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Brighton

6 matches played
Attack, 2nd
1.442.17 xG per match
26 scored, level with xG
Defence, 13th
0.891.32 xGA per match
14 conceded, 5.0 below xGA
Chance quality
0.121xG per shot, 18.0 shots/match
Set pieces
29%of their xG, 42% conceded

Over 6 matches, Brighton create most danger down their left (1.27× the league norm), and concede most through the middle (1.15×).

Shot locations

Shots taken

Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Brighton, 2026/27, 103 shots in the final 35m, 16 scored.

Left1.27×29%
Centre0.91×48%
Right0.93×23%

vs league average, 1.00 marked, share of xG

Playing style

Territory and pressing

1.00 = league average

Brighton get the ball into dangerous areas less often than most, and hurt you more than most when they do.

  • Territory won0.85×

    6.0 deep completions a match

  • Territory allowed1.02×

    7.2 conceded a match

  • Pressing1.89×

    6.4 opponent passes per defensive action

  • Freedom to build1.89×

    22.9 of their own passes allowed

  • Danger per arrival1.70×

    0.383 npxG per deep completion

A deep completion is a pass finished within about twenty yards of goal, and PPDA counts an opponent’s passes per defensive action. A lower figure is a harder press, so the bar inverts it to keep every row reading the same way. This describes where the ball ends up rather than how it travelled: no pass or carry record exists in this data, so progressive passes and carries are genuinely out of reach rather than merely absent.

Danger conceded by flank

left against right, open play only

Brighton concede more down their left: similar volume, but the chances they allow are far better.

Left
1.7 xG17 shots, 0.098
Right
0.5 xG17 shots, 0.031
Attacks faced
1.00×

Shots on the weak flank per shot on the strong one

Chance quality
3.12×

xG per shot on the weak flank versus the strong one

Set pieces are excluded, since a corner has no flank. Sides within ten points of an even split are treated as level, since a season is short enough that smaller gaps are usually noise.

Crosses or through balls

open play only

Brighton take 0% of their open-play danger from crosses and 6% from balls played through the middle.

Open passes
70%
Rebounds
15%
Dribbles
10%
Through balls
6%
Crosses
0%
Headed share of xG13%

Measured from the action immediately before each shot. This shows whether a side works the ball wide or through the middle; which flank they progress down cannot be derived, because no free source publishes pass locations.

Player contribution

Share of attacking involvement

chances taken, chances given, and half the build-up

Brighton’s attacking involvement is effectively 10.8 players. A side spread across fourteen absorbs an absence that one built on nine does not.

Share of the squad’s non-penalty xG, plus expected assists, plus half the build-up value of its midfielders and forwards — what a player finished, what they created, and half of what they moved. Involvement rather than chances: build-up credits every player in a possession, so this says how much of the attack runs through someone, not what fraction of the chances were theirs. Defenders are left out of that half deliberately, because build-up rewards whoever starts a possession and counting it for everybody found centre-backs rather than ball-carriers. The half itself is a judgement, not a measurement: weighting it properly needs per-match lineups, and those begin this season. Penalties are left out because they describe who the club nominates rather than who creates. Contributors under 2% are not listed, though they still count towards the spread above.

Share of defensive work

tackles, blocks, clearances, recoveries

Brighton’s defensive work is effectively 12.3 players. A side spread across fourteen absorbs an absence that one built on nine does not.

6.6% of their defensive work is doubtful or out. Mats Wieffer, Pascal Struijk.

Share of the squad’s defensive contribution: tackles, blocks, clearances, interceptions and recoveries combined. Goalkeepers record none of it, so a keeper never appears here however much the side depends on him. This statistic begins in 2025/26, so there is no earlier season to compare against.

Creator to finisher

shots and xG per pairing
  1. Pascal Groß→Charalampos Kostoulas0.9 xG6 shots, 1g
  2. Georginio Rutter→Maxim De Cuyper0.9 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Diego Gómez→Jack Hinshelwood0.8 xG1 shot, 1g
  4. Malick Yalcouyé→Matt O'Riley0.6 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Pascal Groß→Chema Andres0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
  6. Olivier Boscagli→Promise David0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  7. Pascal Groß→Maxim De Cuyper0.5 xG3 shots, 1g
  8. Maxim De Cuyper→Malick Yalcouyé0.4 xG2 shots, 1g

The pass immediately before the shot, so a player who starts moves without playing the final ball will not appear here. Roughly seven in ten shots name their creator.

Results

Every result

Season details

Danger by scoreline

leading, level or behind

Brighton produce most of their danger while ahead (61% of their xG).

  • Ahead61%
  • Level32%
  • Behind7%
Ahead
61%
7.9 xG, 52 shots
Level
32%
4.2 xG, 28 shots
Behind
7%
0.9 xG, 28 shots

The scoreline at the moment each shot was struck, rebuilt from goal times. Sides that trail often will look busier in attack than they really are.