Brighton

Brighton's chances have been 0.18 goals a match better than its opponents' this season, 8th in the league; results have put it 3rd in the table.

+0.18
expected-goals difference a match, 8th in the league
13
points from 6 matches, 3rd in the table
9.7
points the chances deserved
1.35 / 1.17
rating now: creates / allows, expected goals a match as the rating counts them

Brighton has 13 points from chances that deserved 9.7: 3.3 ahead of its performance. The rating, which remembers past seasons, puts it at +0.18 expected goals a match as the rating counts them, against an average opponent; it is +0.18 from this season's chances in full.

Performance match by match

-2.7-1.30+1.3+2.7Match 1, v Aston Villa: +2.68 expected goalsMatch 2, at Chelsea: -2.51 expected goalsMatch 3, v Leeds: +0.21 expected goalsMatch 4, at Coventry: +0.20 expected goalsMatch 5, v Arsenal: +0.19 expected goalsMatch 6, at Sunderland: +0.28 expected goalsMatch of the season; above the line the team created more than it allowed

Points and the points the chances deserved

05100123456Match of the seasonAfter match 1: 3 pointsAfter match 2: 3 pointsAfter match 3: 4 pointsAfter match 4: 7 pointsAfter match 5: 10 pointsAfter match 6: 13 pointsAfter match 1: the chances deserved 2.9After match 2: the chances deserved 3.1After match 3: the chances deserved 4.6After match 4: the chances deserved 6.7After match 5: the chances deserved 8.2After match 6: the chances deserved 9.7PointsPoints the chances deserved

The rating through the season

Before each match: the expected goals a match as the rating counts them that the rating says the team creates and allows against an average opponent. It remembers past seasons with the recent matches counting most, and leans on what the squad is worth while the record is short.

0.000.501.000123456Match of the seasonBefore match 1: creates 1.26 a matchBefore match 2: creates 1.29 a matchBefore match 3: creates 1.30 a matchBefore match 4: creates 1.30 a matchBefore match 5: creates 1.34 a matchBefore match 6: creates 1.35 a matchBefore match 1: allows 1.18 a matchBefore match 2: allows 1.16 a matchBefore match 3: allows 1.20 a matchBefore match 4: allows 1.20 a matchBefore match 5: allows 1.19 a matchBefore match 6: allows 1.18 a matchAttack: expected goals created a matchDefence: allowed a match

How Brighton creates and concedes

Share of expected goalscreatedleagueallowedleague
Open play72%73% 58%73%
of which counter-attacks4%10% 11%10%
Set pieces21%22% 42%22%
Penalties7%5% 0%5%
Headers17%16% 15%16%
Inside the box81%82% 92%82%
Expected goals a shot0.100.110.130.11

Matches

DateOpponentResultxG forxG againstDiffPtsDeserved
2026-08-23v Aston Villa 4–0 3.050.37+2.6832.9
2026-08-30at Chelsea 3–4 0.973.48-2.5100.2
2026-09-05v Leeds 1–1 1.951.74+0.2111.5
2026-09-13at Coventry 5–0 1.701.51+0.2032.1
2026-09-19v Arsenal 3–0 1.681.49+0.1931.5
2026-10-10at Sunderland 2–0 1.020.74+0.2831.6

Expected goals here leave penalties out, as the rating does; the match pages count them. The squad the rating reads is worth about 604 million euros at its latest match.