Brighton, who are chasing a promotion in the Premier League, secure a decisive win at Birmingham to help maintain their hopes alive. This is the eighth game in a row that Brighton has not been beaten
It did not start well for Brighton who found themselves trailing Birmingham 1-0 after Kyle Lafferty opened the scoring.
Brighton was not affected by going down and continued to create chances. In the 29th minute, they drew level thanks to a powerful header from Connor Goldson. The equalizer helps to settle the nerves of the Brighton players, and they took control of the game until half-time.
Three minutes after the restart of play, Brighton took the lead thanks to another header. This time, it was Lewis Dunk who headed the ball in the back of the net to give his team the lead.
Birmingham will not manage to trouble Brighton afterwards and created very little opportunities. In fact, it was Brighton who could have scored another goal, but Wilson missed a glorious opportunity. This mean that Birmingham has only won 2 games in their last 10 games and has severely hindered their chances of making it to the play-offs.
Brighton manager Colin Calderwood believes that his team should perform like this during the remaining games of the season if they want to have a chance to be promoted. He said that their fate is in their own hands and that they will need to work hard to achieve their dream of promotion.
He said that they were not aware of the score at Middlesbrough and that they kept going even if they were a goal down. Ultimately there were rewarded with a win, and he hopes that this will motivate the team to push further until the end of the season.