BRIGHTON — Brighton & Hove Albion climbed to second in the Premier League on Sunday, 8 November 2026, beating Brentford 2-0 at the American Express Stadium in Falmer to move five points behind leaders Arsenal heading into the November international break. Diego Gómez opened the scoring with a stunning long-range strike in the 15th minute, and Pascal Groß doubled the lead from the penalty spot three minutes before half-time, either side of a straight red card for Brentford striker Igor Thiago that left the visitors playing with ten men for most of the match. The result, Brighton's seventh win from ten league matches and their sixth in seven, lifted Fabian Hürzeler's side above Manchester City, who had lost 3-1 at Nottingham Forest less than a day earlier. Brentford, beaten for only the second time in the league this season, stayed eighth on 14 points. The question now being asked around the Amex is no longer whether Brighton belong in the chasing pack — it is whether they ...