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Brighton & Hove Albion vs AS Roma

FA Cup
3-0
Final
American Express Stadium

Match pulse

BHAAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
0'HTROMA
60%Possession40%
12Shots10
6On target0
4Corners5
0Saves3
17Fouls5
Team1H2HT
BHA213
ROMA000

Who won: Brighton 3-0

Brighton & Hove Albion beat AS Roma 3-0 on Saturday, August 8, 2026 at American Express Stadium. Goals for Brighton: Georginio Rutter (29') and Yasin Ayari (40', 49').

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0
  1. 18.4Georginio RutterF
  2. 28.3Yasin AyariLM
  3. 37.1Bart VerbruggenG
  4. 46.9Diego GómezAM-R
  5. 56.7Olivier BoscagliCD-L
  6. 66.7Ferdi KadiogluLB
  7. 76.5Jack HinshelwoodAM
  8. 86.3Pascal GrossRM
  9. 96.3Yankuba MintehAM-L
  10. 106.3Lewis DunkSUB
  11. 116.1Luka VuskovicCD-R
  12. 126.1Luigi CherubiniSUB

Team stats

BHAROMA
17Fouls5
0Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
1Offsides0
4Corner Kicks5
0Saves3
60.2Possession39.8
12SHOTS10
6ON GOAL0
0.5On Target %0.0
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
488Accurate Passes291
567Passes369
0.9Pass Completion %0.8
6Accurate Crosses1
16Crosses12
0.4Cross %0.1
54Long Balls63
28Accurate Long Balls29
0.5Long Balls %0.5
4Blocked Shots6
10Effective Tackles4
13Tackles10
0.8Tackle %0.4
18Interceptions3
18Effective Clearances7
18Clearances7

Player of the game

Georginio Rutter

BHA · 1 G, 1 A

8.4

Deserved to win

38%
BHA · 1.06 xG
31%
Draw
31%
ROMA · 0.91 xG

Brighton created better chances: they win this game 38% of the time

Play by play

  1. Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Roma 0.
  2. Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Roma 0.
  3. 90'+3'ROM

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Roma. Conceded by Lewis Dunk.

  4. 90'+3'

    Shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Jan Ziólkowski (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattia Mannini with a cross.

  5. 90'+2'ROM

    Corner awarded

    Corner, Roma. Conceded by Ibrahim Osman.

  6. 90'+1'

    Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

  7. 90'

    Foul

    Foul by Zadok Yohanna (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  8. 90'

    Free kick won

    Konstantinos Koulierakis (Roma) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  9. 89'

    Shot off target

    Attempt missed. Jan Ziólkowski (Roma) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luigi Cherubini following a set piece situation.

  10. 89'BHA

    Foul

    Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).

  11. 89'

    Free kick won

    Emanuele Lulli (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  12. 85'
    Sub

    Subbed on for Y. Ayari

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Eiran Cashin replaces Yasin Ayari.

    E. Cashin

  13. 85'
    Sub

    Subbed on for O. Boscagli

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jesse Middleton replaces Olivier Boscagli.

    J. Middleton

  14. 85'
    Sub

    Subbed on for P. Groß

    Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Amario Cozier-Duberry replaces Pascal Groß.

    A. Cozier-Duberry

  15. 84'
    Sub

    Subbed on for G. Mancini

    Substitution, Roma. Jan Ziólkowski replaces Gianluca Mancini.

    J. Ziólkowski

  16. 84'
    Sub

    Subbed on for D. Malen

    Substitution, Roma. Robinio Vaz replaces Donyell Malen.

    R. Vaz

  17. 84'

    Free kick won

    Filippo Reale (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  18. 81'ROM

    Free kick won

    Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  19. 81'

    Foul

    Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Roma).

  20. 79'

    Free kick won

    Gianluca Mancini (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  21. 78'
    Sub

    Subbed on for B. Cristante

    Substitution, Roma. Francesco Panico replaces Bryan Cristante.

    F. Panico

  22. 78'
    Sub

    Subbed on for D. Rensch

    Substitution, Roma. Filippo Reale replaces Devyne Rensch.

    F. Reale

  23. 78'
    Sub

    Subbed on for Wesley

    Substitution, Roma. Emanuele Lulli replaces Wesley.

    E. Lulli

  24. 78'

    Free kick won

    Luigi Cherubini (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  25. 77'

    Left footed shot blocked

    Attempt blocked. Zadok Yohanna (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yasin Ayari.

    Z. Yohanna

Leaders

BHAROMA
Total Shots
Georginio Rutter
5
Paulo Dybala
3
Accurate Passes
Pascal Gross
58
Gianluca Mancini
33
Defensive Interventions
Olivier Boscagli
11
Gianluca Mancini
7
Saves
-
Mile Svilar
3