Leeds’ unbeaten start to the season continued, but they left the Amex wondering how they had not claimed a first win on the south coast since 2009. Daniel Farke’s side dominated the first hour and went ahead after 15 minutes when Jayden Bogle became the first Leeds player to score at the Amex since 2012. The Whites created enough chances to have been two, three or even four goals up by half-time. They were not magnificent; Brighton were that poor. Replicate that first-half display over a full Premier League campaign and the Seagulls would be playing Championship football next season.

Leeds looked blunt in the final third and failed to convert relatively simple openings. When they did put the ball in the net after the break, the flag went up. They should have doubled the lead three minutes into the second half when Brighton made a mess of clearing an Ethan Ampadu long throw. The ball ran loose to Anton Stach, but Bart Verbruggen stuck out a leg to divert it away. Seconds later Ao Tanaka finished from a free-kick, only to be ruled offside by the narrowest of margins. Verbruggen then saved from James Justin as Leeds continued to control the game.

Farke made his move just after the hour, sending on Jaka Bijol for the influential Bogle and Brenden Aaronson for Okafor, before turning to Harry Wilson and Lukas Nmecha for Tanaka and Calvert-Lewin soon after. It was a curious moment to lose Bogle and Tanaka in particular, both among Leeds' most effective performers on the day, and none of the four introductions did enough to arrest the change in momentum. With 19 minutes remaining, Maxim De Cuyper floated a corner to the far post and Luka Vuskovic rose unchallenged to head in from point blank range, his first goal for the club. The bench never really got a foothold after that, offering little in the way of a fresh spark when Leeds needed someone to see the game out or go and win it. Brighton almost stole it late on, but Pascal Gross scooped a gilt-edged chance over the bar after the ball came off Nico Elvedi.

	Line Up		Nat	Match Events
	1	Trafford, James Goalkeeper			7.6
	2	Bogle, Jayden Defender			6.8
	3	Gudmundsson, Gabriel Defender			6.8
	24	Justin, James Defender			7.0
	5	Muharemović, Tarik Defender			7.5
	30	Elvedi, Nico Defender			7.0
	4	Ampadu, Ethan Midfielder			6.3
	22	Tanaka, Ao Midfielder			★8.1
	18	Stach, Anton Midfielder			6.3
	19	Okafor, Noah Midfielder			6.0
	9	Calvert-Lewin, Dominic Forward			6.3
	Subs		Nat	Match Events
	16	Zetterer, Michael Goalkeeper		Unused Sub
	26	Bard, Melvin Defender		Unused Sub
	15	Bijol, Jaka Defender			6.0
	8	Longstaff, Sean Midfielder		Unused Sub
	11	Aaronson, Brenden Midfielder			4.5
	10	Wilson, Harry Midfielder			5.2
	7	James, Daniel Midfielder		Unused Sub
	23	Bahoya, Jean-Matteo Midfielder		Unused Sub
	14	Nmecha, Lukas Forward			6.0