Coventry 0-5 Brighton: Pascal Groß's goal and two assists
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 2.81, five goals: Brighton's finishing told
- 22 shots conceded vs a four-match average of 13
- Red card at 53', 37 minutes a player short
Brighton climb from 12th to fourth
Brighton left Coventry with a five-goal win and a clean sheet, and the result lifted them to fourth from 12th in the table. Coventry remain bottom of the Premier League without a point after four matches, and their goal difference now stands at -10. It was a heavy afternoon for the home side.
Coventry's back line was stretched more than usual
Coventry's defence was opened far more often than normal. They conceded 22 shots, well above their season average of 13 across four matches. The sample is small, so it would be wrong to read too much into it, but the gap suggests Brighton found routes through the home side that earlier opponents had not.
Brighton's finishing outran their chances
Brighton's finishing was the clearest difference between the sides. They turned an xG of 2.81 into five goals. Coventry, by contrast, hit the target six times and still drew a blank, with Bart Verbruggen denying every effort. Both teams found openings, but only one converted them.
The first goal broke the match open
Charalampos Kostoulas's opener in the 35th minute was worth +0.8 FN xPts, as it broke a goalless deadlock. Malick Yalcouyé made it two in the 51st minute, and Taiwo Awoniyi was sent off two minutes later. The three goals that followed came on top of an existing lead, so their FN xPts value was close to zero.
Player of the match
Pascal Groß 9.3Dominant
He scored once, set up two goals and created six chances.
Pascal Groß earned most of his FN Score through attacking output. He set up Kostoulas's opener in the 35th minute and Yasin Ayari's fifth goal in the 90th, with a penalty of his own in the 70th. He completed 87 of 93 passes, so he also drove Brighton's build-up, and his involvement came before the break, in the middle of the second half and at the very end.
Game state
0-10-20-30-40-5
Coventry ahead 0 min · level 35 min · Brighton ahead 55 min
- Coventry: Red card 53' → ~37 min a player down
- Chema Andrés — off the bench 25 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
35'
Charalampos Kostoulas
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Pascal Groß +0.2
+0.8
51'
Malick Yalcouyé
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Maxim De Cuyper +0.1
+0.4
53'
Taiwo Awoniyi
Red card
0.0
70'
Pascal Groß
Pen goal
0.0
83'
Lewis Dunk
Goal · assist Chema Andrés
0.0
90'
Yasin Ayari
Goal · assist Pascal Groß
0.0
Coventry
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.0Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 1.8Own moments +1.2Opponent moments +0.1Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
CoventryBrighton
1.33Expected goals (xG)2.81
Compared with usual
Coventry
4 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1.8 | |
| Shots | 14 | 9.8 | |
| On target | 6 | 3 | |
| Shots faced | 22 | 13 | |
| Possession | 31% | 48.3% | |
| Passes | 249 | 419 | |
| Pass accuracy | 70% | 78% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 13.5 | |
Brighton
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 5 | 2.4 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | |
| Shots | 22 | 20.4 | |
| On target | 7 | 6.2 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 8.6 | |
| Possession | 69% | 72% | |
| Passes | 584 | 643.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 88.8% | |
| Corners | 3 | 7.4 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 13.8 | |
Timeline
- 35'
Goal
Charalampos Kostoulas league goal #1 assist Pascal Groß
- 51'
Goal
Malick Yalcouyé league goal #2 assist Maxim De Cuyper
- 53'
Red
Taiwo Awoniyi
- 60'
Sub
Ephron Mason-Clark → Sidiki Cherif
- 65'
Sub
Malick Yalcouyé → Chema Andrés
- 70'
Goal
Pascal Groß (pen) league goal #2
- 73'
Sub
Frank Onyeka → Caleb Yirenkyi
- 73'
Sub
Jack Rudoni → Brandon Thomas-Asante
- 78'
Sub
Luka Vušković → Pascal Struijk
- 78'
Sub
Olivier Boscagli → Ibrahim Osman
- 83'
Goal
Lewis Dunk league goal #1 assist Chema Andrés
- 84'
Sub
Diego Gómez → Costinha
- 84'
Sub
Charalampos Kostoulas → Matt O'Riley
- 85'
Sub
Matt Grimes → Victor Torp
- 90'
Goal
Yasin Ayari league goal #1 assist Pascal Groß
Category leaders
- Key passesPascal Groß6
- Duels wonBobby Thomas8/10
- ShotsBobby Thomas3 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonFrank Onyeka4
#Premier League#Brighton#Coventry#Pascal Groß#Bart Verbruggen
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.