Brighton player ratings: Gómez and Kostoulas lead the way in Palace rout

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Diego Gómez produced the unforgettable moment, but Charalampos Kostoulas shares top billing in our Brighton player ratings after the 5-0 demolition of Crystal Palace.

Gómez scored from around halfway during Brighton’s extraordinary opening ten minutes. Kostoulas created Yasin Ayari’s goal and added the fourth himself, ensuring the afternoon offered considerably more than one spectacular finish.

How we rate: these are Dave.Sport’s editorial marks, out of 10, based on recorded match events and post-match reporting.

Brighton player ratings

Player	Rating
Bart Verbruggen	7
Ferdi Kadıoğlu	8
Luka Vušković	8
Lewis Dunk	7.5
Olivier Boscagli	8
Pascal Groß	8
Chema Andrés	7.5
Diego Gómez	9
Yasin Ayari	8.5
Maxim De Cuyper	7.5
Charalampos Kostoulas	9

Diego Gómez — 9: The awareness to spot the opportunity and the execution to score from halfway made his goal exceptional. The standout moment of a derby Brighton controlled.

Charalampos Kostoulas — 9: Set up Ayari before reacting quickest to score after the interval. A goal and an assist give him a strong claim to share the highest mark.

Yasin Ayari — 8.5: Scored Brighton’s third and remained involved in their attacking pressure. His blocked attempt preceded Kostoulas’s finish for the fourth.

Pascal Groß — 8: His free-kick delivery forced Jaydee Canvot’s opening own goal. An important contribution before the more spectacular moments followed.

Olivier Boscagli — 8: Supplied Gómez for the second and offered another route forward with his passing.

Ferdi Kadıoğlu — 8: Combined energetic recovery work with attacking involvement, forcing Walter Benítez to save his first-half effort.

Brighton substitutes

Player	On	Rating
Jack Hinshelwood	71	7.5
Georginio Rutter	71	6
Jaouen Hadjam	81	NR
Malick Yalcouyé	81	NR
Michael Svoboda	90	NR

Hinshelwood supplied the fifth, finishing from close range after Benítez saved Vušković’s header. An immediate reward for staying alert inside the penalty area.

Crystal Palace player ratings

Player	Rating
Walter Benítez	4
Jaydee Canvot	3
Chris Richards	4
Honest Ahanor	4
Anan Khalaili	5
Adam Wharton	5
Quinten Timber	4
Tyrick Mitchell	5
Daichi Kamada	5
Yéremi Pino	4.5
Jørgen Strand Larsen	4

Jaydee Canvot — 3: His own goal began Palace’s collapse. A desperately difficult afternoon for a defence that conceded three times inside ten minutes.

Walter Benítez — 4: Caught out by Gómez’s extraordinary strike. Made saves elsewhere, including from Kadıoğlu and Vušković, but could not prevent the rout.

Anan Khalaili — 5: Forced Verbruggen into a save shortly after Brighton’s third, providing one of Palace’s few attacking responses.

Substitutes: Dwight McNeil 5 (half-time), Jefferson Lerma 6 (53), Eddie Nketiah 5 (61), Jean-Philippe Mateta 5 (61), Will Hughes NR (81).

See the confirmed Brighton and Palace line-ups and the Premier League table.

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