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Matchday

Premier League 25/26 · 20 Sep 2025

Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur

Picked for matchday: Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 20% · Standout: Archie Gray scored 100.0

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.2 – 1.1
Actual xG
1.3 – 1.2
Goals
2 – 2

Footybot made Brighton & Hove Albion favourites at 61%.

A draw the chances agree with: 1.3 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Cristian Romero, 86.1 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Cristian Romero +32.0, Rodrigo Bentancur +19.1, Richarlison +17.4.

Well below it: Guglielmo Vicario −18.0, Micky van de Ven −11.7, Kaoru Mitoma −10.3.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Brighton & Hove Albion

13 Sep 2025L 1–2at Bournemouth Premier League
31 Aug 2025W 2–1v Manchester City Premier League
24 Aug 2025L 0–2at Everton Premier League
16 Aug 2025D 1–1v Fulham Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur

16 Sep 2025W 1–0v Villarreal Champions League
13 Sep 2025W 3–0at West Ham United Premier League
30 Aug 2025L 0–1v Bournemouth Premier League
23 Aug 2025W 2–0at Manchester City Premier League
16 Aug 2025W 3–0v Burnley Premier League

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Brighton & Hove Albion

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Diego Coppola Defender1500–78.4–
Diego Gómez Midfielder45000.0257.4−9.5
Yankuba Minteh Midfielder75100.7455.9−5.8
Danny Welbeck Forward15000.0453.3–
Yasin Ayari Midfielder90100.2450.9+1.4
Joël Veltman Defender9000–50.6–
James Milner Midfielder2700–50.5–
Bart Verbruggen Goalkeeper9000–49.5+5.8
Jan Paul van Hecke Defender9000–46.2−5.5
Lewis Dunk Defender90000.0345.8−9.0
Georginio Rutter Midfielder7501–43.0–
Kaoru Mitoma Midfielder90000.0943.0−10.3
Carlos Baleba Midfielder4500–41.4−4.7
Mats Wieffer Defender1100–39.5–
Ferdi Kadıoğlu Defender85000.0739.3–
Brajan Gruda Midfielder63000.0937.5–

Tottenham Hotspur

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Archie Gray Midfielder100–100.0–
Djed Spence Defender100–100.0–
Cristian Romero Defender9000–86.1+32.0
Rodrigo Bentancur Midfielder6100–74.1+19.1
Mohammed Kudus Midfielder90010.1172.0+6.7
Xavi Simons Midfielder29000.2567.6–
Richarlison Forward90100.7665.9+17.4
Destiny Udogie Defender9000–59.6–
Pedro Porro Defender8900–53.5−0.0
João Palhinha Midfielder9000–53.3+1.6
Lucas Bergvall Midfielder8900–48.6+1.6
Wilson Odobert Forward72000.1146.4–
Micky van de Ven Defender9000–45.7−11.7
Guglielmo Vicario Goalkeeper9000–43.6−18.0
Brennan Johnson Forward1800–40.5–