Title challengers? In-form Brighton see off Brentford to go second

Brighton beat Brentford 2-0 at the Amex Stadium on November 8, 2026, to move second in the Premier League with 22 points from 10 games. Diego Gómez opened the scoring with a thunderous left-footed strike in the 15th minute, before Brentford's Igor Thiago was sent off via VAR review for catching a Brighton player in the face. Pascal Gross added a 42nd-minute penalty after a shirt pull on Luka Vuskovic, sealing Brighton's seventh top-flight win of the season.