newcastle england brighton and hove albion got their premier league season up and running with a clinical 30 victory over newcastle united at st james park on sunday after an early brace by neal maupaythe frenchman put brighton ahead from the penalty spot in the fourth minute when allan saintmaximin brought down tariq lamptey after the teenage wingback cut inside from the right and darted into the boxlamptey 10 days shy of his 20th birthday was also involved in brightons second four minutes later releasing leandro trossard down the rightthe belgian fired in a low cross that maupay slotted home from close range and though the goal was initially disallowed for an offside in the buildup referee kevin friend overturned his decision after consulting the video assistant referee varthe home side showed more fight after the restart and callum wilson spurned newcastles best chance to cut the deficit when he headed over from close range in the 63rd minute after brighton were caught trying to play out from the backit was the visitors however who extended their lead late on when aaron connolly curled the ball home after being picked out inside the box by maupay to complete a comfortable win for brighton who lost their opening game of the season to chelseathe only blot on brightons performance was a red card for midfielder yves bissouma in the 89th minute for catching jamal lewis in the face with a wild swing of his boot