Sunderland vs Brighton - Premier League, Regular Season - 6 (Sat, 10 October 2026)
Premier League Regular Season - 6 
Stadium of Light, Sunderland
Match reportBrighton's control stands out in Sunderland win despite Struijk redBrighton vs Sunderland finished 0-2, with De Cuyper scoring, Struijk sent off in the 57th minute and Hadjam sealing it in stoppage time. Events
First half
- Substitution: Thomas MeunierMalick Fofana 34'
- 36' Yellow card: Olivier Boscagli
Second half
- 53' Goal: Maxim De Cuyper assist: Pascal Groß 0-1
- 56' VAR: Pascal Struijk VAR: Card upgrade confirmed
- 57' Red card: Pascal Struijk
- 60' Substitution: Charalampos KostoulasLewis Dunk
- 68' Substitution: Olivier BoscagliCostinha
- 68' Substitution: Maxim De CuyperMalick Yalcouyé
- Substitution: Reinildo Isnard MandavaDayann Methalie 73'
- Substitution: Nilson AnguloDjiamgone Jocelin Ta Bi 73'
- Substitution: Enzo Le FéeJuan Riquelme Angulo 81'
- 88' Substitution: Diego GomezJaouen Hadjam
- 88' Substitution: Yasin AyariGeorginio Rutter
- 90+3' Goal: Jaouen Hadjam assist: Georginio Rutter 0-2
Stats
SunderlandBrighton
- 62% Possession 38%
- 12 Shots 13
- 3 On target 4
- 0.68 xG 1.14
- 7 Corners 5
- 8 Fouls 12
All stats
- 495 Passes 305
- 2 Saves 3
- 5 Offsides 0
- 0 Yellow cards 1
- 0 Red cards 1
Player of the match
MCM. De Cuyper
Brighton· 1 goalStories
Lineups & ratings
Sunderland
4-2-3-1 Coach R. Le Bris
12 ↓34'
20
34
28 ↓81'
17 ↓73'
4
18
32
22
10 ↓73'
27
- 39 M. Fofana for Thomas Meunier
- 6 D. Methalie for Reinildo Isnard Mandava
- 37 J. Bi for Nilson Angulo
- 50 J. Angulo for Enzo Le Fée
- 7
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 31
Brighton
4-2-3-1 Coach F. Hürzeler
24
13
21 ↓68'
4
29 ↓68'
26 ↓88'
25 ↓88'
44
14
19 ↓60'
- 5 L. Dunk for Charalampos Kostoulas
- 20 Costinha for Olivier Boscagli
- 35 M. Yalcouyé for Maxim De Cuyper
- 3 J. Hadjam for Diego Gomez
- 10 G. Rutter for Yasin Ayari
- 12
- 15
- 23
- 33
Bench · Sunderland
- 39 M. Fofana for Thomas Meunier
- 6 D. Methalie for Reinildo Isnard Mandava
- 37 J. Bi for Nilson Angulo
- 50 J. Angulo for Enzo Le Fée
- 7
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 31
Bench · Brighton
- 5 L. Dunk for Charalampos Kostoulas
- 20 Costinha for Olivier Boscagli
- 35 M. Yalcouyé for Maxim De Cuyper
- 3 J. Hadjam for Diego Gomez
- 10 G. Rutter for Yasin Ayari
- 12
- 15
- 23
- 33