xG, big chances, touches and duels are ESPN's numbers; other sites' models can differ a little.
ESPN has no formation for this match, so here are the line-ups as a list.
Bristol fans will argue that they had more of the play over the course of the match, but Brighton took their chances and scored the vital goal. Commiserations to Bristol and Danny Wilson. Well done Brighton, next stop Division One!
Danny Coles had the challenge on Chris Iwelumo, the clip on his heels was slight, but the striker went down and the ref made a tough decision, no doubting the quality of Knight penalty though.
That's it full-time. Brighton are up and what a cruel way to lose - a controversial penalty
Reid runs into the Bristol half, but instead of taking it into the corner to waste time he slips a pass to Knight who wastes the chance to holds up play by trying a shot
Brighton knock it into the Bristol half - hoping it won't come back. It will of course, Brighton need possession to kill Bristol off
Butters heads it clear
Offside against Iwelumo - Bristol need to knock it long and hope for a lucky bounce
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Last 4 meetings
ESPN has no formation for this match, so here are the line-ups as a list.
xG, big chances, touches and duels are ESPN's numbers; other sites' models can differ a little.
Bristol fans will argue that they had more of the play over the course of the match, but Brighton took their chances and scored the vital goal. Commiserations to Bristol and Danny Wilson. Well done Brighton, next stop Division One!
Three added minutes signalled
Normal time is almost up and Brighton are taking their sweet time over throw-ins, squeezing everything out for as long as possible
Brighton, who have six clean sheets in their last seven games, look like they know how to keep Bristol out
Rougier fails to hold up the ball in the Brighton half and the Seagulls hoist the ball clear - anywhere will do!
Another change for Bristol: Farewell Tony Butler, hello Marc Goodfellow. A defender for an attacker!
Piercy takes a hit as Brighton try to play their way out of trouble - a freekick which they are in no hurry to take
Corner for Bristol as Brighton wobble under pressue
Bristol steam up the other end - win a freekick, but it is poor and the chance goes begging
Doherty hussled of the ball as Brighton scent their chance Controversial decision, Iwelumo went down as if shot by a snipper, when the touch on his heel was minimal
Knight slotted the ball in the bottom left corner!! Is that the clincher?
Leon Knight steps ups and scores!
Penalty for Brighton!
Doherty tries to work the ball down the right for Bristol, but he is double teamed and loses out
A last throw of the dice for Bristol: Luke Wiltshire is on for Tinnion
Can we please have a goal? Ten minutes to go - let's have a winner, eh lads?
Knight gets trampled over by Carey - nothing other than painful
Doherty hussled of the ball as Brighton scent their chance
A heart-stopping moment for both teams as Iwelumo gets his head to a cross and sends a looping slo-mo header inches wide
Strange choice that, Piercy better be good, Jones looked dangerous
Another change for Brighton, off goes Nathan Jones and on comes John Piercy
Rougier closes down Roberts, putting the keeper under pressure, he just fails to win a corner
Knight unhappy that he was prevented from reaching the cross - the ref waves him away
Jones swings in a cross from the left, but Coles clears
Brighton keeper Roberts mishits his clearance and gifts Bristol a throw in the Brighton half
Poor delivery - straight out for a goalkick
Phillips clears his lines - more route one, but this time they win a freekick
Half chance for Brighton, poor defending and apoor finishing allowing Phillips to gather
Nobody happy about that challenge - Roberts peeled of the floor
Bristol clear, but Danny Cullip crunches into Christian Roberts
Freekcik launched in from deep
Yellow card for Doherty
Iwelumo lashes a shot wide from distance - he chested it down but instead of closing in on goal hit from distance
Tinnion tries a long range - but it is charged down
Doherty takes, but Iwelumo clears
Brsitol keeping the pressure on despite that interuption - they win a corner
Brighton's change is forced on them: Carpenter will not be rejoining the fray, in his place comes Paul Reid
Two subs happening. For Bristol Scott Murray replaces Lee Miller, who had looked quite threatening...
Carpenter still down getting treatment on the pitch - the ref orders him off to get the game underway
Foul given against Rougier who felled Richard Carpenter
Bristol are in control now - Hill well forward, and Miller up for the battle
The second corner comes in and Roberts claims it
Miller looks angry and hold his face - he thinks he caught a whack in the goalmouth melee
Corner flies in, but is headed out for another
Now Carey and Hill are on the ball, they win a Bristol corner
Tinnion and Woodman link up well in the centre of the pitch for Bristol
Roberts with a shockingly poor clearnace: he lumped it straight into Butters' backside, luckily for both Lee Miller didn't get a chance to get to the ricochet!
