Spurs 3-1 Brighton - the numbers

We booked our place in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday night with a commanding 3-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

Against a side who have impressed this season in the Premier League, we made a quick and purposeful start with Harry Kane curling deliciously into the top right-hand corner of the net on 13 minutes. Just 11 minutes later, we were two to the good as Emerson Royal’s cross deflected in off Solly March.

The visitors did get themselves back into the tie after the break with Yves Bissouma’s strike diverting in off the back of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg on 63 minutes, but we were quick to respond as, just three minutes later, we restored our two-goal advantage to thwart the Seagulls’ fightback. Kane was the man to find the target once more, turning the ball in from close range, although our number 10 was grateful to his fellow forward Heung-Min Son, whose speed and dynamism on the break played a huge part in creating the opportunity.

Here’s a look at all the key numbers behind the game…

Highlights: Spurs 3-1 Brighton

Into the hat

3 - Antonio Conte continued his 100 per cent record against Brighton – he has won all three of his career meetings with the Seagulls.

8 - The Italian has now won each of his last eight FA Cup ties – a run stretching back to January, 2018.

1 – In his career, he has lost just one of the 14 ties that he has faced in the competition.

50 – With victory over Albion, we booked our place in the fifth round for the 50^th time in our history.

8 - We have won each of our last eight home games against Brighton and lost just one of our last 18 – that defeat coming just over 40 years ago in October, 1981.

5 - We continued our perfect record against Brighton in cup competitions. We have won all five of our domestic meetings with them in knockout competitions – three in the League Cup and two in the FA Cup.

Kane motoring

15 - Harry Kane now has 15 goals to his name this season.

2 - His strikes against Brighton marked his first domestic brace of the season and his first since scoring twice in our 2-2 Premier League draw at Everton in April.

4 - It was his first brace in the FA Cup for four years after he bagged two in our 3-0 FA Cup third round win over AFC Wimbledon in January, 2018.

14 - Harry has now scored 14 FA Cup goals in his career including 12 in his last 12 outings in the competition.

40 - Our number 10 has now scored 40 goals at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Other key numbers

5 - Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has provided eight assists in his Spurs career to date – five of those have been for Harry Kane.

3 - Pierre has been involved in three goals against Brighton in his career (two scored, one assist) – more than against any other side.

97 - No starting player in the match enjoyed a better pass completion rate than Cristian Romero’s 97 per cent.

2 - Rodrigo Bentancur became the second Uruguayan to wear our colours after Gus Poyet (2001-04) while Dejan Kulusevski became the second Swede to play for us after Erik Edman (2004-06).

6 - Solly March’s own goal was the sixth we’ve benefitted from so far this season.