Premier League Players Who Scored Hat-Tricks in Losing Matches

Brian Brobbey recently made history by scoring a hat-trick for Sunderland despite the team losing 5-3 to Manchester City. This marked the first time in 19 years that a player netted three goals yet ended up on the losing side in the Premier League.

Since the Premier League started in 1992, this feat has only happened six times. Brobbey is just the fifth different player to achieve it, highlighting how unusual it is for a hat-trick scorer's team to lose.

Players Who Scored Hat-Tricks in Defeats

• Matt le Tissier: Oldham Athletic 4-3 Southampton (8 May 1993)
• Matt le Tissier: Southampton 3-4 Nottingham Forest (19 August 1995)
• Dion Dublin: Sheffield Wednesday 4-3 Coventry City (4 December 1995)
• Dwight Yorke: Newcastle United 4-3 Aston Villa (30 September 1996)
• Roque Santa Cruz: Wigan Athletic 5-3 Blackburn Rovers (15 December 2007)
• Brian Brobbey: Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland (20 September 2026)

The last player before Brobbey to score a hat-trick in a loss was Roque Santa Cruz, who scored three for Blackburn Rovers in their defeat at Wigan Athletic in 2007. The other occurrences all took place in the 1990s, with Matt le Tissier uniquely managing it twice.

This information answers a question from a reader named Chris in Cumbria, part of BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything series.