Overview
- Brighton ended a five-match Premier League winless run with a dramatic 3-2 victory over West Ham, capped by stoppage-time goals from Kaoru Mitoma and Carlos Baleba.
- Yasin Ayari opened the scoring for Brighton in the 13th minute with a long-range strike, but second-half goals from Mohammed Kudus and Tomas Soucek gave West Ham a late lead.
- Mitoma equalized in the 89th minute with a close-range header, followed by Baleba’s 92nd-minute curling strike from distance to seal the win.
- The result lifted Brighton to ninth place in the Premier League with 51 points, keeping their hopes of European qualification alive, while West Ham remain 17th with 36 points.
- West Ham manager Graham Potter faced jeers on his return to Brighton and has now taken just 13 points from 14 matches since his January appointment.