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Sunderland vs Brighton and Hove Albion. Premier League.
Stadium of Light.
Sunderland 0
Brighton and Hove Albion 2
- M De Cuyper (53rd minute)
- P Struijk (sent off 57th minute)
- J Hadjam (93rd minute)
Sunderland 0-2 Brighton: Seagulls stay third in Premier League after third straight league win without conceding
Report and free match highlights as Brighton win 2-0 at Sunderland; second-half goals from Maxim De Cuyper and substitute Jaouen Hadjam made it three straight Premier League wins without conceding for the visitors, who stay third in the table
Saturday 10 October 2026 18:09, UK
High-flying Brighton won 2-0 at Sunderland to make it three straight Premier League wins without conceding, despite having to play more than half an hour with 10 men.
Fabian Hurzeler's side backed up their dominant 3-0 home victory over champions Arsenal before the international break with an equally impressive display on Wearside thanks to second-half goals from Maxim De Cuyper and substitute Jaouen Hadjam.
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Captain Pascal Gross once again controlled the game from midfield, creating the key opener eight minutes into the second period to become the oldest player to provide an assist in three successive top-flight games - at age of 35 years and 117 days - since Ryan Giggs in February 2012.
Despite Pascal Struijk being shown a straight red card just before the hour mark - after the Video Assistant Referee Neil Davies decided the centre-back had hauled down Wilson Isidor as the Sunderland striker broke clear on goal - the visitors were rarely troubled thereafter, before sealing the win in stoppage time.
The key moments from the Stadium of Light...
8: BIG CHANCE! Terrible first touch by Danso allows Gomez in on goal, but Roefs does well to stand up tall and make a block.
22: POST! Xhaka feeds Le Fee in space down the left and from his pull back, Isidor's effort is deflected on to the outside of the near post with Verbruggen at full stretch.
45+2: POST! Gross curls a free kick into the heart of the hosts' area and the totally unmarked Struijk plants a header on to the foot of the post with Roefs motionless.
53: GOAL! The visitors lead as De Cuyper, in acres of space in the box after being found by Gross, drills a low shot past Roefs at his near post after the hosts failed to deal with a long throw.
57: RED CARD! On review, referee Bramall decides Struijk has pulled Isidor to the ground as the striker broke clear on goal and issues a straight red.
90+3: GOAL! Hadjam finds the net after a brilliant counter involving Rutter, who initially does well to hold the ball up, before feeding his fellow sub in space in the box and from a tight angle the Algerian finds the bottom right-hand corner.
'Sending-off very harsh - on-field decision correct'
Former Premier League referee Mike Dean on Soccer Saturday:
"I do not think it is a sending-off, it is very, very harsh.
"There is a slight barge, I understand that, the referee [Thomas Bramall] has looked at it and thought, 'no, not enough for me'.
"The ball has then gone through to the goalkeeper, he is never going to get the ball the Sunderland striker [Wilson Isidor] and for me the on-field decision is correct.
"It is not clear and obviously wrong, so why should the VAR [Neil Davies] get involved in my opinion?"
