2018–19 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Brighton & Hove Albion's 117th year in existence and second consecutive season in the Premier League.[1] Along with competing in the Premier League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and EFL Cup.

Brighton & Hove Albion

2018–19 season
Chairman	Tony Bloom
Manager	Chris Hughton (until 13 May – All matches completed) Graham Potter (from 20 May)
Stadium	Falmer Stadium
Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Glenn Murray (13) All: Glenn Murray (15)
Highest home attendance	30,654 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (27 October 2018 - Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	13,651 vs Southampton (28 August 2018 - EFL Cup)
Average home league attendance	30,464
Biggest win	3–1 vs Crystal Palace (4 December 2018 - Premier League)
Biggest defeat	0–5 vs Bournemouth (13 April 2019 - Premier League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Brighton beat Manchester United at home for the second season running on 19 August 2018. The game finished 3–2 to the Albion.[2] On 4 May 2019 Brighton's Premier League status was confirmed for a third season after bitter rivals Crystal Palace beat Cardiff 3–2 in Wales.[3] This confirmation came exactly a year after The Seagulls secured their safety in the 2017–18 season.[4]

In the FA Cup Brighton made the semi final where they lost to Manchester City 1–0 at Wembley.[5][6][7][8][9] In the EFL Cup Brighton lost 1–0 to Southampton at home in the second round.[10]

On 10 May 2019 it was announced that captain, Bruno would be retiring from football. In his last game Brighton lost 4–1 to Manchester City. As a result City defended their Premier League title.[11][12]

Brighton sacked manager Chris Hughton on 13 May, one day after the final game of the season, due to a poor end of season run of three wins in 23 games meaning Brighton narrowly secured survival by two points.[13]

On 20 May Brighton appointed Graham Potter as the new manager.[14]

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUS Mathew Ryan 2 DF  ESP Bruno (club captain) [15] 3 DF  CMR Gaëtan Bong 4 DF  IRL Shane Duffy 5 DF  ENG Lewis Dunk (vice-captain) [16] 6 MF  ENG Dale Stephens 7 MF  ISR Beram Kayal 8 MF  MLI Yves Bissouma 9 FW  NED Jürgen Locadia 10 FW  ROU Florin Andone 11 MF  FRA Anthony Knockaert 13 MF  GER Pascal Groß 14 DF  NGA Leon Balogun

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  IRN Alireza Jahanbakhsh 17 FW  ENG Glenn Murray 19 FW  COL José Izquierdo 20 MF  ENG Solly March 22 DF  ESP Martín Montoya 23 GK  ENG Jason Steele 24 MF  NED Davy Pröpper 27 GK  ENG David Button 30 DF  BRA Bernardo 33 DF  ENG Dan Burn

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  ITA Ezequiel Schelotto (at Chievo until 30 June 2019) [17] 25 FW  ISR Tomer Hemed (at Queens Park Rangers until 30 June 2019) [18] 26 FW  RSA Percy Tau (at Saint-Gilloise until 30 June 2019) [19] 29 DF  AUT Markus Suttner (at Fortuna Düsseldorf until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  ENG Christian Walton (at Wigan Athletic until 30 June 2019) [20] 35 DF  ENG Ben Barclay (at Notts County until 30 June 2019) [21] 36 FW  IRL Richie Towell (at Rotherham United until 30 June 2019) [22] — MF  ARG Alexis Mac Allister (at Argentinos Juniors until 30 June 2019) [23]

Reserves and Academy

Main article: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Reserves and Academy

