Coventry still looking for first point of the season
Kostoulas fires home opener for visitors before Yalcouye's second
Awoniyi sent off minutes after Brighton's second as Gross makes it three from spot, Dunk hits a stunner and Ayari scores a fifth
Brighton move into top five with win
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That is all for this page on a very special day for Brighton, but one to forget for Coventry.
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Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler, speaking to Sky Sports: "Every win away is something special in the Premier League. The red card helps us. Coventry were always dangerous from set pieces. We kept a clean sheet, that is the most important so good overall performance. We didn't score in the first minutes but we kept it simple. It was much better today."
On Bart Verbruggen's performance: "Big saves and we know that we have a great goalkeeper so really good to have him."
On Lewis Dunk's goal: "We always know that he has a great technique with his right foot and we know that he has the courage so I'm happy that he gets his rewards."
On being clinical: "The defence and then the clean sheet. We used our chances in an efficient way today. We have players on the pitch who want to score. We score a lot of goals but we have to find a good balance. Scoring goals helps but a clean sheet is even better."
On high expectations for his side: "We will always be the team who are very humble and don't take things for granted. We have to be humble in these moments, of course enjoy it together. We have good depth in the squad. We will always come with our togetherness."
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Jess Anderson
BBC Sport
Coventry's dismal return to the Premier League continued as Brighton condemned them to a fourth successive defeat of the season, while the Sky Blues' wait for a league goal goes on.
Frank Lampard's side became only the second in Premier League history to lose their first four matches without scoring - after Crystal Palace in 2017-18 - while it is the first time in Coventry's history they have failed to register a goal or point in their first four league matches.
Only in 1919-20 - their first league campaign - have they lost each of their first four league matches.
Brighton enjoyed the brighter start at CBS Arena with Charalampos Kostoulas heading wide and hitting the side netting-before opening the scoring on 35 minutes with a superb individual goal. Having turned and headed the ball down between two defenders, teenager Kostoulas bounced his effort into the ground and beyond goalkeeper Carl Rushworth.
It came as a hammer blow for Coventry, who had weathered the early storm and been enjoying a period of dominance when they should have scored at least one of their eight chances. Matters unravelled further in the second half as Brighton doubled their lead and Coventry went down to 10 men in the space of two minutes.
Malick Yalcouye exposed the Coventry defence when he headed the ball down and put himself through on goal before slotting into the bottom corner. Things went from bad to worse when forward Taiwo Awoniyi was shown a straight red card for a flailing elbow on Maxim de Cuyper, leaving his side with a mountain to climb.
Bobby Thomas then carelessly brought down Kostoulas in the penalty box in the 70th minute before Pascal Gross converted from the penalty spot.
An emphatic 20-yard finish from Seagulls captain Lewis Dunk in the 83rd minute was enough to put the points way out of sight before Yasin Ayari rifled home late in stoppage time to wrap up a thumping victory for Fabian Hurzeler's side and further compound Coventry's misery.
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Coventry City
Coventry manager Frank Lampard, speaking to Sky Sports, said: "We have to be realistic in this league. They are a good team. We started well, the most disappointing goal is the second one and it was a mistake that you can't do at this level.
"If you reflect until the red card, we has good moments but down to 10 men it was a different game against a team with a lot of quality. The players gave everything until the end but it doesn't feel nice. We have to take some responsibility and understand they are the levels we need to raise to.
"We just continue to work. We are four games into the season when we have played the two most difficult fixtures [Arsenal and Manchester City away]. You always have to continue to work and the feeling is different in the Premier League.
"It is more pressure and a lot of players have not been near that. We're not feeling sorry for ourselves and they have to keep working and working. I've been in this situation many, many times. I was more disappointed with Hull than today. It was a Brighton team that were very clinical."
On the positive reaction from the Coventry supporters: "It means a lot. It means they are with the group. The 18 months here have been amazing. We're not stupid, we understand the jump [from the Championship] and the fact that we did so well last season. We need to be careful to not over-analyse this game because of how it ran and remain confident and stay together. They [the players] can't be negative, we have to stick together.
"The reality is we need to do the end bit, to score goals and to be able to defend properly and stay focused. We need to be better with that."
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Danny Murphy
Former Liverpool midfielder to BBC Sport
The sending off is obviously relevant to the final scoreline and how Brighton ran away with it, but Coventry were 2-0 down when they went down to 10 men, and the game had already been lost by then because of Coventry's mindset and bad defending.
When it was 11 versus 11, the game was about Brighton's quality and Coventry being scared of them. Brighton were really good, yes, but Coventry helped them with their tentativeness and then dropping off, backing off.
What needs to happen next? They can't be that respectful. When you defend, you can't defend like that, you can't be too respectful and almost be like you are waiting to lose, especially at home.
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Coventry City
Coventry manager Frank Lampard speaking to BBC Match of the Day, says: "It's a difficult scoreline and it's not easy at home. The first half was pretty good, we created some chances, better chances and we had them under a lot of pressure. Then a mistake to make it 2-0 and the red card makes it very difficult.
