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Matches/Premier League 2 Division One/Regular Season - 6
Premier League 2 Division One 2025/26Match Finished

Brighton U21 vs Middlesbrough U21

4 Oct 2025 · 16:00 BST · Regular Season - 6

Brighton U21

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1:1HT 0–1

Middlesbrough U21

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⚽ Joe Knight 55′
Elite Football Performance Centre, LancingReferee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′ + 11′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Brighton U21 and Middlesbrough U21 finished level

Match Finished in the regular season - 6 of the Premier League 2 Division One. 2 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES1 – 1
HALF-TIME0 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

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LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Brighton U21Middlesbrough U21

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Brighton U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Shannon Ruth

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    JensenProfile: Goalkeeper
  2. 2
    Callum MackleyProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
  3. 4
    Freddie SimmondsProfile: Defender · 17 at kick-off
    Off 77′
  4. 5
    Noël Bigo AtomProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
  5. 3
    Sean KeoghProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 64′Off 86′
  6. 6
    Joe KnightProfile: Midfielder · 20 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 55′
  7. 8
    RobertsonProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 59′
  8. 7
    Tyler SilsbyProfile: Attacker · 17 at kick-off
  9. 10
    Shane NtiProfile: Midfielder
  10. 11
    OriolaProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 54′
  11. 9
    Joe BelmontProfile: Attacker · 19 at kick-off
    Off 61′

Substitutes5

  1. 13
    Lorenz FerdinandProfile: Goalkeeper · 19 at kick-off
  2. 15
    Benjamin BarclayProfile: Defender · 28 at kick-off
    On 77′
  3. 16
    MillsProfile: Midfielder
    On 86′
  4. 12
    Yussif Moro OwusuProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
  5. 14
    Kofi ShawProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    On 61′

Middlesbrough U21

Formation not supplied

Coach Mark Roland Tinkler

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 1
    Seny DiengProfile: Goalkeeper · 30 at kick-off
    Off 62′
  2. 4
    SamuelsProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 90+7′
  3. 5
    BaptisteProfile: Defender
    Yellow Card 72′
  4. 3
    George McCormickProfile: Defender · 20 at kick-off
  5. 2
    Rio Patterson-PowellProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off
    Yellow Card 53′Red Card 64′
  6. 8
    Finley CartwrightProfile: Midfielder · 18 at kick-off
    Off 90′
  7. 7
    Alexander GilbertProfile: Midfielder · 23 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 37′Off 90′
  8. 6
    JohnsonProfile: Midfielder
    Yellow Card 49′
  9. 11
    AcheampongProfile: Defender
  10. 10
    Jayden CarbonProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    Off 83′
  11. 9
    Sonny FinchProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    Off 83′

Substitutes5

  1. 21
    FosterProfile: Goalkeeper
    On 62′
  2. 14
    HamelbergProfile: Midfielder
    On 90′
  3. 12
    BakreProfile: Attacker
    On 83′
  4. 15
    CoulsonProfile: Midfielder
    On 83′
  5. 16
    Max Isaak HowellsProfile: Attacker · 21 at kick-off
    On 90′
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalMiddlesbrough U21

    Alexander Gilbert · Assist: George McCormick

  2. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Johnson

  3. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Rio Patterson-Powell

  4. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Oriola

  5. Normal GoalBrighton U21

    Joe Knight · Assist: Robertson

  6. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Robertson

  7. SubstitutionBrighton U21

    Off Joe Belmont On Kofi Shaw

  8. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Seny Dieng On Foster

  9. Red CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Rio Patterson-Powell

  10. Yellow CardBrighton U21

    Sean Keogh

  11. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Baptiste

  12. SubstitutionBrighton U21

    Off Freddie Simmonds On Benjamin Barclay

  13. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Sonny Finch On Bakre

  14. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Jayden Carbon On Coulson

  15. SubstitutionBrighton U21

    Off Sean Keogh On Mills

  16. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Finley Cartwright On Hamelberg

  17. SubstitutionMiddlesbrough U21

    Off Alexander Gilbert On Max Isaak Howells

  18. Yellow CardMiddlesbrough U21

    Samuels

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Brighton U21

DWest Ham United U21 vs Brighton U2126 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 53 – 3WBrighton U21 vs Derby County U2119 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 43 – 1LArsenal U21 vs Brighton U2129 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 31 – 0WBlackburn Rovers U21 vs Brighton U2122 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 20 – 4WBrighton U21 vs West Bromwich Albion U2117 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 14 – 0

Middlesbrough U21

LMiddlesbrough U21 vs Everton U2126 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 50 – 1DBlackburn Rovers U21 vs Middlesbrough U2122 Sept 2025 · Regular Season - 41 – 1WMiddlesbrough U21 vs Reading U2129 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 35 – 2LMiddlesbrough U21 vs Manchester United U2118 Aug 2025 · Regular Season - 10 – 1
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 17 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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