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Conference League · League phase, matchday 1 Match report

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 FK Kauno Žalgiris: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Brighton & Hove Albion crest Brighton & Hove Albion
4-0Full time
FK Kauno Žalgiris crest FK Kauno Žalgiris
American Express Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex

Our picks against the result

10 of 11 right

  • Result Brighton & Hove Albion win91% 4-0
  • Double chance Brighton & Hove Albion or draw (1X)97% 4-0
  • Both teams to score No63% No
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.576% 4 goals
  • More corners Brighton & Hove Albion88% Brighton & Hove Albion (13-0)
  • Yellow cards 1 yellow card 3.5 Under63% 4.5 Under80% 5.5 Under91%
  • Corners 13 corners 8.5 Over67% 9.5 Over56% 10.5 Under54%

Match stats

Brighton & Hove Albion FK Kauno Žalgiris
  • 4 Goals 0
  • 0 Yellow cards 1
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 13 Corners 0

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Brighton & Hove Albion vs FK Kauno Žalgiris opens the Conference League league phase on Thursday 15 October 2026, and our model calls a Brighton & Hove Albion win, with win or draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model makes Brighton & Hove Albion the clear pick to beat FK Kauno Žalgiris, mainly because it rates the home side far stronger: Brighton sit clearly above the Conference League average, while the visitors are clearly beneath it. There is no meaningful argument on the other side, even though Kauno Žalgiris have won four of their last five in the Toplyga. The pick holds because that quality gap is wide, and Brighton also have home advantage and a favourable goal-model view of the matchup. The call is clear.

Both teams to score: Both teams to score is not the expected outcome here. Brighton's defence concedes fewer goals than the Conference League average, and Kauno Žalgiris's attack scores clearly below it, which carries more weight than Brighton's strong attack and the visitors' leaky defence.

Form guide

Brighton & Hove Albion

  • W 2-0 at Sunderland (A) Premier League · 10 Oct
  • W 3-0 vs Arsenal (H) Premier League · 19 Sep
  • W 3-2 at Manchester United (A) EFL Cup · 16 Sep
  • W 5-0 at Coventry City (A) Premier League · 13 Sep
  • D 1-1 vs Leeds United (H) Premier League · 5 Sep

FK Kauno Žalgiris

  • W 2-0 at FA Šiauliai (A) Toplyga · 20 Sep
  • L 2-3 at Žalgiris Vilnius (A) Toplyga · 16 Sep
  • W 1-0 at FK Panevėžys (A) Toplyga · 13 Sep
  • W 5-1 vs Sūduva (H) Toplyga · 9 Sep
  • W 5-0 vs Džiugas Telšiai (H) Toplyga · 6 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Brighton & Hove AlbionFK Kauno Žalgiris
Attack 100 0
Defence 100 5

0 to 100 against this season's Conference League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

Brighton & Hove Albion and FK Kauno Žalgiris have not met in our records since 2010.

Match facts

Competition
Conference League, League phase, matchday 1
Kick-off
Venue
American Express Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex

Questions and answers

What was the score of Brighton & Hove Albion vs FK Kauno Žalgiris?

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 FK Kauno Žalgiris in the Conference League (League phase, matchday 1) on Thursday 15 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Brighton & Hove Albion vs FK Kauno Žalgiris right?

Yes: our result pick was Brighton & Hove Albion win, and the score after 90 minutes was 4-0. 10 of our 11 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Brighton & Hove Albion vs FK Kauno Žalgiris?

1 yellow card (Brighton & Hove Albion 0, FK Kauno Žalgiris 1), no red cards and 13 corners (Brighton & Hove Albion 13, FK Kauno Žalgiris 0).

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