Full time: Liverpool 2, Brighton 0
— full time, Liverpool win
LIVLiverpool beat Brighton 2-0 after a first half that was settled inside 21 minutes: Groß turned the ball into his own net at 17', and Isak doubled the lead at 21' with a finish assisted by Barcola. Brighton had far more of the ball (64.4%) and took 17 shots to Liverpool's 13, but managed just one on target, while Liverpool hit the target four times.
Alexander Isak tucked the ball home from Bradley Barcola's pass to double Liverpool's lead in the 21st minute, leaving Brighton chasing the game. The score moved to 2-0, and the visitors were left with a considerable task on their hands.
Brighton's afternoon turned sour in the 17th minute, when Pascal Groß diverted the ball into his own net to put Liverpool 1-0 up. It was a stroke of misfortune for the visitors, who had been pressing with some purpose until that moment.
Source: premierleague.com match clock · FPL live points
LIV climb to 4th — in the top four.
BHA stay 3rd — in the top four.
36%Source: premierleague.com (Opta)
Liverpool13 shotsBrighton17 shotsThe Premier League publishes the zone each shot was taken from, not its exact position or its expected-goals value — so shots are counted by zone, and nothing is sized by xG.
LIV4-2-3-1BHA4-2-3-1Source: premierleague.com team sheet · points are FPL live points
Onside's sealed GW8 captain was Rogers (CHE) — not in this match. The weekly record is on the captain page.
| Player | Pts | xP | G | A | Bonus | BPS | Mins | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | · | · | · | 2 | 29 | 90 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | 2.6 | 1 | · | 3 | 33 | 76 | 22.0% | |
| 9 | · | · | · | 1 | 27 | 90 | 15.0% | |
| 8 | 1.7 | · | · | · | 19 | 90 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | 2.6 | · | 1 | · | 23 | 64 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | 1.6 | · | · | · | 23 | 90 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | · | · | · | · | 23 | 87 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | 2.4 | · | 1 | · | 21 | 76 | 4.3% | |
| 3 | 1.5 | · | · | · | 12 | 90 | 1.3% | |
| 3 | · | · | · | · | 11 | 90 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | · | · | · | · | 11 | 90 | 0.9% | |
| 2 | 3.6 | · | · | · | 15 | 90 | 10.2% | |
| 2 | 4.2 | · | · | · | 12 | 90 | 4.0% | |
| 2 | 3.2 | · | · | · | 11 | 90 | 23.2% | |
| 2 | 5.3 | · | · | · | 8 | 74 | 1.5% | |
| 1 | 1.9 | · | · | · | 13 | 53 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 1.1 | · | · | · | 8 | 90 | 1.5% | |
| 1 | 4.5 | · | · | · | 6 | 90 | 45.2% | |
| 1 | 4.6 | · | · | · | 6 | 90 | 7.4% | |
| 1 | 1.6 | · | · | · | 5 | 45 | 0.6% | |
| 1 | 2.7 | · | · | · | 4 | 15 | 0.4% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | · | 4 | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 1.1 | · | · | · | 4 | 25 | 0.1% | |
| 1 | 3.5 | · | · | · | 3 | 5 | 1.4% | |
| 1 | 1.1 | · | · | · | 3 | 13 | 0.5% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | · | 2 | 36 | 2.9% | |
| 1 | 1.4 | · | · | · | 1 | 13 | 0.1% | |
| 0 | 3.1 | · | · | · | 15 | 90 | 46.9% | |
| 0 | · | · | · | · | 5 | 84 | 0.0% | |
| -1 | 3.5 | · | · | · | -13 | 45 | 0.6% |
Points are FPL's live points, bonus included once confirmed. Ownership is FPL's overall selected-by. “XI” marks a player in Onside's model XI for GW8, sealed before the deadline. “xP” is Onside's expected points for the player, sealed before the GW8 deadline and never revised.
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Kick-off
Liverpool 2–0 Brighton in Gameweek 8.
Groß opened the scoring for Brighton on 17' (own goal) in the Gameweek 8 fixture.
Isak scored the decisive goal for Liverpool on 21' — the strike that put Liverpool ahead for good in the LIV 2–0 BHA result.
No red cards were shown in the Gameweek 8 fixture between Liverpool and Brighton.