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	No.	Name	From	Fee	Joining squad	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF	10	Florin Andone	Deportivo La Coruña	Undisclosed	First Team	[24]
1 July 2018	CB	14	Leon Balogun	Mainz 05	Free transfer	First Team	[25]
1 July 2018	GK	23	Jason Steele	Sunderland	Free transfer	First Team	[26]
1 July 2018	LB	-	Joe Tomlinson	Yeovil Town	Free transfer	Academy	[27]
5 July 2018	LB	30	Bernardo	RB Leipzig	Undisclosed	First Team	[28]
9 July 2018	GK	-	Hugo Keto	Arsenal	Free transfer	Academy	[29]
16 July 2018	GK	27	David Button	Fulham	Undisclosed	First Team	[30]
17 July 2018	CM	8	Yves Bissouma	Lille	Undisclosed	First Team	[31]
20 July 2018	ST	26	Percy Tau	Mamelodi Sundowns	Undisclosed	First Team	[32]
25 July 2018	RW	16	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	AZ Alkmaar	Undisclosed	First Team	[33]
7 August 2018	LW	-	Billy Arce	Independiente del Valle	Undisclosed	Academy	[34]
7 August 2018	RW	-	Anders Dreyer	Esbjerg	Undisclosed	Academy	[35]
9 August 2018	CB	-	Dan Burn	Wigan Athletic	£3,000,000	First Team	[36]
9 August 2018	LM	-	Peter Gwargis	Jönköpings Södra	Undisclosed	Academy	[37]
9 August 2018	RB	22	Martín Montoya	Valencia	£6,300,000	First Team	[38]
24 January 2019	AM	—	Alexis Mac Allister	Argentinos Juniors	Undisclosed	First Team	[39]
31 January 2019	DM	—	Tudor Băluță	Viitorul Constanța	Undisclosed	Academy	[40]
31 January 2019	CF	—	Jan Mlakar	Maribor	Undisclosed	Academy	[41]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	No.	Name	To	Fee	Leaving squad	Ref.
1 July 2018	RW		David Ajiboye	Worthing	Released	Academy	[42][43]
1 July 2018	CF		Jonah Ayunga	Sutton United	Released	Academy	[44]
1 July 2018	RW		Henrik Bjørdal	Zulte Waregem	Undisclosed	Academy	[45]
1 July 2018	CB		Tom Dallison	Falkirk	Free transfer	Academy	[46]
1 July 2018	CB		Connor Goldson	Rangers	Undisclosed	First Team	[47]
1 July 2018	RB		Tyler Hornby-Forbes	Newport County	Released	Academy	[42][48]
1 July 2018	CB		Uwe Hünemeier	SC Paderborn	Free transfer	First Team	[49]
1 July 2018	DM		Dessie Hutchinson	Waterford	Released	Academy	[42][50]
1 July 2018	DM		Rohan Ince	Free agent	Released	First Team	[42]
1 July 2018	RB		Mamadou Koné	Free agent	Released	Academy	[42]
1 July 2018	GK		Tim Krul	Norwich City	Released	First Team	[42][51]
1 July 2018	GK		Niki Mäenpää	Bristol City	Rejected contract	First Team	[52][53]
1 July 2018	LW		Reece Meekums	Bromley	Released	Academy	[42][54]
1 July 2018	LW		Jamie Murphy	Rangers	Undisclosed	First Team	[55]
1 July 2018	LB		Rian O'Sullivan	Free agent	Released	Academy	[42]
1 July 2018	RB		Liam Rosenior	Retired	Released	First Team	[56][42]
1 July 2018	CM		Steve Sidwell	Retired	Mutual consent	First Team	[57]
1 July 2018	GK		Bailey Vose	Colchester United	Undisclosed	Academy	[58]
30 July 2018	FW		Sam Baldock	Reading	Undisclosed	First Team	[59]
2 August 2018	LW		Jiří Skalák	Millwall	Undisclosed	First Team	[60]
3 December 2018	AM		Daniel Mandroiu	Bohemians	Undisclosed	Academy	[61]
17 December 2018	AM		Jayden Onen	Brentford	Free transfer	Academy	[62]
2 January 2019	RW		Jordan Maguire-Drew	Leyton Orient	Undiscosed	Academy	[63]
4 January 2019	CM		Oliver Norwood	Sheffield United	Undisclosed	First Team	[64][65]
28 January 2019	CM		Mathias Normann	Rostov	Undisclosed	Academy	[66]

