Danny Ings returned from injury to score the winner with a penalty as Southampton came back to edge an entertaining Premier League encounter at Brighton.
The result lifts Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side up to fifth in the top flight, while the Seagulls remain 16th.
Ings, back after a month out with a knee injury, converted from the spot after VAR penalised Solly March for a foul on Kyle Walker-Peters.
Pascal Gross had opened the scoring for the hosts with a penalty after a handball from Saints captain James Ward-Prowse.
And while Brighton impressed they were punished for failing to add to their tally on the stroke of half-time.
Ward-Prowse’s pinpoint delivery from a corner on the right saw Jannik Vestergaard power a header into the top left corner to equalise.
Earlier Brighton had become the latest Premier League side to welcome back 2,000 supporters after a nine-month absence.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
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Squad number1Player nameRyan
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Squad number34Player nameVeltman
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Squad number5Player nameDunk
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Squad number4Player nameWebster
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Squad number2Player nameLamptey
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Squad number3Player nameWhite
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Squad number8Player nameBissouma
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Squad number20Player nameMarch
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Squad number13Player nameGroß
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Squad number7Player nameConnolly
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Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
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Squad number9Player nameMaupay
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Squad number11Player nameTrossard
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Squad number16Player nameJahanbakhsh
Southampton
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Squad number9Player nameIngs
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Squad number11Player nameRedmond
Line-ups
Brighton
- 1Ryan
- 34Veltman
- 5DunkBooked at 56mins
- 4Webster
- 2Lamptey
- 3WhiteSubstituted forJahanbakhshat 81′minutes
- 8BissoumaBooked at 89mins
- 20March
- 13GroßBooked at 80mins
- 7ConnollySubstituted forMaupayat 64′minutes
- 18WelbeckSubstituted forTrossardat 82′minutes
Substitutes
- 9Maupay
- 11Trossard
- 16Jahanbakhsh
- 17Alzate
- 23Steele
- 30Bernardo
- 33Burn
Southampton
- 1McCarthyBooked at 87mins
- 2Walker-Peters
- 35Bednarek
- 4Vestergaard
- 3Bertrand
- 17Armstrong
- 8Ward-Prowse
- 6RomeuBooked at 47mins
- 12DjenepoBooked at 13minsSubstituted forIngsat 45′minutes
- 32WalcottSubstituted forRedmondat 69′minutes
- 10Adams
Substitutes
- 5Stephens
- 7Long
- 9Ings
- 11Redmond
- 22Salisu
- 27Diallo
- 44Forster
Live Text
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Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Southampton 2.
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Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Southampton 2.
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Attempt saved. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Solly March with a cross.
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Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
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James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Oriol Romeu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Alex McCarthy (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
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Che Adams (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Joël Veltman (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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Foul by Stuart Armstrong (Southampton).
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Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard.
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Attempt missed. Neal Maupay (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
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Attempt missed. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
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Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Leandro Trossard replaces Danny Welbeck.
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Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Ben White.
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Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Southampton 2. Danny Ings (Southampton) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
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Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
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