Tottenham Hotspur vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
S. Attwell
2025/2026

Match Report

Tottenham and Brighton played out a breathless 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with Georginio Rutter's 90+5' equaliser snatching a point for the visitors just when Spurs thought they had it won. Pedro Porro opened the scoring with a 39th-minute header, assisted by the lively Xavi Simons. Brighton hit back immediately as Kaoru Mitoma — who had come on early after Diego Gómez went off injured — volleyed home a Pascal Groß cross in first-half stoppage time. Simons looked to have won it for the hosts in the 77th minute with a thunderous long-range effort, only for substitute Rutter to level in added time after Jan Paul van Hecke's pressing forced a turnover. For Roberto De Zerbi — now in the Tottenham dugout but forever associated with the Brighton squad he built — it was a painful afternoon. Spurs sit just one point outside the relegation zone with six games remaining, while Brighton stay ninth, a single point off the European places.

Match Events

34'
Y. Bissouma(Roughing)
37'
M. Wieffer(Holding)
39'
45+3'
65'
K. Danso(Holding)
78'
X. Simons(Unsportsmanlike conduct)

Standings

#WDLGDPts
6Brighton & Hove Albion131110+950
18Tottenham Hotspur71016-1131

Statistics

42%Possession58%
13Shots10
6Shots on Target3
7Corners5
14Fouls14
2Offsides0
3Yellow Cards1
319Passes424
1Saves4