Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion (2024-25)

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Tottenham v Brighton (2024–25)

Tottenham Brighton 1 4
HT:1–0 Report
Event	Premier League 2024-25
Date	Sunday 25 May 2025
Venue	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Jack Hinshelwood
Referee	Rob Jones
Attendance	61,449
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Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion was a match which took place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday 25 May 2025.

Team News

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou could make wholesale changes after their Europa League success in midweek.

Lucas Bergvall, Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison all missed Wednesday's final and will return next season.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton striker Joao Pedro will not feature on Sunday after a training ground altercation with team-mate Jan Paul van Hecke.

Fellow forward Georginio Rutter has failed to recover in time from the ankle ligament injury he suffered in March.

Match facts

Head-to-head

• Tottenham have won seven of their last eight home league games with Brighton, losing the other 1-0 in April 2022.
• The Seagulls are vying to win consecutive league games against Spurs for the first time. They came from 2-0 down to win the reverse fixture 3-2.
• The last four meetings have produced 17 goals at an average of 4.25 per match.

Tottenham Hotspur

• Tottenham ended a 17-year major trophy drought with victory in the Europa League final on Wednesday.
• However, Spurs have failed to win all six home league games following a European fixture this season, drawing two and losing four.
• They have won just one of the last 11 top-flight games, with that victory coming at home to bottom side Southampton in April.
• Ange Postecoglou's side have taken 48 points from their past 46 league games.
• Their last Premier League clean sheet came in a 1-0 home win over Manchester United 12 games ago.
• The Lilywhites will finish in the bottom half of the table for the first time since they placed 11th in 2007-08, which was coincidentally the last time they won a major trophy.
• Tottenham have only lost their final league fixture in one of the past 14 seasons (W11, D2), winning the last four by an aggregate score of 16-3.

Brighton & Hove Albion

• Brighton are unbeaten in four top-flight games, winning three and drawing one.
• They have lost their final league fixture in five of their seven Premier League campaigns, with the exceptions being a 2-1 win at Burnley in 2019-20 and a 3-1 victory over West Ham in 2021-22.
• Fabian Hurzeler's side have scored at least twice in 10 of the last 13 Premier League games.
• Seagulls substitutes have contributed 13 Premier League goals this season, with Kaoru Mitoma and Jack Hinshelwood both scoring from the bench against Liverpool on Monday. Only Fulham, with a Premier League record 17, have a better record this term.
• Seventeen Brighton players have scored in the top flight this term, the most of any side.

Match Report

Brighton's hopes of qualifying for Europe came to an end despite a convincing away win at Tottenham to spoil the hosts' party after their Europa League triumph.

The Seagulls sealed eighth position with the win, but other results mean a European place did not go to the team finishing in that spot.

Spurs celebrated with the European trophy they won on Wednesday - but their 22nd league defeat of the of the campaign brought them back down to earth and consigned them to their worst-ever Premier League finish in 17th.

Ange Postecoglou described the season as "outstanding" in his post-match interview, but the result will revive speculation about the Tottenham boss's future.

Dominic Solanke had given Spurs the lead from the penalty spot after Mathys Tel was upended by Mats Wieffer.

Brighton, who had been below-par, introduced Kaoru Mitoma at half-time to inject intensity into the attack and he did just that, winning the corner that resulted in Jack Hinshelwood's close-range equaliser.

The 20-year-old got his second goal 25 minutes from time with an audacious backheel effort from a knockdown at a corner.

Midfielder Matt O'Riley scored a third from the penalty spot following Yves Bissouma's foul on Diego Gomez.

Gomez, 22, sealed the win with a stunning injury time goal, curling the ball into the top right-hand corner for his first goal for the Seagulls.

This defeat was a sobering reminder of the problems that persist at Tottenham.

Postecoglou will argue that he has met his pre-season requirements by winning a trophy and qualifying for the Champions League.

