Brighton & Hove Albion beat Brentford 2-0. The Brighton vs Brentford match is presented in the English Premier League Boxing Day match at the Amex Stadium, which will be held on Sunday, 26 December 2021.
Graham Potter’s Brighton returned to winning ways thanks to goals from Leandro Trossard and Neal Maupay.
This result also ended a series of 11 matches without a win which was won by Brighton.
Quoted from the English Premier League’s official website, this record erases a series of bad results for Brighton, which had previously been winless in 11 Boxing Day appearances for all English League castes since 2006.
A 2-0 win against Brentford was enough to see Brighton move up to ninth in the standings with 23 points, including leapfrogging Brentford, who slumped to 13th on 20 points.
After in the last few home games having often received boos from their own supporters, Brighton were able to break into the break in a comfortable 2-0 advantage over Brentford. The first half was open and both teams lashed out at each other, but it was the hosts who took the lead in the 34th minute when Trossard grabbed Enock Mwepu’s cross with a precise volley.
The lead was doubled two minutes before half-time when Maupay beat goalkeeper Alvaro Fernandez with a strike on the edge of the box to slot the ball into the top corner. Maupay chose not to celebrate excessively, because he scored his goal against the team he had defended in mid 2017-2019.
Brentford fought back in the second half but their golden chance from Shandon Baptiste’s long-range shot in the 61st minute was denied by goalkeeper Robert Sanchez’s phenomenal save. Then seven minutes later, Ethan Pinnock’s test ball that had beaten Sanchez ended up being driven away by Marc Cucurella just a fraction of a second before entering the goal.
Brighton managed to keep the score 2-0 last until the game was over and also recorded a clean sheet. Meanwhile, Brentford has extended the list of 19 Premier League debutants who failed to win on Boxing Day. Both teams are ready to fight again on Wednesday (29 December).
Brighton will travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. Meanwhile, Brentford closed 2021 by facing tough opponents Manchester City in London.
Meanwhile, Arsenal beat host Norwich City with a score of 5-0. Bukayo Saka scored two goals while Kieran Tierney, Alexandre Lacazette (penalty), Emile Smith Rowe scored the other goals.
This result ensures Arsenal are firmly in the fourth position of the standings with 35 points from 19 matches. Norwich are in the last position of the standings with 10 points.
