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Premier League · Matchweek 16

Brighton vs Ipswich lineups

Brighton host Ipswich at Amex Stadium on 19 December 2026. The fixture is Matchweek 16 of the Premier League. They last met on 16 January 2025, when Brighton won 2-0.

Brighton vs Ipswich match facts

Kick-off
Sat 19 Dec 2026, 15:00
Stadium
Amex Stadium, Brighton
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 16

Brighton vs Ipswich 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 Ipswich head to head

5
Brighton wins
4
Draws
5
Ipswich wins

17–16 on goals in 14 meetings since 1 October 2011

Recent Brighton vs Ipswich results

  1. Ipswich0–2BrightonPremier LeaguePortman Road
  2. Brighton0–0IpswichPremier LeagueAmerican Express Stadium
  3. Brighton1–1IpswichChampionshipAmex Stadium
  4. Ipswich0–0BrightonChampionshipPortman Road Stadium
  5. Brighton0–1IpswichChampionshipThe American Express Community Stadium

Brighton vs Ipswich history

Brighton have won one of the last five, with three drawn. Ipswich have not won any of their one visits to Amex Stadium. One of the last five was decided by a single goal. Both clubs scored in one of the last five. Brighton are unbeaten in the last four meetings.

Last meeting: Ipswich 0-2 Brighton, January 2025

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Ipswich, 4-2-3-1
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Brighton, 4-1-4-1
Ipswich crest
IpswichFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 28Christian WaltonG
  2. 26Dara O'SheaD
  3. 6Luke WoolfendenD
  4. 24Jacob GreavesD
  5. 3Leif DavisD
  6. 8Kalvin PhillipsM
  7. 12Jens-Lys CajusteM
  8. 7Wesley BurnsM
  9. 20Omari HutchinsonM
  10. 33Nathan BroadheadM
  11. 19Liam DelapF

Bench

  1. 14Jack TaylorM
  2. 5Sam MorsyM
  3. 27George HirstF
  4. 47Jack ClarkeF
  5. 18Benjamin JohnsonD
  6. 25Massimo LuongoM
  7. 22Conor TownsendD
  8. 44Benjamin GodfreyD
  9. 1Arijanet MurićG

Coach: K. McKenna

Brighton crest
BrightonFormation 4-1-4-1
  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 34Joël VeltmanD
  3. 29Jan van HeckeD
  4. 4Adam WebsterD
  5. 30Pervis EstupiñánD
  6. 20Carlos BalebaM
  7. 11Simon AdingraM
  8. 33Matthew O'RileyM
  9. 26Yasin AyariM
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaM
  11. 9João PedroF

Bench

  1. 17Yankuba MintehF
  2. 14Georginio RutterF
  3. 5Lewis DunkD
  4. 18Daniel WelbeckF
  5. 15Jakub ModerM
  6. 23Jason SteeleG
  7. 2Tariq LampteyD
  8. 10Julio EncisoM
  9. 7Solomon MarchM

Coach: F. Hürzeler

Ipswich lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton in a 4-1-4-1 when the clubs last met, on 16 January 2025 in the Premier League. Brighton won 2-0. Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter scored. Christian Walton and Bart Verbruggen started in goal.

Brighton vs Ipswich lineups — common questions

When is Brighton vs Ipswich?
Brighton vs Ipswich kicks off at 15:00 UK time on 19 December 2026 at Amex Stadium in Brighton. The match is Matchweek 16 of the 2026/27 Premier League season. The clubs last met on 16 January 2025.
What was the score in the last Brighton vs Ipswich match?
In the meeting before this one, Brighton won 2-0 on 16 January 2025 in the Premier League. The time before that, Brighton and Ipswich drew 0-0 on 14 September 2024 in the Premier League. Brighton have won 5 of the 14 meetings between the clubs and Ipswich have won 5.

Ipswich vs Brighton at Portman Road

Updated 9 August 2026