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# Brighton thrash Crystal Palace 5-0 in the Premier League

Brighton beat visitors Crystal Palace 5-0 in matchweek seven of the Premier League, after going four goals up in the first half.

[Youssef Darwish](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/youssef-darwish-4) Editor Published 18 October 2026، 18:02 ، updated 21:43 Saudi time

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Brighton thrash Crystal Palace 5-0 in the Premier League

[Brighton](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/brighton-201) secured a crushing 5-0 win over visitors [Crystal Palace](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/crystal-palace-198), in the match that brought them together in matchweek seven of the 2026/27 [Premier League](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/premier-league-15) season, which was held on 18 October 2026 at 16:00 Damascus time.

Brighton opened the scoring early in the 4th minute through an own goal in Palace's net scored by [Jaydee Canvot](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/jaydee-canvot-5612), before Diego Gómez added the second goal in the 7th minute, then Yasin Ayari added the third goal in the 10th minute as the home side settled the first-half result early with a clean three goals.

In the second half Brighton continued their pressure, as [Charalampos Kostoulas](https://riyadaty.com/en/player/charalampos-kostoulas-5724) scored the fourth goal in the 49th minute, before Jack Hinshelwood concluded the goal-scoring festival with the fifth goal in the 84th minute.

The match did not see any red cards, while Brighton received two yellow cards compared to one yellow card for Crystal Palace, and the match was overseen by referee Robert Jones.

In terms of statistics, Brighton dominated possession with 57 per cent compared to 43 per cent for Crystal Palace, and had 17 attempts, 9 of which were on target, compared to 5 attempts for Palace of which only one was on target, while Brighton made 516 passes compared to 384 for Crystal Palace, and the expected goals rate reached 2.02 for Brighton compared to 0.77 for Palace.

Charalampos Kostoulas was crowned man of the match with a rating of 8.7 after playing for 71 minutes, contributing a goal and an assist for another goal.

Brighton raised their tally to 13 points in third place after 6 matches in which they achieved 4 wins, one draw and one loss, with a goal difference of 18 scored and only 5 conceded. In contrast, Crystal Palace's tally remained frozen at 7 points in 13th place after 6 matches in which they achieved two wins, one draw and three losses, scoring 9 goals and conceding 12.

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