Brighton vs. West Ham United: Head-to-head record and past meetings

With 2025 drawing to a close, West Ham United and Brighton & Hove Albion ended their calendar year with an exciting 2-2 draw.

The draw did not really help the Irons in their pursuit of Premier League survival, and it also continued Brighton's winless run in the competition.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 65

Brighton & Hove Albion wins: 22

Draws: 24

West Ham United wins: 19

Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United have met 65 times across all competitions in the past. In the overall head-to-head record, it is the Seagulls who hold a narrow advantage, having secured 22 victories compared to West Ham's 19 wins. In addition to their respective wins, the pair have drawn on 24 occasions.

Their very first meeting took place back in October 1903 when Brighton secured a 3-2 home victory over West Ham in the Southern League First Division.

Another 23 encounters between these two sides followed in the Southern League First Division up until 1914, with Brighton posting a record of eight wins, nine draws and six defeats against West Ham.

Across the next two decades, West Ham required two replays to get the better of Brighton in the FA Cup, winning a second-round tie 1-0 in 1923 and a fifth-round tie by the same scoreline in 1933. The Hammers have progressed from four of their five FA Cup ties against the Seagulls overall.

Between 1978 and 1991, Brighton and West Ham butted heads 10 times between the old Divisions One and Two, with both teams winning four games each and drawing two.

Four meetings in the Championship followed in 2004-05 and 2011-12, with Brighton accumulating seven points from a possible 12 available, most notably thrashing West Ham 6-0 at home in April 2012 - their biggest-ever win over the Hammers.

In the Premier League, Brighton and West Ham have faced each other 17 times and the Hammers have only come out on top once, winning 3-1 at the Amex Stadium in August 2023.

The Seagulls initially enjoyed a 12-game unbeaten run against West Ham (W6 D6), and then failed to win three games in a row (D2 L1), before securing a 3-2 home victory in April 2025.

Brighton were minutes away from just a second PL loss to the Irons in December 2025, but thanks to a controversial late Georginio Rutter goal, Fabian Hurzeler's men salvaged a late point from a 1-1 draw. When the two teams met later that month, they also played out a 2-2 draw.