Decent ball floats in, a half clearance but only as far as Bristol man - who lashes a shot just wide
Freekick for Bristol after Hart clattered into Rougier
Iwelumo chases down a loose ball - Brighton have started much the brighter this half
Knight, who looks ok now after that shuddering collision, links up neatly with Jones on the right flank
Pressure from Brighton - a deep throw into the box: The ball loops over the defender's head and through Iwelumo's legs in the six yard box, a half chance
Word reaching us here that Bristol playmaker and skipper Tommy Doherty has been throwing up at halfime. Whether nerves or somethinn more serious that's not great news for Danny Wilson and his side
Knight gets to his feet gingerly, he looks shaken but more or less ok
Leon Knight is down and out, pole-axed by a 50-50 challenge by Danny Coles
Late flag against Iwelumo for a questionable offside call
There has to be a winner today, extra-time or penalties could be needed - but a result is a certainty
Here we go, back underway!
So, there is still everything to play for with another 45 minutes coming up: Keep it here!
Perhaps Brighton shaded by virtue of Roberts' fine work between the sticks and Leon Knight's freekick which clattered the woodwork. But Bristol looked dangerous as well, with Christian Roberts and Lee Miller causing problems at the back.
After a very bright and exciting start things settled down. Some decent play by both sides, but slack passing meant neither team can claim to have dominated.
Rougier has the ball and tries to find a way through the Brighton back line, but the ref blows the whistle and that's the half
One minute of time added on is announced by the fourth official
Doherty with a carbon copy of Knight's freekick moments earlier - this time the arc of the ball and the strength of the kick took it a metre over the bar and out for a goalkick.
And a similar freekick now for Bristol - this time about 30 yards out
Great strike by Leon Knight from the freekick. Quite close in and on the right of the goal, but Knight managed to get dip and bend on the kick: the keeper was beaten but it hit the bar and bounced clear - great effort!
Outrageous dive from Nathan Jones on the edge of the Bristol box after evading two tackles. Freekick in very dangerous position - this time direct!
Five minutes to go - decent stuff in parts, but some sloppy play letting the endeavour of both sides down
Butler was inside the six yard box looking to latch onto a hoisted ball, it dropped to him and he tried to turn and volley, but he sent it way over from 3 yards out. That's why your a centre half not a centre forward!!!
Poor miss by Tony Butler deep, luckily he was ruled to have fouled Roberts so it wouldn't have counted.
Doherty bravely charges the kick down. It was an in direct freekick so Brighton needed to take a touch before the shot giving Doherty time to close the attacking side down
Gary Hart wins Brighton a freekick in very, very dangerous position on the edge of the penalty box. Tinnion kicked him in the face whilst trying to hook the ball clear
Ten minutes till the half - can we get a goal? Let's hope so, the game could do with a little spicing up. After 25 minutes of thunderous attacking it's gone a little flat
Doherty takes, but Roberts manages to punch it clear under pressure from Miller
The freekick is 40 yards from goal on the left flank. It is floated in and is headed out for a corner
Virgo scythes in two-footed on Hill and gets the game's first booking and rightly so, ugly challenge: late and dangerous
Roberts launches a huge, rather aimless goalkick down the park - Butler takes it on the forehead and Bristol break out
Carey tries to bust through the Brighton midfield, but Charlie Oatway is not moving - Carey bounces off him!
Finally a slight lull in play - break neck stuff thus far
The shot is taken but it hammers straight into the wall
Freekick to Brighton again, this time Iwelumo held up unfairly. A kick 35 yards out
Butler with a towering header to clear the freekick
Jones takes a whack in the middle of the park - freekick
Deep defending by Brighton almost casues confusion between the keeper and the defender, who were uner pressure from Miller as a Bristol cross dropped in the box
The game has a wondeful ebb and flow to it for the neutral, but it's only as a result of terrible passing - the managers and the more discerning fan will be less than happy
Put agro in the box and the whistle goes - infringement by Bristol: goal kick
Corner for Bristol
Great cross in from the left aimed at Chris Iwelumo but Danny Coles heads it clear - solid defending
Rougier on the attack, but he gets himself in a mess and loses the ball
Good game this - so far the equal of yesterday's game between Crystal Palace and West Ham
Roberts on a darting run draws Phillips off his line, but the keeper keeps his body in the striker's way and smothers the attack - great stuff
Mis-hit shot Virgo, worth a go from 30 yards, but its out for a goalkick
Roberts comes off his line to claim the cross - great take
Rougier fails to spot Doherty on the quick break, but they do win a corner of their own
Poor corner - Bristol break
Well done Brighton, Leon Knight winning the Seagulls a corner after some decent football down the wing
It's back with Bristol now, who go route one
Good spell of posession for Brighton who have been on the back foot
Brighton have soaked up some pressure and now they try to break forward.
