession	44.2
15	Shots	9
6	On Goal	2
40%	On Target %	20%
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
507	Accurate Passes	371
565	Passes	440
90%	Pass Completion %	80%
6	Accurate Crosses	2
9	Crosses	11
70%	Cross %	20%
43	Long Balls	43
23	Accurate Long Balls	20
50%	Long Balls %	50%
4	Blocked Shots	3
3	Effective Tackles	9
8	Tackles	18
40%	Tackle %	50%
11	Interceptions	3
12	Effective Clearances	14
12	Clearances	14

Control and accuracy

Worked out from the box score

BHA	Stat	NEW
55.8%	Possession	44.2%
40% (6/15)	Shot accuracy	22% (2/9)
90% (507/565)	Pass accuracy	84% (371/440)
53% (23/43)	Long-ball accuracy	47% (20/43)
38% (3/8)	Tackles won	50% (9/18)

Brighton vs Newcastle

Summary

Key moments

Earlier meetings

Game information

Lineups

Starting XI · 4-2-3-1

Substitutes used

Plays

Stats

Chat

Brighton vs Newcastle

Summary

Key moments

Earlier meetings

Game information

Lineups

Starting XI · 4-2-3-1

Substitutes used

Plays

Stats

Chat