Sunderland 0 Brighton and Hove Albion 1Yankuba Minteh scored the only goal of the game as Brighton clinched a 1-0 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Chris Rigg had a goal ruled out for offside early in the second half and Brighton took the lead through Minteh's effort from a narrow angle. Omar Alderete had an ambitious effort comfortably held by Bart Verbruggen and Sunderland were forced to clear their lines as Brighton had multiple shots pinball around the box. Sunderland started the second half brightly and Rigg's strike four minutes in was chalked off by VAR after Alderete was ruled offside in the build-up. After putting the Seagulls under pressure from a goal-kick, Brobbey fired over the bar, but Brighton began to work back into the game.