"We have to take responsibility. We did some good stuff, then the game became very, very difficult for us. We have to keep working. At [Manchester] City last week we created a few big chances and [Gianluigi] Donnarumma made some good saves. The pressure of the Premier League for these players is new. We have to continue to work and hopefully when we start scoring, and this team scored a lot of goals last season, but we have to keep working.
"I can't complain with the players at the end."
On the backing from the supporters at the end: "These supporters have watched this team go from 17th in the Championship up to the play-offs, nearly in the Premier League then next year win the league so well. The appreciate the work done by these players and that was a sign of respect for what they have done and we absolutely respect that."
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Wayne Rooney
Former England striker to BBC Sport
The big problem for Coventry is that losing by a margin of 5-0 just takes all the confidence away from the players. They will be looking at other teams above them and they will feel a million miles off right now.
Frank [Lampard] and the players just have to find a way to get through this. There’s no doubt they’ll be down and hurting right now. It's hard, but you just have to dig in, get that first goal, get those first points on the board and turn things round from there.
They’ve being doing some good stuff and have created chances in the last two games, but they just haven’t taken them. Then the sending off today killed them.
I’m not sure Frank will be tempted to make that many changes to his side, maybe just one or two to give them some energy. But what’s important is that the squad stays together and on the same page. They’ve got to dig in.
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Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler, speaking to BBC Match of the Day on Taiwo Awoniyi's red card: "I didn't see it yet so I need to have a look at it to say something."
On the balance of the squad: "It's important to stay humble and not take these things for granted. Overall we are a team where a lot of players can score goals and that brings us a lot of flexibility which is good for a coach as well."
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Brighton captain Lewis Dunk speaking to Sky Sports: "I've got that sort of shot in my locker and I just had a shot and it went in the top corner. I shocked myself but it was lovely.
"We've shown fluidity and we have some real quality high up the pitch. If we keep scoring goals like that and keeping clean sheets, we'll have a great season."
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Roy Keane
Former Manchester United captain on Sky Sports
There's been some really poor defending from Coventry today. You would think at 3-0, just take the defeat and move on, but with some of the decision making today, they start looking like a Championship team today. Frank has got to be really careful now that this team do not lose their belief.
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Coventry don’t look equipped for the Premier League. Lampard will carry the can but the players simply aren’t good enough. Plucky doesn’t translate as points. It’s going to be a long season for their incredible fans.
Mark, London
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Brighton jump up to fourth and now have the best goal difference in the division.
Throw in Conference League football this season as well as there is plenty to be excited about for the Seagulls fans.
Coventry remain the only team in the league without a point.
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Micah Richards
Former England defender on Sky Sports
The concerning thing today was that Coventry kept trying to play the same way even with a man less which was so strange to do. The defending for the second goal was terrible. It's just not good enough.
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I can’t stop smiling at that Lewis Dunk goal. What a super, super strike. He knew what he was doing, picked his spot and struck it as sweet as a nut. Well deserved goal for such a loyal servant to our club.
Paul, Canterbury
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Lee Hendrie
Former Aston Villa midfielder on Sky Sports
During the game, there were some really key moments where Coventry should have scored. There's been some great performances from Brighton - Kostoulas, Yalcouye and others, but Verbruggen played a real key part in this game today so he's my man of the match.
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Sue Smith
Former Leeds and England forward on BBC Radio 5 Live at Coventry Building Society Arena
Brighton have been outstanding today. We've seen some brilliant goals, Dunk's is the pick of them. They've all been good in their own way, the way they interchanged positions.
Great to watch from a Brighton perspective but Coventry will be disappointed with this. This will have been a game they looked at, at home against a Brighton side that don't travel great. Those small margins at 0-0, had the opportunities but couldn't take them.
Coventry have got to reflect and move on from this.
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Roy Keane
Former Manchester United captain on Sky Sports
I think the red card is a tough one. Awoniyi has raised his elbow as he's waiting for the Brighton player coming in, but was it a real swing? I don't know. I think it's harsh, but you have to ask Awoniyi: 'Did you give the referee an opportunity to send you off today?' - the answer is yes.
Coventry 0-5 Brighton
Brighton grab five goals to jump up to fourth. Charalampos Kostoulas, Malick Yalcouye, Pascal Gross, Lewis Dunk and Yasin Ayari with the goals.
The game was over when 2-0 though and Taiwo Awoniyi got himself sent off for elbowing Maxim de Cuyper.
Four games, four losses, no goals for Coventry, who stay bottom of the table.
Coventry 0-5 Brighton
Lee Hendrie
Former Aston Villa midfielder on Sky Sports
It's been brilliant from the Coventry fans today. They have got to stick with this team. The challenge was always going to be big this season.
Coventry 0-5 Brighton
All credit to the Coventry fans. Their team are taking a hiding, but the home supporters are on their feet applauding and chanting for the home side.
It will have been a miserably painful afternoon for Frank Lampard, but he will have hugely appreciated a classy touch from the fans, who have not forgot his achievement of taking Coventry back into the Premier League for the first time in 25 years.
Coventry fans will have better days this season, they will be hoping for none worse.
