Premier League's Bermuda Triangle bites again as Brighton and Brentford win 3-0
Brentford beat Chelsea 3-0 on a Friday night. Less than 24 hours later, Brighton beat champions Arsenal by the same score.
Two results. Six goals. Zero reply. And one old joke was back all over social media.
Draw a line from Brighton to Bournemouth to Brentford and back again, the meme says, and you get the Premier League's Bermuda Triangle. It is where points go missing. Sky Sports has now used the same nickname, and released a video rounding up the trio's best wins over leading clubs.
The name needs a quick explainer. The traditional Big Six means Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham, according to the BBC. They are the six clubs with the biggest budgets and longest grip on the top of the table.
Brighton have handled them better than anyone else outside that group. Since the start of the 2024-25 season, Brighton have taken 42 points from 26 games against the Big Six. That is an average of 1.62 points per match, with three points for a win and one for a draw.
That record is closely tied to one man. Since Fabian Hurzeler took charge at Brighton, only Kenny Dalglish's Blackburn have a better points-per-game return against the Big Six among managers of non-Big-Six clubs with at least 10 such matches.
Bournemouth are not far behind. They have collected 35 points from 26 matches against the Big Six in the same period. That works out at 1.35 points per game.
Brentford are the third corner of the triangle, but their numbers are more modest. They have taken 22 points from 26 matches against the Big Six since the start of last season, an average of 0.85 per game. In that time Newcastle averaged 1.46, Nottingham Forest averaged 1.46 and Aston Villa averaged 1.38 against the same opponents, all matching or beating Brentford's rate.
The latest weekend also showed the limits of the idea. Bournemouth lost 1-0 to Liverpool in the match cited in the BBC analysis. The triangle sprang a leak.
What makes this stand out is the repeat factor. For fans, this means no trip to the south coast or west London feels simple anymore. These are not one-off shocks. They are patterns, built over two seasons, and they give three sets of supporters a shared story every time a big club comes to town.
