Jaouen Hadjam settled the contest in stoppage time, finishing from Georginio Rutter's pass to leave Sunderland 0-2 down at the death.
Sunderland vs Brighton — Premier League Gameweek 6
Full time: Sunderland 0, Brighton 2
— full time, Brighton win
- De Cuyper 53'
- Hadjam 90+3'
- Struijk 57'
- Possession
- 62–38
- Shots
- 12–13
- On target
- 3–4
- Model pick
- 0–1


Brighton ended a goalless first half with a 2-0 win at Sunderland, though the scoreline did not reflect a dominant performance from either side, with Sunderland enjoying 62.3% possession against Brighton's 37.7%. De Cuyper broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute, assisted by Groß, before Hadjam sealed the points in added time at 90+3', set up by Georginio.
14 moments
- Bonus points · confirmed
- Full time · SUN 0–2 BHA
- 90+3'Goal · BHAHadjamAssist ·7 FPL pts this match · 0.1% owned0–2
- 88'

- 88'

- 81'

- 73'

- 73'

- 68'

- 68'

- 60'

- 57'
· Red card - 53'Goal · BHADe CuyperAssist ·
Maxim De Cuyper gave Brighton the lead at Sunderland in the 53rd minute, with Pascal Groß supplying the assist. The visitors now lead 1-0, and the home side must respond.
15 FPL pts this match · 45.2% owned0–1 - Half-time · SUN 0–0 BHA
- 36'
· Yellow card - 34'
Injury - Kick-off
Source: premierleague.com match clock · FPL live points
How the match swung
- 53'De Cuyper 53' — BHA win chance 41% → 67%Between 48' and 53', BHA's win chance moved 27 points. The score went from 0–0 to 0–1.
- 57'BHA down to 10 (Struijk) — 57'BHA played the rest of the match a man down.
Top-four places in play
SunderlandMid-table14th → 17thSUN drop to 17th.
BrightonChampions League3rdBHA stay 3rd — in the top four.
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Head to head
Source: premierleague.com (Opta)
Shots by zone
Sunderland12 shots- Six-yard box2
- Centre of the box1
- Left of the box1 · 1 on
- Edge of the box8 · 2 on
Brighton13 shots- Six-yard box1
- Centre of the box3 · 1 on · 1G
- Left of the box2 · 2 on · 1G
- Edge of the box5 · 1 on
- Long range2
The 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.
Who was creating, and when
SUN 4-2-3-1 · BHA 4-2-3-1
SUN4-2-3-1
BHA4-2-3-1Source: premierleague.com team sheet · points are FPL live points
De Cuyper out-scored the most-owned Groß by 9 — a 18-point armband swing.
Onside's sealed GW6 captain was Schade (BRE) — not in this match. The weekly record is on the captain page.
De Cuyper's 15-point haul, including a goal, from a 45.2%-owned asset led Brighton's 2-0 win at Sunderland, with Kadıoğlu's 9 points from just 1.4% ownership the standout differential.
FPL points, player by player
| Player | Pts | G | A | Bonus | BPS | Mins | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | · | 3 | 36 | 67 | 45.2% | |
| 9 | · | · | 2 | 28 | 90 | 23.2% | |
| 9 | · | · | 1 | 25 | 90 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | · | · | · | 21 | 90 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | 1 | · | · | 19 | 2 | 0.1% | |
| 6 | · | 1 | · | 22 | 90 | 46.9% | |
| 5 | · | · | · | 21 | 67 | 0.6% | |
| 5 | · | · | · | 18 | 87 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | · | 1 | · | 15 | 2 | 0.4% | |
| 3 | · | · | 1 | 25 | 90 | 0.2% | |
| 3 | · | · | · | 15 | 90 | 1.5% | |
| 3 | · | · | · | 9 | 90 | 0.1% | |
| 3 | · | · | · | 5 | 87 | 1.6% | |
| 2 | · | · | · | 14 | 80 | 2.7% | |
| 2 | · | · | · | 14 | 72 | 0.3% | |
| 2 | · | · | · | 12 | 90 | 2.8% | |
| 2 | · | · | · | 8 | 72 | 0.1% | |
| 2 | · | · | · | 7 | 90 | 0.8% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 10 | 56 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 9 | 59 | 10.2% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 9 | 90 | 2.1% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 7 | 22 | 2.9% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 7 | 90 | 1.8% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 5 | 30 | 1.5% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 4 | 17 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 3 | 9 | 0.7% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 3 | 90 | 0.2% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 2 | 22 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 1 | 17 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | · | · | · | 0 | 33 | 0.2% | |
| -2 | · | · | · | -2 | 56 | 0.1% |
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 GW6, sealed before the deadline. Onside started sealing per-player xP at the deadline from GW8; earlier weeks show results only.
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Kick-off
What was the final score of Sunderland vs Brighton?
Sunderland 0–2 Brighton in Gameweek 6.
Who scored the first goal in Sunderland vs Brighton?
De Cuyper opened the scoring for Brighton on 53' in the Gameweek 6 fixture.
Who scored the winning goal in Sunderland vs Brighton?
De Cuyper scored the decisive goal for Brighton on 53' — the strike that put Brighton ahead for good in the SUN 0–2 BHA result.
Did either team get a red card in Sunderland vs Brighton?
Yes — Struijk (Brighton, 57') was sent off in the Gameweek 6 fixture.