Coventry's dismal return to the Premier League continued as Brighton condemned them to a fourth successive defeat of the season, while the Sky Blues' wait for a league goal goes on.
Frank Lampard's side became only the second in Premier League history to lose their first four matches without scoring - after Crystal Palace in 2017-18 - while it is the first time in Coventry's history they have failed to register a goal or point in their first four league matches.
Only in 1919-20 - their first league campaign - have they lost each of their first four league matches.
Brighton enjoyed the brighter start at CBS Arena with Charalampos Kostoulas heading wide and hitting the side netting-before opening the scoring on 35 minutes with a superb individual goal.
Having turned and headed the ball down between two defenders, teenager Kostoulas bounced his effort into the ground and beyond goalkeeper Carl Rushworth.
It came as a hammer blow for Coventry, who had weathered the early storm and been enjoying a period of dominance when they should have scored at least one of their eight chances.
Matters unravelled further in the second half as Brighton doubled their lead and Coventry went down to 10 men in the space of two minutes.
Malick Yalcouye exposed the Coventry defence when he headed the ball down and put himself through on goal before slotting into the bottom corner.
Things went from bad to worse when forward Taiwo Awoniyi was shown a straight red card for a flailing elbow on Maxim de Cuyper, leaving his side with a mountain to climb.
Bobby Thomas then carelessly brought down Kostoulas in the penalty box in the 70th minute before Pascal Gross converted from the penalty spot.
An emphatic 20-yard finish from Seagulls captain Lewis Dunk in the 83rd minute was enough to put the points way out of sight before Yasin Ayari rifled home late in stoppage time to wrap up a thumping victory for Fabian Hurzeler's side and further compound Coventry's misery.
Victory lifts Brighton to fourth in the table, while Coventry remain rooted to the bottom.
The game became very, very difficult for us - Frank Lampard on Coventry defeat
Coventry's performances this season perhaps deserve more than their situation suggests.
They pushed Manchester City close in a tight 1-0 loss last time out when they were unlucky not to leave Etihad Stadium with at least a point.
But Lampard said before the match against Brighton that this could be a more difficult task than the one against Enzo Maresca's side, and so it proved as the unwanted records accumulate.
Their eight first-half chances yielded an xG (expected goals) of 1.09, their best of the season so far, but again a lack of potency in front of goal proved costly.
Brilliant saves from Verbruggen denied Jack Rudoni and Frank Onyeka on the volley, while Rudoni also hit the side-netting.
The hosts looked to get on the front foot in the second half too, but Yalcouye's goal to double Brighton's lead, quickly followed by Awoniyi's sending-off, was enough to sap the energy from the newly promoted side.
The result was a brutal reminder of what can happen when things begin to spiral in this league and, having showed signs of promise last week, it served as a reality check for Lampard's team and highlighted how difficult staying up will be.
Despite two late goals rubbing salt in the wound for the hosts, large sections of their supporters continued to serenade their players and manager at full-time in an attempt to galvanise their team in what will be a tough campaign.
The second goal completely changed the momentum - Fabian Hurzeler on Brighton's victory
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
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| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
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| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
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| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
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| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
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| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 3 |
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 3 |
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| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
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| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 1 |
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| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 1 |
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| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |
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Manager: Frank Lampard
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager: Frank Lampard
Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1
Manager: Fabian Hürzeler
Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Match momentum measures the swing of the match by comparing each team’s threat to see who is more likely to score within that minute. The momentum value is the difference between each team’s most dangerous moment, or team threat, in that minute.
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Coventry City have won each of their last three home league games against Brighton, with this their first since a 2-0 Championship win in December 2011.
Brighton and Coventry last faced in the English top-flight in 1982-83; the Seagulls have only lost one of their last seven meetings at this level (W3 D3), a 2-0 defeat in December 1982.
Brighton have lost just one of their last 14 Premier League games against promoted sides (W7 D6), though it was in their last such game at Leeds in May (0-1).
Coventry have lost all three of their Premier League games so far this season. Only in 1919-20 – their first ever league campaign – have they lost each of their first four.
Coventry have lost all three of their Premier League games by an aggregate score of 0-5 this season. In the competition’s history, only Crystal Palace in 2017-18 have lost each of their first four without scoring, ultimately finishing 11th that season.
Brighton have lost each of their last three Premier League away games, last losing four in a row between September and November 2019.
Brighton have had more big chances (15) and a higher xG (7.4) than any other side in the Premier League this season. At the other end, only Arsenal (24) and Man City (26) have faced fewer shots than the Seagulls (33).
Coventry boss Frank Lampard has lost 12 of his last 15 Premier League games (W1 D2), a run which includes two home defeats against Brighton (1-4 in January 2023 with Everton, 1-2 in April 2023 with Chelsea).
Only three players (all at Man City) have completed more passes than Brighton’s Lewis Dunk in the Premier League this season (271), while the Seagulls rank second for passing accuracy (88.4%) and possession (71.6%) this term.
Only Bruno Fernandes has played more passes into the box (38) and made more successful crosses (8) in the Premier League this season than Brighton’s Maxim De Cuyper (29 passes into box, 7 successful crosses).
