Newcastle vs. Brighton: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Premier League fixture

Separated by 8 points successful the Premier League table and 345 miles connected a representation of the UK, Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion fastener horns successful Saturday's top-flight conflict astatine St James' Park, successful gameweek 35 of the 2025-26 campaign.

Eddie Howe's hosts showed plentifulness of committedness against league leaders Arsenal past weekend, but a deficiency of slayer instinct fto the Magpies down, arsenic a 1-0 decision marked their 5th nonaccomplishment successful a enactment successful each tournaments and 4th connected the rotation successful the Premier League.

As a result, Newcastle are inactive not mathematically harmless from relegation, lying 14th successful the array and 8 points supra 18th-placed Tottenham Hotspur with 4 games remaining, but a affirmative effect connected Saturday could guarantee their top-flight status.

In the different fractional of the standings, Brighton are inactive susceptible of sneaking into the Champions League spots acknowledgment to their caller 3-0 beating of Chelsea - their 4th triumph from their past 5 Premier League matches.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look astatine the head-to-head grounds and erstwhile meetings betwixt Newcastle and Brighton.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 38

Newcastle wins: 11

Draws: 11

Brighton wins: 16

Since archetypal locking horns successful the 1929-30 FA Cup - a contention won 3-0 by Newcastle United - meetings betwixt the Magpies and Brighton & Hove Albion person been comparatively sparse, with conscionable 38 crossed each tournaments.

Both sides establishing themselves arsenic Premier League mainstays has seen fixtures go a regularity, though, and determination is small to abstracted them connected the head-to-head record, which Brighton conscionable borderline with 16 wins compared to 11 for Newcastle; determination person besides been 11 draws.

The South Coast outfit person managed to propulsion up successful the wins file acknowledgment to 4 triumphs from their past six against Newcastle, who were stunned 2-1 successful a chaotic FA Cup fifth-round tie successful 2024-25, wherever Danny Welbeck struck an extra-time winner.

Eddie Howe's Magpies were besides subjected to a 1-0 decision by Fabian Hurzeler's Seagulls successful October 2024 successful the Premier League, a fewer months connected from besides being held to a 1-1 gully connected their ain patch.

Newcastle's September 2023 travel to the Amex Stadium would not person lived agelong successful the representation of the Magpies faithful either, arsenic their broadside were slain 3-1, and they person to spell backmost to May of that twelvemonth for their past occurrence successful this fixture.

That triumph was an emphatic one, arsenic a Roberto De Zerbi-led Brighton broadside were crushed 4-1 astatine St James' Park, but that triumph remarkably represents conscionable 1 of 2 that Newcastle person achieved successful their past 17 games against the Seagulls.

Brighton's astir caller clash against the Magpies came successful October 2025, erstwhile Danny Welbeck's brace ensured the Toon near with nary points aft losing 2-1 astatine the Amex.

Striker Nick Woltemade managed to propulsion 1 backmost precocious connected acknowledgment to an outrageous flick, but Welbeck proved that helium inactive had plentifulness near to springiness astatine the apical level of the shot pyramid.

Following Brighton and Newcastle's respective promotions to the Premier League successful 2017, the Seagulls went unbeaten successful each of their archetypal 9 top-flight games against the Magpies from September 2017 to November 2021, keeping an astounding 7 cleanable sheets and conceding conscionable 2 goals successful that time.

Outside of the Premier League, Brighton person besides had Newcastle's fig successful the FA Cup, winning each of their past 5 head-to-heads successful the contention and lone conceding 1 goal.

Among the documented scorers successful this peculiar battle, nary subordinate has much than Micky Quinn's 5 for Newcastle, portion ex-Brighton guardant Bryan Wade struck 4 of his ain for the Seagulls.

Last 20 meetings

Oct 18, 2025: Brighton 2-1 Newcastle (Premier League)

May 04, 2025: Brighton 1-1 Newcastle (Premier League)

Mar 02, 2025: Newcastle 1-2 Brighton (FA Cup Fifth Round)

Oct 19, 2024: Newcastle 0-1 Brighton (Premier League)

May 11, 2024: Newcastle 1-1 Brighton (Premier League)

Sep 02, 2023: Brighton 3-1 Newcastle (Premier League)

May 18, 2023: Newcastle 4-1 Brighton (Premier League)

Aug 13, 2022: Brighton 0-0 Newcastle (Premier League)

Mar 05, 2022: Newcastle 2-1 Brighton (Premier League)

Nov 06, 2021: Brighton 1-1 Newcastle (Premier League)

Mar 20, 2021: Brighton 3-0 Newcastle (Premier League)

Sep 20, 2020: Newcastle 0-3 Brighton (Premier League)

Jul 20, 2020: Brighton 0-0 Newcastle (Premier League)

Sep 21, 2019: Newcastle 0-0 Brighton (Premier League)

Apr 27, 2019: Brighton 1-1 Newcastle (Premier League)

Oct 20, 2018: Newcastle 0-1 Brighton (Premier League)

Dec 30, 2017: Newcastle 0-0 Brighton (Premier League)

Sep 24, 2017: Brighton 1-0 Newcastle (Premier League)

Feb 28, 2017: Brighton 1-2 Newcastle (Championship)

Aug 27, 2016: Newcastle 2-0 Brighton (Championship)