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Premier League 25/26 · 8 Feb 2026

Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Crystal Palace

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jan 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.9 – 1.2
Actual xG
0.7 – 1.2
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot made Brighton & Hove Albion favourites at 53%.

Crystal Palace won a close one on the chances: 1.2 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Will Hughes, 77.7 in 77′.

Well above their usual level: Will Hughes +27.4, Olivier Boscagli +20.1, Lewis Dunk +10.9.

Well below it: Georginio Rutter −17.6, Yéremy Pino −16.2, Maxim De Cuyper −13.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Brighton & Hove Albion

31 Jan 2026D 1–1v Everton Premier League
24 Jan 2026L 1–2at Fulham Premier League
19 Jan 2026D 1–1v Bournemouth Premier League
7 Jan 2026D 1–1at Manchester City Premier League
3 Jan 2026W 2–0v Burnley Premier League

Crystal Palace

1 Feb 2026D 1–1at Nottingham Forest Premier League
25 Jan 2026L 1–3v Chelsea Premier League
17 Jan 2026L 1–2at Sunderland Premier League
7 Jan 2026D 0–0v Aston Villa Premier League
4 Jan 2026L 0–2at Newcastle United Premier League

Head to head

9 Nov 2025Crystal Palace 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League

Brighton & Hove Albion

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Olivier Boscagli Defender9000–70.9+20.1
Lewis Dunk Defender90000.1567.8+10.9
Jack Hinshelwood Midfielder800–61.2–
Diego Gómez Midfielder1900–57.6–
Pascal Groß Midfielder9000–56.2−4.5
Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper9000–54.5+0.9
Kaoru Mitoma Midfielder9000–50.5−1.6
Carlos Baleba Midfielder7100–47.8+0.7
Danny Welbeck Forward1900–45.1–
Harry Howell Midfielder7100–44.8–
Charalampos Kostoulas Forward82000.3643.8–
Ferdi Kadıoğlu Defender9000–42.5−8.4
Maxim De Cuyper Defender71000.2141.8−13.3
Yankuba Minteh Midfielder1900–34.6–
Georginio Rutter Midfielder82000.0332.0−17.6
Matt O'Riley Midfielder800–29.1–

Crystal Palace

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Will Hughes Midfielder7700–77.7+27.4
Maxence Lacroix Defender90000.2760.3+3.5
Ismaïla Sarr Forward88100.5156.9+3.9
Evann Guessand Forward3401–56.2–
Dean Henderson Goalkeeper9000–56.0+9.0
Jefferson Lerma Midfielder9000–54.2+5.9
Daniel Muñoz Midfielder9000–50.5+1.4
Chris Richards Defender9000–48.1−7.8
Daichi Kamada Midfielder1300–47.5–
Tyrick Mitchell Midfielder9000–46.4−1.8
Jørgen Strand Larsen Forward90000.3644.7+0.0
Adam Wharton Midfielder90000.0341.5−11.2
Yéremy Pino Forward5600–41.1−16.2
Brennan Johnson Forward900–39.8–