Overview
- Crystal Palace snapped a nine-match Premier League winless run with a 1–0 victory over Brighton at the Amex Stadium.
- Substitute Evann Guessand unlocked the defense before Ismaïla Sarr chipped Bart Verbruggen for the decisive goal just after the hour.
- Brighton controlled long spells of possession but posed limited threat, with Lewis Dunk going close from set pieces and Maxim De Cuyper testing from range.
- Goalkeeper Dean Henderson preserved Palace’s lead by blocking teenage forward Charalampos Kostoulas during the hosts’ clearest opening.
- Palace closed out the match with compact, disciplined defending as Brighton’s late pressure and set pieces failed to produce an equaliser.