Brighton hit Sheff Utd for five after Mason Holgate sees red for horror tackle 

Evan Ferguson's wait for a goal goes on, however. 
Brighton hit Sheff Utd for five after Mason Holgate sees red for horror tackle 

Brighton and Hove Albion manager Roberto De Zerbi. Picture: Nigel French/PA Wire.

Brighton strengthened their top-six Premier League hopes as they inflicted a second successive 5-0 home defeat on 10-man Sheffield United.

Goals from Facundo Buonanotte and Danny Welbeck, Simon Adingra's double and a Jack Robinson own goal gave the Seagulls their second victory at Bramall Lane in three weeks after a 5-2 fourth-round FA Cup romp last month.

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