Good strike on goal for Bristol from a freekick outside the box
Adam Virgo mops up at the back, but puts the keeper under pressure - dangerous
Tony Rougier picks the ball up deep and runs (well lumbers actually) at the Brighton defence, he looks a threat until he tries to cross it - the ball end up in the stands
Bristol's Louis Carey and Nathan Jones of Brighton clash for the ball then square up to eachother - handbags, nothing more and the ref just has a word
Roberts back on and making a nuisance of himself in the penalty area on the end of cross
Plenty of head tennis at the moment - no control!
Roberts is down and getting some treatment - not good news who came in for the injured Lee Peacock
A long clearance is worked into the danger area and Lee Miller and Christian Roberts work an opening
Good defending by Matthew Hill for Bristol
Ben Roberts in the Brighton goal under pressure from Lee Miller but he gets the clearance away
There is a mess of balloons in the centre of the pitch - not ideal!
Bristol hook the ball clear and an early spell of danger passes
Early pressure from Brighton working a move down the left
Today?s referee, Richard Beeby, of Northamptonshire gets us underway...
As the national anthem is played the players and fans wait in nervous anticipation. If the game matches the Div 1 game from yesterday then we are in for a treat, ladies and gents!
And for Brighton: Roberts, Virgo, Cullip, Butters, Harding, Hart, Oatway, Carpenter, Nathan Jones, Knight, Iwelumo. Subs: Kuipers, Mayo, Piercy, Hinshelwood, Reid.
Welcome to our coverage of the Second Division play-off between Bristol City v Brighton. Lining up for Bristol City : Phillips, Carey, Butler, Coles, Hill, Rougier, Doherty, Tinnion, Woodman, Miller, Roberts. Subs: Stowell, Wilkshire, Burnell, Goodfellow, Murray.
Brighton and Bristol City meet at the Millennium Stadium for a place in Division One. Join us from 15.00 BST for full live commentary.
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Danny Coles had the challenge on Chris Iwelumo, the clip on his heels was slight, but the striker went down and the ref made a tough decision, no doubting the quality of Knight penalty though.
That's it full-time. Brighton are up and what a cruel way to lose - a controversial penalty
Reid runs into the Bristol half, but instead of taking it into the corner to waste time he slips a pass to Knight who wastes the chance to holds up play by trying a shot
Brighton knock it into the Bristol half - hoping it won't come back. It will of course, Brighton need possession to kill Bristol off
Butters heads it clear
Offside against Iwelumo - Bristol need to knock it long and hope for a lucky bounce
Three added minutes signalled
Normal time is almost up and Brighton are taking their sweet time over throw-ins, squeezing everything out for as long as possible
Brighton, who have six clean sheets in their last seven games, look like they know how to keep Bristol out
Rougier fails to hold up the ball in the Brighton half and the Seagulls hoist the ball clear - anywhere will do!
Another change for Bristol: Farewell Tony Butler, hello Marc Goodfellow. A defender for an attacker!
Piercy takes a hit as Brighton try to play their way out of trouble - a freekick which they are in no hurry to take
Corner for Bristol as Brighton wobble under pressue
Bristol steam up the other end - win a freekick, but it is poor and the chance goes begging
Doherty hussled of the ball as Brighton scent their chance Controversial decision, Iwelumo went down as if shot by a snipper, when the touch on his heel was minimal
Knight slotted the ball in the bottom left corner!! Is that the clincher?
Leon Knight steps ups and scores!
Penalty for Brighton!
Doherty tries to work the ball down the right for Bristol, but he is double teamed and loses out
A last throw of the dice for Bristol: Luke Wiltshire is on for Tinnion
Can we please have a goal? Ten minutes to go - let's have a winner, eh lads?