Loans out

Date from	Position	No.	Name	To	Date until	Leaving squad	Ref.
1 July 2018	CB		Ben Hall	Notts County	4 January 2019	Academy	[67][68]
1 July 2018	GK		Robert Sánchez	Forest Green Rovers	31 May 2019	Academy	[69]
1 July 2018	GK		Christian Walton	Wigan Athletic	31 May 2019	First Team	[70]
2 July 2018	SS		Steven Alzate	Swindon Town	9 January 2019	Academy	[71][72]
12 July 2018	RB		Aleš Matějů	Brescia	31 May 2019	Academy	[73]
28 July 2018	GK		Tom McGill	Worthing	31 August 2018	Academy	[74]
1 August 2018	RW		Jordan Maguire-Drew	Wrexham	2 January 2019	First Team	[75][63]
7 August 2018	LW		Billy Arce	Extremadura	9 January 2019	Academy	[34][76]
9 August 2018	CB		Dan Burn	Wigan Athletic	January 2019	First Team	[36]
13 August 2018	CM		Oliver Norwood	Sheffield United	4 January 2019	First Team	[64][65]
15 August 2018	CF		Percy Tau	Union Saint-Gilloise	31 May 2019	Academy	[77]
23 August 2018	CF		Tomer Hemed	Queens Park Rangers	31 May 2019	First Team	[78]
28 August 2018	CF		Bojan Radulovic	Espanyol B	31 May 2019	Academy	[79]
31 August 2018	GK		Tom McGill	Greenwich Borough	4 January 2019	Academy	[80]
31 August 2018	DF		Joe Tomlinson	Bognor Regis Town	31 May 2019	Academy	[80][81]
31 August 2018	CM		Richie Towell	Rotherham United	31 May 2019	First Team	[82]
26 October 2018	CB		Matthew Weaire	Gosport Borough	December 2018	Academy	[83]
3 January 2019	CB		Ben White	Peterborough United	31 May 2019	Academy	[84]
4 January 2019	CB		Ben Barclay	Notts County	31 May 2019	Academy	[68]
7 January 2019	LB		George Cox	Northampton Town	31 May 2019	Academy	[85]
7 January 2019	CB		Josh Kerr	Derry City	31 May 2019	Academy	[86]
12 January 2019	GK		Tom McGill	Basingstoke Town	Youth loan	Academy	[87]
18 January 2019	LB		Markus Suttner	Fortuna Düsseldorf	31 May 2019	First Team	[88]
18 January 2019	AM		James Tilley	Cork City	31 May 2019	Academy	[89]
24 January 2019	AM		Alexis Mac Allister	Argentinos Juniors	31 May 2019	First Team	[39]
26 January 2019	RW		Anders Dreyer	St Mirren	31 May 2019	Academy	[90]
28 January 2019	RB		Ezequiel Schelotto	Chievo Verona	31 May 2019	First Team	[91]
31 January 2019	DM		Tudor Băluță	Viitorul Constanța	31 May 2019	Academy	[40]
31 January 2019	CF		Aaron Connolly	Luton Town	31 May 2019	Academy	[92]
31 January 2019	CF		Jan Mlakar	Maribor	31 May 2019	Academy	[41]
31 January 2019	CF		Stefan Ljubicic	Eastbourne Borough	30 April 2019	Academy	[93]
5 February 2019	LW		Billy Arce	Emelec	31 December 2019	Academy	[94]
11 February 2019	GK		Hugo Keto	Waterford	30 June 2019	Academy	[95]

Contract

Pre-season

Brighton & Hove Albion announced five pre-season friendlies against St. Gallen, Wimbledon, Charlton Athletic, Birmingham City, and FC Nantes^†.

St. Gallen v Brighton & Hove Albion

14 July 2018 Friendly	St. Gallen	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	St. Gallen, Switzerland
14:00 CEST	Ben Khalifa  44'	Report	Hemed  59'	Stadium: kybunpark

AFC Wimbledon v Brighton & Hove Albion

21 July 2018 Friendly	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Pigott  15' Appiah  31'	Report	Norwood  65'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow

Charlton Athletic v Brighton & Hove Albion

24 July 2018 Friendly	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Charlton
19:45 BST	Sarr  82'	Report	Groß  47'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 2,256

Birmingham City v Brighton & Hove Albion

28 July 2018 Friendly	Birmingham City	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Birmingham
15:00 BST	Kieftenbeld  31'	Report	Bissouma  90+1'	Stadium: St. Andrew's

Brighton & Hove Albion v FC Nantes

3 August 2018 Friendly	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	FC Nantes	Falmer
19:45 BST	Hemed  37' Groß  48'	Report	Rongier  80'	Stadium: Amex Stadium

