Experience pays off
Those back-to-back victories three months in the past put Brighton fifth within the desk, simply three factors shy of Manchester City in second. They earned solely their second win in 14 makes an attempt since then with a shock however deserved win at in-form Brentford, doing so with their oldest beginning XI since September 2023.
Head coach Fabian Hurzeler, who turned 33 on Thursday, seemingly put religion within the adage ‘with age comes knowledge’ in a bid to finish Albion’s hunch. Four gamers aged 34 or older fashioned the backbone of a staff with a mean age of 28 years and 356 days, and Hurzeler admitted: “The only difference today was… we managed the key moments better. We had a lot of experienced players on the pitch who know how to do that.”
It’s a major shift in strategy from Hurzeler. The common age of the staff throughout 2025-26 has been significantly decrease at 26 years and 4 days, whereas final season’s common of 25 years and 100 days was the second youngest within the division, behind Chelsea.
Welbeck nears profession milestone
One of Brighton’s most skilled gamers, Danny Welbeck, scored his first league purpose of 2026 to double the staff’s lead at Brentford.
The 35-year-old now has 9 Premier League targets this marketing campaign, one in need of his career-best tally from final season. Little surprise each Hurzeler and the membership need to maintain Welbeck past the expiry of his contract this summer season.