Knight gets trampled over by Carey - nothing other than painful
Doherty hussled of the ball as Brighton scent their chance
A heart-stopping moment for both teams as Iwelumo gets his head to a cross and sends a looping slo-mo header inches wide
Strange choice that, Piercy better be good, Jones looked dangerous
Another change for Brighton, off goes Nathan Jones and on comes John Piercy
Rougier closes down Roberts, putting the keeper under pressure, he just fails to win a corner
Knight unhappy that he was prevented from reaching the cross - the ref waves him away
Jones swings in a cross from the left, but Coles clears
Brighton keeper Roberts mishits his clearance and gifts Bristol a throw in the Brighton half
Poor delivery - straight out for a goalkick
Phillips clears his lines - more route one, but this time they win a freekick
Half chance for Brighton, poor defending and apoor finishing allowing Phillips to gather
Nobody happy about that challenge - Roberts peeled of the floor
Bristol clear, but Danny Cullip crunches into Christian Roberts
Freekcik launched in from deep
Yellow card for Doherty
Iwelumo lashes a shot wide from distance - he chested it down but instead of closing in on goal hit from distance
Tinnion tries a long range - but it is charged down
Doherty takes, but Iwelumo clears
Brsitol keeping the pressure on despite that interuption - they win a corner
Brighton's change is forced on them: Carpenter will not be rejoining the fray, in his place comes Paul Reid
Two subs happening. For Bristol Scott Murray replaces Lee Miller, who had looked quite threatening...
Carpenter still down getting treatment on the pitch - the ref orders him off to get the game underway
Foul given against Rougier who felled Richard Carpenter
Bristol are in control now - Hill well forward, and Miller up for the battle
The second corner comes in and Roberts claims it
Miller looks angry and hold his face - he thinks he caught a whack in the goalmouth melee
Corner flies in, but is headed out for another
Now Carey and Hill are on the ball, they win a Bristol corner
Tinnion and Woodman link up well in the centre of the pitch for Bristol
Roberts with a shockingly poor clearnace: he lumped it straight into Butters' backside, luckily for both Lee Miller didn't get a chance to get to the ricochet!
Decent ball floats in, a half clearance but only as far as Bristol man - who lashes a shot just wide
Freekick for Bristol after Hart clattered into Rougier
Iwelumo chases down a loose ball - Brighton have started much the brighter this half
Knight, who looks ok now after that shuddering collision, links up neatly with Jones on the right flank
Pressure from Brighton - a deep throw into the box: The ball loops over the defender's head and through Iwelumo's legs in the six yard box, a half chance
Word reaching us here that Bristol playmaker and skipper Tommy Doherty has been throwing up at halfime. Whether nerves or somethinn more serious that's not great news for Danny Wilson and his side
Knight gets to his feet gingerly, he looks shaken but more or less ok
Leon Knight is down and out, pole-axed by a 50-50 challenge by Danny Coles
Late flag against Iwelumo for a questionable offside call
There has to be a winner today, extra-time or penalties could be needed - but a result is a certainty
Here we go, back underway!
So, there is still everything to play for with another 45 minutes coming up: Keep it here!
Perhaps Brighton shaded by virtue of Roberts' fine work between the sticks and Leon Knight's freekick which clattered the woodwork. But Bristol looked dangerous as well, with Christian Roberts and Lee Miller causing problems at the back.
After a very bright and exciting start things settled down. Some decent play by both sides, but slack passing meant neither team can claim to have dominated.
Rougier has the ball and tries to find a way through the Brighton back line, but the ref blows the whistle and that's the half
One minute of time added on is announced by the fourth official
Doherty with a carbon copy of Knight's freekick moments earlier - this time the arc of the ball and the strength of the kick took it a metre over the bar and out for a goalkick.
And a similar freekick now for Bristol - this time about 30 yards out
Great strike by Leon Knight from the freekick. Quite close in and on the right of the goal, but Knight managed to get dip and bend on the kick: the keeper was beaten but it hit the bar and bounced clear - great effort!
Outrageous dive from Nathan Jones on the edge of the Bristol box after evading two tackles. Freekick in very dangerous position - this time direct!
Five minutes to go - decent stuff in parts, but some sloppy play letting the endeavour of both sides down
Butler was inside the six yard box looking to latch onto a hoisted ball, it dropped to him and he tried to turn and volley, but he sent it way over from 3 yards out. That's why your a centre half not a centre forward!!!
