Brighton
BHA · finished 8th in 2025-26 on 53 points · Elo 1,842
Squad
32
xG/match
1.54
xGA/match
1.41
Clean sheets
26%
PPDA
9.1
How they play
2025-26, from Understat. Ranks are out of the 17 clubs with a top-flight record — the three promoted sides have none.
Attack rank
11th
Defence rank
4th
Press rank
1st
Goals
52
Conceded
46
xG diff
0.1
npxG/match
1.44
Deep passes
7.1
xPts
55.4
Set-piece threat
What decides whether this club's defenders and target men are worth owning. Shots from corners, not corners won — Understat records the shot, and the shot is what scores points.
Corner xG
9.57
Corner goals
9
Corner shots
85
Header xG
10.44
Header goals
8
Headed shots
89
Last ten
Points against expected points: the gap is where a season was luckier or unluckier than it played.
| Opponent | Score | xG | xGA | PPDA | Pts | xPts | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | MUN | 0–3 | 0.70 | 2.33 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.28 | -0.28 |
| L | lee | 0–1 | 2.23 | 0.75 | 7.9 | 0 | 2.41 | -2.41 |
| W | 3–0 | 2.22 | 0.52 | 4.3 | 3 | 2.58 | +0.42 | |
| L | new | 1–3 | 1.87 | 3.13 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.64 | -0.64 |
| W | CHE | 3–0 | 2.52 | 0.30 | 10.2 | 3 | 2.79 | +0.21 |
| D | tot | 2–2 | 1.14 | 1.56 | 5.6 | 1 | 1.02 | -0.02 |
| W | 2–0 | 1.07 | 0.81 | 7.8 | 3 | 1.53 | +1.47 | |
| W | LIV | 2–1 | 3.43 | 0.96 | 11.5 | 3 | 2.78 | +0.22 |
| W | sun | 1–0 | 1.13 | 0.66 | 8.7 | 3 | 1.77 | +1.23 |
| L | ARS | 0–1 | 0.92 | 0.52 | 7.1 | 0 | 1.69 | -1.69 |
Squad
32 players. Rates from 2025-26 — a summer signing's numbers describe his previous club.
Goalkeepers3
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Verbruggen | £4.5 | 16.9% | 100% | 130 | 3.42 | 0.002 | 0.0 | 16.2 |
 Steele | £4.0 | 5.4% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 Rushworth | £4.5 | 0.3% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Defenders11
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 F.Kadıoğlu | £4.5 | 3.1% | 92% | 118 | 3.39 | 0.154 | 4.9 | 14.8 |
 Struijk | £5.0 | 0.5% | 86% | 108 | 3.31 | 0.117 | 9.1 | 12.6 |
 Dunk | £4.5 | 0.7% | 83% | 100 | 3.17 | 0.076 | 7.3 | 14.1 |
 Wieffer | £5.0 | 0.3% | 56% | 94 | 4.45 | 0.179 | 12.7 | 18.8 |
 De Cuyper | £4.5 | 1.8% | 41% | 84 | 5.38 | 0.368 | 4.1 | 20.4 |
 Boscagli | £4.5 | 0.1% | 23% | 39 | 4.39 | 0.059 | 8.8 | 19.3 |
 Coppola | £4.5 | 0.0% | 6% | 10 | — | — | — | — |
 Igor | £4.5 | 0.1% | 3% | 6 | — | — | — | — |
 Vuskovic | £5.0 | 2.5% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 Svoboda | £5.0 | 0.1% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
 Costinha | £4.5 | 0.0% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
Midfielders13
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minteh | £6.0 | 0.7% | 70% | 117 | 4.41 | 0.334 | 7.0 | 17.6 |
 Ayari | £5.5 | 0.6% | 56% | 98 | 4.59 | 0.180 | 10.5 | 19.0 |
 Gomez | £5.0 | 2.1% | 62% | 97 | 4.12 | 0.338 | 10.1 | 15.3 |
 Hinshelwood | £6.0 | 0.3% | 51% | 91 | 4.72 | 0.377 | 5.9 | 16.4 |
 Groß | £5.5 | 2.1% | 48% | 78 | 4.29 | 0.294 | 8.0 | 21.4 |
 Mitoma⚠ | £6.0 | 0.4% | 50% | 62 | 3.26 | 0.356 | 5.6 | 13.0 |
 Baleba | £5.0 | 0.6% | 48% | 56 | 3.06 | 0.082 | 11.4 | 12.6 |
 O'Riley | £5.5 | 0.1% | 6% | 16 | — | — | — | — |
 Watson | £5.0 | 0.0% | 2% | 5 | — | — | — | — |
 Howell | £4.5 | 0.3% | 3% | 4 | — | — | — | — |
 Buonanotte | £5.0 | 0.1% | 2% | 3 | — | — | — | — |
 Oriola | £4.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | — | — | — | — |
 Yohanna | £5.0 | 0.1% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