^† The opponents for this match were supposed to be Sporting Clube de Portugal but were replaced by FC Nantes due to Sporting being unable to fulfill the fixture.[96]

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Burnley	38	11	7	20	45	68	−23	40
16	Southampton	38	9	12	17	45	65	−20	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	9	20	35	60	−25	36
18	Cardiff City (R)	38	10	4	24	34	69	−35	34	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Fulham (R)	38	7	5	26	34	81	−47	26

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(R) Relegated.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	9	20	35	60	−25	36	6	5	8	19	28	−9	3	4	12	16	32	−16

Last updated: 12 May 2019.
Source: Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L
Position	17	11	12	12	14	13	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2019. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[97][98]

Watford v Brighton & Hove Albion

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 1	Watford	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Watford
15:00 BST	Pereyra  35', 54'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,051 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	Manchester United	Falmer
16:00 BST	Murray  25' Duffy  27' Groß  44' (pen.)	Report	Lukaku  34' Pogba  90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,592 Referee: Kevin Friend

Liverpool v Brighton & Hove Albion

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3	Liverpool	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
17:30 BST	Salah  23'	Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 53,294 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Brighton & Hove Albion v Fulham

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Fulham	Falmer
15:00 BST	Stephens  45' Pröpper  52' Murray  59',  67', 84' (pen)	Report	Schürrle  43' Mitrović  62',  84' Johansen  82' Le Marchand  90+4'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,526 Referee: Lee Probert

Southampton v Brighton & Hove Albion

17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) 5	Southampton	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southampton
20:00 BST	Højbjerg  35' Ings  64' (pen.)	Report	Duffy  67' Murray  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 28,811 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Brighton & Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Falmer
17:30 BST	Kayal  61' Bissouma  74' Knockaert  90+3'	Report	Kane  42' (pen.) Trippier  49' Lamela  76'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,531 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 7	Manchester City	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester
15:00 BST	Sterling  29' Agüero  65'	Report	Knockaert  9' Duffy  42' Montoya  87'	Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 54,152 Referee: Lee Mason

Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United

5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) 8	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	West Ham United	Falmer
20:00 BST	Murray  25' Duffy  33' Jahanbakhsh  58' Kayal  61'	Report	Arnautović  57' Snodgrass  88'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,544 Referee: Kevin Friend

Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 9	Newcastle United	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST		Report	Kayal  29',  43' Jahanbakhsh  74'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 50,329 Referee: Andre Marriner

Brighton & Hove Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Falmer
15:00 BST	Murray  48' Dunk  77' Kayal  52' Knockaert  90'	Report		Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,654 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 11	Everton	3–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
15:00 GMT	Richarlison  26',  77' Coleman  50'	Report	Dunk  10',  33'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 38,966 Referee: David Coote

Cardiff City v Brighton & Hove Albion

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 12	Cardiff City	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
12:30 GMT	Paterson  28' Bamba  90'	Report	Dunk  6' Stephens  34'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 29,402 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Brighton & Hove Albion v Leicester City

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 13	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Leicester City	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Murray  15' Duffy  60' Bruno  66' Izquierdo  72'	Report	Maddison  26'  28' Ndidi  39' Vardy  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,553 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Huddersfield Town v Brighton & Hove Albion

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 14	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Huddersfield
15:00 GMT	Jorgensen  1' Mounié  32'	Report	Duffy  45+4' Andone  69' Bruno  39' Balogun  82'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 22,973 Referee: Michael Oliver

Brighton & Hove Albion v Crystal Palace

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) 15	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Crystal Palace	Falmer
19:45 GMT	Murray  24' (pen.) Duffy  28' Balogun  31' Andone  45+4'	Report	Milivojević  81' (pen.)	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 29,663 Referee: Kevin Friend

Burnley v Brighton & Hove Albion

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 16	Burnley	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Burnley
15:00 GMT	Tarkowski  40',  86' Bardsley  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 18,497 Referee: Martin Atkinson

Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea

16 December 2018 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Chelsea	Falmer
13:30 GMT	Dunk  55' March  66' Andone  70'	Report	Pedro  17' Hazard  33' Alonso  87' Kepa  90'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,645 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion

22 December 2018 18	Bournemouth	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bournemouth
15:00 GMT	Brooks  21',  43',  77' Lerma  31'	Report	Dunk  62'  73'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Attendance: 10,491 Referee: Mike Dean

Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 19	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Arsenal	Falmer
17:15 GMT	Locadia  35' Montoya  45+2' Murray  58'	Report	Aubameyang  7' Kolašinac  81'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,608 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 20	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Everton	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Locadia  59'	Report	Bernard  53' Mina  56'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,597 Referee: Andrew Madley

West Ham United v Brighton & Hove Albion

2 January 2019 (2019-01-02) 21	West Ham United	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Stratford
19:45 GMT	Arnautović  66', 68'	Report	Stephens  56' Duffy  58' March  80'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 59,870 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 22	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Liverpool	Falmer
15:00 GMT		Report	Salah  50' (pen.)	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,682 Referee: Kevin Friend

Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 23	Manchester United	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Manchester
15:00 GMT	Pogba  27' (pen.) Rashford  42'  90+3'	Report	Groß  72'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,532 Referee: Paul Tierney

Fulham v Brighton & Hove Albion

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 24	Fulham	4–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fulham
19:45 GMT	Seri  36' Chambers  47' Mitrović  58', 74' Vietto  79' Babel  87'	Report	Murray  3', 17' Stephens  26' Duffy	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 22,008 Referee: Lee Probert

Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 25	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Watford	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Pröpper  33'	Report		Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,414 Referee: Simon Hooper

Brighton & Hove Albion v Burnley

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 26	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Burnley	Falmer
17:30 GMT	Ryan  72' Duffy  76'	Report	Wood  26',  61' Barnes  74' (pen.) Westwood  76'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 29,323 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) 27	Leicester City	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Leicester
19:45 GMT	Gray  10' Vardy  63'  84'	Report	Montoya  23' Pröpper  66'	Stadium: King Power Stadium Attendance: 30,558 Referee: Lee Probert

Brighton & Hove Albion v Huddersfield Town

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 28	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Murray  45' Andone  79',  80'	Report	Mooy  58' Mounié  63'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,182 Referee: Mike Dean

Crystal Palace v Brighton & Hove Albion

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 29	Crystal Palace	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst
12:30 GMT	Milivojević  50' (pen.) Dann  89'	Report	Knockaert  1'  74' Murray  19'  70' Montoya  24' Ryan  90+2' Bernardo  90+3'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,972 Referee: Craig Pawson

Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 30	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Southampton	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Stephens  15'	Report	Højbjerg  53' Stephens  83' Ward-Prowse  90'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,636 Referee: Michael Oliver

Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion

3 April 2019 (2019-04-03) 31	Chelsea	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	London
19:45 BST	Giroud  38' Hazard  60' Loftus-Cheek  63'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,593 Referee: Graham Scott

Brighton & Hove Albion v Bournemouth

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 32	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–5	Bournemouth	Falmer
15:00 BST	Andone  50' Knockaert  68' Bissouma  78'	Report	Aké  22' Gosling  33',  64' Mepham  50' Fraser  55' Boruc  71' Brooks  74' Wilson  82' Stanislas  90+2'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,460 Referee: Kevin Friend

Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City

16 April 2019 (2019-04-16) 33	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Cardiff City	Falmer
19:45 BST		Report	Mendez-Laing  22' Morrison  50' Bennett  79'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,226 Referee: Andre Marriner

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton & Hove Albion

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 34	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST		Report	Stephens  32'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 31,096 Referee: Craig Pawson

Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) 35	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Tottenham
19:45 BST	Eriksen  46',  88'	Report	Andone  35' Bernardo  75'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 56,251 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 36	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Newcastle United	Falmer
17:30 BST	Andone  11' Groß  75' Bissouma  78'	Report	Pérez  18' Dummett  25' Ritchie  45' Muto  84'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,587 Referee: Mike Dean

Arsenal v Brighton & Hove Albion

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 37	Arsenal	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Holloway
16:30 BST	Aubameyang  9' (pen.) Papastathopoulos  14' Xhaka  60' Lichtsteiner  64' Guendouzi  83' Mustafi  84'	Report	Groß  45+2' Murray  61' (pen.) Dunk  63'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,965 Referee: Anthony Taylor

Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 38	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–4	Manchester City	Falmer
15:00 BST	Murray  27'	Report	Agüero  28' Laporte  38' Mahrez  63' Gündoğan  72'	Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 30,662 Referee: Michael Oliver

FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[99] The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.[100] The fifth round draw was broadcast on 28 January 2019 live on BBC, Alex Scott and Ian Wright conducted the draw.[101] Draw for the quarter-final was made on 18 February by Darren Fletcher & Wayne Bridge.[102]

Bournemouth v Brighton & Hove Albion

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	Bournemouth	1–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bournemouth
12:30 GMT	Pugh  55' Surman  84' Cook  90'	Report	Stephens  22' Knockaert  31' Bissouma  34' Andone  64'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 10,522 Referee: Michael Oliver

Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Fourth round	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Locadia  59'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 27,001 Referee: Lee Mason

West Bromwich Albion v Brighton & Hove Albion

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Fourth round replay	West Bromwich Albion	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Brighton & Hove Albion	West Bromwich
19:45 GMT	Bartley  77'	Report	Bissouma  81' Andone  82' Murray  104', 117'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 8,645 Referee: Paul Tierney

Brighton & Hove Albion v Derby County

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) Fifth round	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Derby County	Falmer
12:30 GMT	Knockaert  33' Locadia  45+2' Bissouma  76' Jahanbakhsh  90+4'	Report	Tomori  20' Wilson  28' Malone  35' Cole  81'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 24,562 Referee: David Coote

Millwall v Brighton & Hove Albion

17 March 2019 Quarter-finals	Millwall	2–2 (4–5 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bermondsey
14:00 GMT	Pearce  70' O'Brien  79' Ferguson  119'	Report	Bernardo  35' Montoya  69' Locadia  88' March  90+5'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 17,137 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Penalties
	Williams Tunnicliffe Leonard Romeo Morison Cooper		Murray Locadia March Pröpper Stephens Dunk

Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

6 April 2019 Semi-finals	Manchester City	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	London
17:30 BST	Jesus  4' Walker  32' Danilo  50'	Report	Jahanbakhsh  32' Dunk  72'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 71,521 Referee: Anthony Taylor

EFL Cup

The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[103]

Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Southampton	Falmer
19:45 BST		Report	Austin  88'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 13,651 Referee: Andre Marriner

Squad statistics

As of end of 2018–2019 season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		EFL Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Mathew Ryan	36	0	34	0	0	0	2	0
23	GK		Jason Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	GK		David Button	8	0	4	0	1	0	3	0
Defenders
2	DF		Bruno	18	0	14	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF		Gaëtan Bong	24	0	19+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Shane Duffy	40	5	35	5	0	0	5	0
5	DF		Lewis Dunk	38	2	36	2	0	0	2	0
14	DF		Leon Balogun	10	1	5+3	1	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Martín Montoya	29	0	24+1	0	0	0	3+1	0
30	DF		Bernardo	27	0	19+3	0	1	0	4	0
33	DF		Dan Burn	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Dale Stephens	35	1	29+1	1	0	0	5	0
7	MF		Beram Kayal	24	1	9+9	1	1	0	5	0
8	MF		Yves Bissouma	34	1	17+11	0	1	0	5	1
11	MF		Anthony Knockaert	36	4	18+12	2	0	0	6	2
13	MF		Pascal Groß	27	3	24+1	3	1	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Solly March	37	2	31+4	1	0	0	0+2	1
24	MF		Davy Pröpper	35	1	30	1	0+1	0	2+2	0
58	MF		Will Collar	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Jürgen Locadia	33	4	12+14	2	1	0	3+3	2
10	FW		Florin Andone	27	5	8+15	3	0	0	3+1	2
16	FW		Alireza Jahanbakhsh	24	0	12+7	0	1	0	4	0
17	FW		Glenn Murray	42	15	30+8	13	0	0	2+2	2
19	FW		Jose Izquierdo	10	0	2+6	0	0	0	0+2	0
42	FW		Viktor Gyökeres	5	0	0	0	1	0	1+3	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club (All gone out on loan)
21	DF		Ezequiel Schelotto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF		Markus Suttner	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	FW		Aaron Connolly	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
35	DF		Ben Barclay	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

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