Poor miss by Tony Butler deep, luckily he was ruled to have fouled Roberts so it wouldn't have counted.
Doherty bravely charges the kick down. It was an in direct freekick so Brighton needed to take a touch before the shot giving Doherty time to close the attacking side down
Gary Hart wins Brighton a freekick in very, very dangerous position on the edge of the penalty box. Tinnion kicked him in the face whilst trying to hook the ball clear
Ten minutes till the half - can we get a goal? Let's hope so, the game could do with a little spicing up. After 25 minutes of thunderous attacking it's gone a little flat
Doherty takes, but Roberts manages to punch it clear under pressure from Miller
The freekick is 40 yards from goal on the left flank. It is floated in and is headed out for a corner
Virgo scythes in two-footed on Hill and gets the game's first booking and rightly so, ugly challenge: late and dangerous
Roberts launches a huge, rather aimless goalkick down the park - Butler takes it on the forehead and Bristol break out
Carey tries to bust through the Brighton midfield, but Charlie Oatway is not moving - Carey bounces off him!
Finally a slight lull in play - break neck stuff thus far
The shot is taken but it hammers straight into the wall
Freekick to Brighton again, this time Iwelumo held up unfairly. A kick 35 yards out
Butler with a towering header to clear the freekick
Jones takes a whack in the middle of the park - freekick
Deep defending by Brighton almost casues confusion between the keeper and the defender, who were uner pressure from Miller as a Bristol cross dropped in the box
The game has a wondeful ebb and flow to it for the neutral, but it's only as a result of terrible passing - the managers and the more discerning fan will be less than happy
Put agro in the box and the whistle goes - infringement by Bristol: goal kick
Corner for Bristol
Great cross in from the left aimed at Chris Iwelumo but Danny Coles heads it clear - solid defending
Rougier on the attack, but he gets himself in a mess and loses the ball
Good game this - so far the equal of yesterday's game between Crystal Palace and West Ham
Roberts on a darting run draws Phillips off his line, but the keeper keeps his body in the striker's way and smothers the attack - great stuff
Mis-hit shot Virgo, worth a go from 30 yards, but its out for a goalkick
Roberts comes off his line to claim the cross - great take
Rougier fails to spot Doherty on the quick break, but they do win a corner of their own
Poor corner - Bristol break
Well done Brighton, Leon Knight winning the Seagulls a corner after some decent football down the wing
It's back with Bristol now, who go route one
Good spell of posession for Brighton who have been on the back foot
Brighton have soaked up some pressure and now they try to break forward.
Good strike on goal for Bristol from a freekick outside the box
Adam Virgo mops up at the back, but puts the keeper under pressure - dangerous
Tony Rougier picks the ball up deep and runs (well lumbers actually) at the Brighton defence, he looks a threat until he tries to cross it - the ball end up in the stands
Bristol's Louis Carey and Nathan Jones of Brighton clash for the ball then square up to eachother - handbags, nothing more and the ref just has a word
Roberts back on and making a nuisance of himself in the penalty area on the end of cross
Plenty of head tennis at the moment - no control!
Roberts is down and getting some treatment - not good news who came in for the injured Lee Peacock
A long clearance is worked into the danger area and Lee Miller and Christian Roberts work an opening
Good defending by Matthew Hill for Bristol
Ben Roberts in the Brighton goal under pressure from Lee Miller but he gets the clearance away
There is a mess of balloons in the centre of the pitch - not ideal!
Bristol hook the ball clear and an early spell of danger passes
Early pressure from Brighton working a move down the left
Today?s referee, Richard Beeby, of Northamptonshire gets us underway...
As the national anthem is played the players and fans wait in nervous anticipation. If the game matches the Div 1 game from yesterday then we are in for a treat, ladies and gents!
And for Brighton: Roberts, Virgo, Cullip, Butters, Harding, Hart, Oatway, Carpenter, Nathan Jones, Knight, Iwelumo. Subs: Kuipers, Mayo, Piercy, Hinshelwood, Reid.
Welcome to our coverage of the Second Division play-off between Bristol City v Brighton. Lining up for Bristol City : Phillips, Carey, Butler, Coles, Hill, Rougier, Doherty, Tinnion, Woodman, Miller, Roberts. Subs: Stowell, Wilkshire, Burnell, Goodfellow, Murray.
Brighton and Bristol City meet at the Millennium Stadium for a place in Division One. Join us from 15.00 BST for full live commentary.
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