The build-up to the Europa League final was dominated by talk of the Australian getting the sack if Spurs lost - perhaps even before today's match against Brighton.

That did not happen and at Spurs' Europa League trophy parade, Postecoglou said: "All the best TV series, season three is better than season two."

It was interpreted as a suggestion that the Australian had been told that he would be at the club next season, but he was quick to play down those claims before this match, acknowledging that "sometimes they kill off the main character".

It is now over to chairman Daniel Levy to decide how much the club's Europa League success can mask such a disastrous league campaign.

Levy is yet to give any indication to Postecoglou over his future, but clarification is expected in the next 48 hours.

Even against a Spurs side nursing some sore heads, this was a performance to be proud of from Brighton.

They seemed surprised by Spurs' early endeavour, perhaps expecting a more languid display from the home side.

But they got to grips with the game midway through the first half and really clicked into gear following Mitoma's introduction at the break.

So front-footed was the Japanese winger that Fabian Hurzeler may privately admit he should have started the 32-year-old.

He was instrumental in running against tired legs, and earned the corner which led to Hinshelwood's equaliser.

Fresh from his winner against Liverpool last week, the young Englishman smashed in from close range.

If his equaliser was crucial, his second was even better as he sharply backheeled a stunning effort past Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.

The goal relaxed the away side, who knew a point would be enough to seal eighth spot and that European qualification was essentially out of their hands as it required Chelsea to finish seventh and to win the Conference League.

But the Seagulls continued in search of more goals, finding a third through O'Riley from the spot for his first goal since November.

The pick of the bunch came late on from Gomez, when the Paraguayan curled a stunning effort past Vicario from long range in injury time.

Match

Details

25 May 2025 16:00 BST	Tottenham	1–4	Brighton	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 61,449 Referee: Rob Jones
	Solanke  17' (pen.)	HT:1–0 Report	Hinshelwood  51', 64' O'Riley  88' (pen.) Gómez  90+3'

Tottenham

Brighton

01 Guglielmo Vicario 23 Pedro Porro 58' 04 Kevin Danso 37 Micky van de Ven 66' 13 Destiny Udogie 30 Archie Gray 14 Rodrigo Bentancur 66' 38' 22 Pape Matar Sarr 45' 29 Brennan Johnson 11 Dominic Solanke 66' 19 Mathys Tel 83' Substitutes: 08 Yves Bissouma 66' 09 Richarlison 66' 24 Djed Spence 83' 28 Wilson Odobert 45' 31 Antonín Kinský 33 Ben Davies 66' 80' 47 Mikey Moore 63 Oyindamola Ajayi 64 Callum Olusesi Manager: Ange Postecoglou

01 Bart Verbruggen 41 Mats Wieffer 29 Jan Paul van Hecke 04 Adam Webster 03 Igor Julio 59' 27 Simon Adingra 45' 20 Carlos Baleba 08 Yasin Ayari 45' 26 Yankuba Minteh 90+3' 11 Brajan Gruda 76' 17 Jack Hinshelwood Substitutes: 05 Lewis Dunk 06 James Milner 90+3' 16 Eiran Cashin 22 Kaoru Mitoma 45' 25 Diego Gómez 45' 33 Matt O'Riley 76' 34 Joël Veltman 59' 79' 39 Carl Rushworth 72 Harry Howell Manager: Fabian Hürzeler

Man of the Match: Jack Hinshelwood Assistant referees: Adrian Holmes Simon Long Fourth official: James Linnington VAR: Michael Oliver Assistant VAR: Richard West

Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time or penalties. Three points awarded to winner, none to loser. One point awarded to each in the event of a draw. Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Match Stats

Tottenham	Brighton

Possession ball
32%	68%

Shots
4	23

Shots on target
2	8

Corners
2	11

Fouls
13	8

See also

• 2024–25 Premier League: Match day 38

External links

• Match report at BBC.co.uk
• Match report at Premier League.com

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