Brighton v Brentford

The final whistle sounds in East Sussex and Brighton move second in the Premier League table with a comfortable 2-0 win against the 10 men of Brentford. A goal right out of the top draw opened the scoring in the 15th minute, as Gomez continued with his 'worldie' catalogue. He took down a dropping ball 25 yards out, and then pinged a wonderful half-volley into the top-left corner, almost overshadowing his goal from halfway in the Seagulls' previous home match. After this, Thiago was sent off after referee Oliver upgraded his initial yellow card to a red with the help of the VAR. The Brazilian striker was initially pulled down by Andres, who was booked, yet his shoving, bloody lip-bringing reaction showed violent conduct in the 23rd minute. Just before the break, Brighton doubled the advantage, as Lewis-Potter hauled Vuskovic to the floor in the box. Gross was cool from the spot and emphatically powered into the top right from 12 yards. While this game started at a brilliant pace, it did admittedly trail off in the second 45 minutes. Alas, the 2.2 xG-toting Brighton won't care as they move up to second with a quarter of the season gone. Brentford now drop to eighth after this 10-man outing that saw them muster a 0.73 xG. Thank you for joining us. Goodbye!

FULL-TIME: BRIGHTON 2-0 BRENTFORD

Brentford get a free-kick a yard outside the Brighton box. However, Jensen can only blast into the bodies.

90'+3'

Substitution

The fans are up again now, as wondergoal scorer Gomez is off for Malick Yalcouye. What a strike that was.

We'll see a minimum of five added minutes here.

There's applause now, as Rutter is up after his heavy collision with Kayode.