Overview
- Brighton beat Getafe 1-0 at the Coliseum with Malick Yalcouye heading the only goal in the 64th minute to decide the match.
- The result keeps Brighton unbeaten and yet to concede in the Conference League, leaving them on seven points and well placed to qualify for the last 16.
- Manager Fabian Hurzeler praised the team's mental resilience for grinding out an away win in a hostile stadium but criticised lapses in basic execution.
- Hurzeler made heavy rotation for the trip, which preserved shape and allowed fringe players to impact the game while raising questions about managing ever-present figures such as Pascal Gross.
- Brighton now return to Premier League duty with a home game against Brentford and will balance maintaining European defensive form with managing player minutes across a congested schedule.