Brighton & Hove Albion continues in the shadows of a Premier League home win this term as Danny Ings scored a penalty awarded by VAR to snatch the winner in a 2-1 victory for Southampton on Monday Night Football.
Kyle Walker-Peters was tripped by Solly March right on the edge of the box while the game was at 1-1, the foul was initially awarded as a free-kick until VAR stepped in and it was awarded a penalty.
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Ings who was introduced at half-time on his comeback from a knee injury stepped up to take the penalty and made no mistake as the returning 2,000 home fans made known their frustration from the stands at VAR’s intervention.
Graham Potter’s men started like a house on fire and went ahead through Pascal Gross who stroked home from the penalty spot after James Ward-Prowse was penalized for handball.
Southampton despite a drab display managed to get a vital equaliser just before the break when Jannik Vestergaard brilliantly headed home a Ward-Prowse corner.
The win moves Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side into fifth place in the Premier League and they have now won 10 of their last 17 matches away from home.
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Stats and facts from the match (Backed by Opta)
- Brighton have gone 10 Premier League games without a win at home (D4 L6), their longest run without a victory on home soil in the league since a run of 12 in the fourth tier ending in February 1998.
- Only Leicester (7) have shipped more Premier League goals from set-piece situations (excl. pens) than Brighton this season (6).
- Vestergaard has netted three goals in his last seven Premier League appearances, after managing just one in his previous 45.
- Ward-Prowse registered his 25th Premier League assist for Southampton, a haul bettered by only three players (Le Tissier 63, Tadic 27, Dodd 26).
Premier League Table
| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tottenham | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 24 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 24 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 22 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 21 |
| 5 | Southampton | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 20 |
| 6 | Man Utd | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 19 |
| 7 | Man City | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 18 |
| 8 | West Ham | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 17 |
| 9 | Everton | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 17 |
| 10 | Wolves | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 16 |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 15 |
| 13 | Newcastle | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 14 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 14 |
| 15 | Arsenal | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Brighton | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 10 |
| 17 | Fulham | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Burnley | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 6 |
| 19 | W Brom | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -15 | 6 |
| 20 | Sheff Utd | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 18 | -13 | 1 |
