Premier League Round 8
Liverpool
2-0
Full time
Brighton
- Pascal Groß 17' (OG)
- Alexander Isak 21'
Anfield, Liverpool
Last updated: Thursday, 5 November 2026 (6 days ago). This data may not reflect the latest updates.
Match details
- Date
- Sunday 25 October 2026
- Time
- 14:00
- Status
- Full time
- Competition
- Premier League
- Round
- Round 8
- Venue
- Anfield, Liverpool
- Referee
- Samuel Barrott
- Home
- Liverpool
- Away
- Brighton
Match report
Automatic report from match dataLiverpool beat Brighton 2-0 in the Premier League. Goals: Pascal Groß (17'), Alexander Isak (21'). Liverpool had 36% possession to Brighton's 64%. Shots were 13 to 17.
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- 17' Pascal Groß (own goal)
- 21' Alexander Isak
Match summary
- 36%Possession64%
- 4On target1
- 4Corners2
- 0🟨 0🟥Cards2🟨 0🟥
Anfield
Liverpool · Anfield Road
Capacity: 61,276 seats · Natural grass
Referee: Samuel Barrott
- Referee
- Samuel Barrott
- Venue
- Anfield
- Season
- 2026/2027
- Half-time score
- 2 - 0
The two teams in the table now
| Position | Team | P | Points | Last 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 10 | 22 | — | |
| 4 | 10 | 18 | — |
Match events
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0'45'90'
- 6' Substitution: Ferdi Kadıoğlu for Costinha
- 17' Goal: Pascal Groß Own Goal
- 21' Goal: Alexander Isak assist: Bradley Barcola
- 45+3' Yellow card: Olivier Boscagli Yellow Card
- 46' Substitution: Olivier Boscagli for Jack Hinshelwood
- 54' Substitution: Chema Andrés for Malick Yalcouyé
- 65' Substitution: Florian Wirtz for Trey Nyoni
- 73' Yellow card: Costinha Yellow Card
- 75' Substitution: Yasin Ayari for Georginio Rutter
- 77' Substitution: Alexander Isak for Lewis Koumas
- 77' Substitution: Bradley Barcola for Rio Ngumoha
- 88' Substitution: Miloš Kerkez for Kostas Tsimikas
Match statistics
- 4 On target 1
- 6 Off target 9
- 13 Shots 17
- 3 Blocked shots 7
- 10 Shots insidebox 10
- 3 Shots outsidebox 7
- 13 Fouls 9
- 4 Corners 2
- 3 Offsides 3
- 36% Possession 64%
- 0 Yellow cards 2
- 1 Goalkeeper saves 3
- 326 Passes 579
- 225 Accurate passes 485
- 69% Pass accuracy 84%
- 1.20 Expected goals 1.32
- -0.75 goals_prevented -0.75
Liverpool
4-2-3-1Coach: Andoni Iraola
9Isak
18Gakpo
7Wirtz
29Barcola
10Allister
38Gravenberch
6Kerkez
4Dijk
5Jacquet
33Araújo
1Alisson
Starting XI
- 1AlissonG
- 33Ronald AraújoD
- 5Jérémy JacquetD
- 4Virgil van DijkD
- 6Miloš KerkezD
- 38Ryan GravenberchM
- 10Alexis Mac AllisterM
- 29Bradley BarcolaM
- 7Florian WirtzM
- 18Cody GakpoM
- 9Alexander IsakF
Substitutes
- 42Trey NyoniM
- 67Lewis KoumasF
- 73Rio NgumohaF
- 21Kostas TsimikasD
- 25Giorgi MamardashviliG
- 2Joe GomezD
- 3Wataru EndoM
- 53James McConnellM
- 14Federico ChiesaF
Brighton
4-2-3-1Coach: F. Hürzeler
19Kostoulas
29Cuyper
26Ayari
25Gómez
14Andrés
13Groß
21Boscagli
5Dunk
44Vušković
24Kadıoğlu
1Verbruggen
Starting XI
- 1Bart VerbruggenG
- 24Ferdi KadıoğluD
- 44Luka VuškovićD
- 5Lewis DunkD
- 21Olivier BoscagliD
- 13Pascal GroßM
- 14Chema AndrésM
- 25Diego GómezM
- 26Yasin AyariM
- 29Maxim De CuyperM
- 19Charalampos KostoulasF
Substitutes
- 20CostinhaD
- 8Jack HinshelwoodM
- 35Malick YalcouyéM
- 10Georginio RutterF
- 23Jason SteeleG
- 3Jaouen HadjamD
- 33Matt O'RileyM
- 15Ibrahim OsmanF
- 12Promise DavidF
Live commentary
Substitution for Liverpool: Miloš Kerkez on, Kostas Tsimikas off
Substitution for Liverpool: Bradley Barcola on, Rio Ngumoha off
Substitution for Liverpool: Alexander Isak on, Lewis Koumas off
Substitution for Brighton: Yasin Ayari on, Georginio Rutter off
Yellow card: Costinha (Brighton)
Substitution for Liverpool: Florian Wirtz on, Trey Nyoni off
Substitution for Brighton: Chema Andrés on, Malick Yalcouyé off
Substitution for Brighton: Olivier Boscagli on, Jack Hinshelwood off
Yellow card: Olivier Boscagli (Brighton)
Goal! Alexander Isak scores for Liverpool assisted by Bradley Barcola
Own goal by Pascal Groß, credited to Liverpool
Substitution for Brighton: Ferdi Kadıoğlu on, Costinha off