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Brighton vs Bournemouth lineups

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Brighton host Bournemouth at Amex Stadium on 5 January 2027. The fixture is Matchweek 20 of the Premier League. They last met on 19 January 2026, when Brighton and Bournemouth drew 1-1.

Brighton vs Bournemouth match facts

Kick-off
Tue 5 Jan 2027, 19:30
Stadium
Amex Stadium, Brighton
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 20

Brighton vs Bournemouth lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Brighton vs Bournemouth head to head

7
Brighton wins
4
Draws
9
Bournemouth wins

25–32 on goals in 20 meetings since 30 November 2013

Recent Brighton vs Bournemouth results

  1. Brighton1–1BournemouthAmex Stadium
  2. Bournemouth2–1BrightonVitality Stadium
  3. Brighton2–1BournemouthAmerican Express Stadium
  4. Bournemouth1–2BrightonVitality Stadium
  5. Bournemouth3–0BrightonVitality Stadium

All in the Premier League

Brighton vs Bournemouth history

Brighton have won two of the last five, with one drawn. Bournemouth have not won any of their one visits to Amex Stadium. Three of the last five were decided by a single goal. Both clubs scored in four of the last five. Bournemouth hold the longest unbeaten run in the fixture, eight meetings.

Last meeting: Brighton 1-1 Bournemouth, January 2026

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Brighton, 4-2-3-1
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Bournemouth, 4-2-3-1
Brighton crest
BrightonFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 34Joël VeltmanD
  3. 6J. P. van HeckeD
  4. 5Lewis DunkD
  5. 24Ferdi KadıoğluD
  6. 13Jack HinshelwoodM
  7. 30Pascal GroßM
  8. 8Brajan GrudaM
  9. 25Diego GómezM
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaM
  11. 18Daniel WelbeckF

Bench

  1. 23Jason SteeleG
  2. 20James MilnerM
  3. 21Olivier BoscagliD
  4. 26Yasin AyariM
  5. 42Diego CoppolaD
  6. 17Carlos BalebaM
  7. 19Charalampos KostoulasF
  8. 10Georginio RutterF
  9. 11Yankuba MintehF

Coach: Fabian Hurzeler

Bournemouth crest
BournemouthFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 1Đorđe PetrovićG
  2. 20Álex JiménezD
  3. 23James HillD
  4. 5Marcos SenesiD
  5. 3Adrien TruffertD
  6. 8Alex ScottM
  7. 4Lewis CookM
  8. 16Marcus TavernierM
  9. 22E. J. KroupiM
  10. 21Amine AdliM
  11. 9EvanilsonF

Bench

  1. 17Fraser ForsterG
  2. 15Adam SmithD
  3. 10Ryan ChristieM
  4. 18Bafodé DiakitéD
  5. 50Remy Rees-DottinF
  6. 49Dominic SadiF
  7. 44Veljko MilosavljevićD
  8. 53C. StevensM
  9. 51Malcom DacostaM

Coach: Andoni Iraola

Brighton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bournemouth in a 4-2-3-1 when the clubs last met, on 19 January 2026 in the Premier League. It finished 1-1. Marcus Tavernier and Charalampos Kostoulas scored. Bart Verbruggen and Đorđe Petrović started in goal.

Brighton vs Bournemouth lineups — common questions

When is Brighton vs Bournemouth?
Brighton vs Bournemouth kicks off at 19:30 UK time on 5 January 2027 at Amex Stadium in Brighton. The match is Matchweek 20 of the 2026/27 Premier League season. The clubs last met on 19 January 2026.
What was the score in the last Brighton vs Bournemouth match?
In the meeting before this one, Brighton and Bournemouth drew 1-1 on 19 January 2026 in the Premier League. The time before that, Bournemouth won 2-1 on 13 September 2025 in the Premier League. Brighton have won 7 of the 20 meetings between the clubs and Bournemouth have won 9.

Bournemouth vs Brighton at Vitality Stadium

Updated 23 September 2026