Position8of 20
Points53in 38
Won, drawn, lost14-11-13
Goals52for, 46 against
FormWLWLL
Results
2025-26Sun 24 May
FT
Sun 17 May
FT
Sat 9 May
FT
Sat 2 May
FT
Tue 21 Apr
FT
Sat 18 Apr
FT
Sat 11 Apr
FT
Sat 21 Mar
FT
Sat 14 Mar
FT
Wed 4 Mar
FT
Sun 1 Mar
FT
Sat 21 Feb
FT
Wed 11 Feb
FT
Sun 8 Feb
FT
Sat 31 Jan
FT
Sat 24 Jan
FT
Mon 19 Jan
FT
Wed 7 Jan
FT
Sat 3 Jan
FT
Tue 30 Dec
FT
Sat 27 Dec
FT
Sat 20 Dec
FT
Sat 13 Dec
FT
Sun 7 Dec
FT
Wed 3 Dec
FT
Sun 30 Nov
FT
Sat 22 Nov
FT
Sun 9 Nov
FT
Sat 1 Nov
FT
Sat 25 Oct
FT
Sat 18 Oct
FT
Sun 5 Oct
FT
Sat 27 Sep
FT
Sat 20 Sep
FT
Sat 13 Sep
FT
Sun 31 Aug
FT
Sun 24 Aug
FT
Sat 16 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 30thof 96 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 2defeats in a row, running now
- 3wins in a row, the longest run of 2025-26
- 2clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2025-26
- 25%of the team's league goals scored by Danny Welbeck
- 32%of matches won since 2017-18
- 6–0Biggest win since 2017-18: Brighton 6–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 0–7Heaviest defeat: Nottingham Forest 7–0 Brighton
In Europe
10 matches in the European cups since 2023-24Won, drawn, lost6-2-2
Goals15– 9
Vesta and Brighton
347 league matches since 2017-18- 44%of Brighton's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 64wins in 165 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 15%won with 15%: Brighton 3–2 Manchester City
- 16%won with 16%: Tottenham 0–1 Brighton
- 16%won with 16%: Liverpool 0–1 Brighton
- 76%lost at 76%: Brighton 1–5 Everton
- 69%lost at 69%: Nottingham Forest 3–1 Brighton
- 66%lost at 66%: Brighton 1–3 West Ham
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2025-26, 38 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 9 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Against | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
- 8points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 7points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 15points won after going behind
- 12points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2025-26Strength
Rating 1,559Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2025-26| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart VerbruggenGoalkeeper | 38 | 3,420 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Paul van HeckeCentre-back | 36 | 3,214 | 3 | 3 |
| Ferdi KadiogluLeft-back | 37 | 3,145 | 1 | 0 |
| Lewis DunkCentre-back | 33 | 2,831 | 1 | 0 |
| Yankuba MintehRight winger | 34 | 2,410 | 3 | 4 |
| Danny WelbeckForward | 37 | 2,286 | 13 | 1 |
| Diego GómezRight winger | 32 | 2,186 | 5 | 1 |
| Mats WiefferRight-back | 26 | 1,922 | 2 | 3 |
| Yasin AyariDefensive midfielder | 29 | 1,918 | 3 | 3 |
| Georginio RutterAttacking midfielder | 32 | 1,784 | 3 | 3 |
| Jack HinshelwoodAttacking midfielder | 27 | 1,773 | 4 | 3 |
| Kaoru MitomaLeft winger | 25 | 1,723 | 3 | 1 |
| Carlos BalebaDefensive midfielder | 31 | 1,692 | 0 | 0 |
| Pascal GroßDefensive midfielder | 19 | 1,635 | 1 | 3 |
| Maxim De CuyperLeft-back | 30 | 1,412 | 2 | 3 |
| Joël VeltmanRight-back | 24 | 1,025 | 1 | 0 |
| Olivier BoscagliCentre-back | 12 | 801 | 0 | 1 |
| James MilnerDefensive midfielder | 20 | 773 | 1 | 1 |
| Brajan GrudaRight winger | 18 | 716 | 1 | 1 |
| Charalampos KostoulasForward | 21 | 309 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt O'RileyAttacking midfielder | 6 | 195 | 1 | 0 |
| Diego CoppolaCentre-back | 5 | 192 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefanos TzimasForward | 9 | 111 | 1 | 1 |
| Harry HowellRight winger | 3 | 91 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Watson– | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Solly MarchRight winger | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Nehemiah Oriola– | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Knight– | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

