Brighton beat Crystal Palace and Brentford saw off Southampton as both clubs move closer to European spots

Brighton noticed off Crystal Palace 1-0 and Brentford earned a 2-0 victory at Southampton as each golf equipment moved nearer to a spot in Europe.

Palace fielded 19-year-old goalkeeper Joe Whitworth – after Vicente Guaita was dominated out on the eve of the encounter with harm – who grew to become the youngest participant to begin a Premier League match in between the posts since Ben Alnwick in 2005.

After quarter-hour, Solly March drilled a shot into the again of the online when Kaoru Mitoma put him via on aim.

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Brighton have been on high for a lot of the match from there though their keeper Jason Steele made some necessary saves.

Mitoma may have doubled his aspect’s lead within the second-half had he related with a cross from March, and Pervis Estupinan noticed an effort saved by Whitworth.

A powercut noticed the match paused for 4 minutes, then Alexis Mac Allister got here shut once more for Brighton from a nook.

Palace not often threatened and are nonetheless ready for a primary win in 2023 as they sit simply three factors above the relegation zone, regardless of being in twelfth.

Brighton at the moment are two factors behind fifth-placed Newcastle and are some extent forward of Brentford, who beat Southampton.

Bryan Mbeumo’s volley was splendidly saved out by Saints keeper Gavin Bazunu, earlier than Kamaldeen Sulemana was tackled by Ben Mee in a frantic begin to the match.

Within the thirty second minute, a nook from Mbeumo discovered Christian Norgaard, who flicked it throughout aim and in the direction of Ivan Toney because the striker netted his sixteenth league aim this season.

Brentford haven’t been crushed this marketing campaign when scoring first and that stat remained by the top of the evening when Yoann Wissa scored in harm time to double the Bees’ lead and secured the three factors.

Southampton stay backside of the desk, however solely two factors away from shifting out of the drop zone.