diff --git a/.changeset/fix-css-bom-formatting.md b/.changeset/fix-css-bom-formatting.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ece66eee04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-css-bom-formatting.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@biomejs/biome": patch
+---
+
+Fixed CSS formatter incorrectly collapsing selectors when a BOM (Byte Order Mark) character is present at the start of the file. The formatter now correctly preserves line breaks between comments and selectors in BOM-prefixed CSS files, matching Prettier's behavior.
diff --git a/crates/biome_css_formatter/tests/specs/prettier/css/bom/bom.css.snap b/crates/biome_css_formatter/tests/specs/prettier/css/bom/bom.css.snap
deleted file mode 100644
index 179648e46f20..000000000000
--- a/crates/biome_css_formatter/tests/specs/prettier/css/bom/bom.css.snap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
----
-source: crates/biome_formatter_test/src/snapshot_builder.rs
-info: css/bom/bom.css
----
-
-# Input
-
-```css
-
-/* Block comment */
-html {
-  content: "#{1}";
-}
-
-```
-
-
-# Prettier differences
-
-```diff
---- Prettier
-+++ Biome
-@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--/* Block comment */
--html {
-+/* Block comment */ html {
-   content: "#{1}";
- }
-```
-
-# Output
-
-```css
-/* Block comment */ html {
-  content: "#{1}";
-}
-```
diff --git a/crates/biome_css_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs b/crates/biome_css_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs
index 239fb8f2cdc3..9c570efdb806 100644
--- a/crates/biome_css_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/biome_css_parser/src/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -365,6 +365,24 @@ impl<'src> CssLexer<'src> {
             LSS => self.consume_lss(),
 
             DOL => self.consume_dol(),
+
+            // Check for BOM first at position 0, before checking if UNI is an identifier start.
+            // The BOM character (U+FEFF) is in the valid CSS non-ASCII identifier range,
+            // so without this check it would be incorrectly consumed as part of an identifier.
+            UNI if self.position == 0 => {
+                if let Some((bom, bom_size)) = self.consume_potential_bom(UNICODE_BOM) {
+                    self.unicode_bom_length = bom_size;
+                    return bom;
+                }
+                // Not a BOM, check other UNI cases below
+                if self.options.is_metavariable_enabled() && self.is_metavariable_start() {
+                    self.consume_metavariable(GRIT_METAVARIABLE)
+                } else if self.is_ident_start() {
+                    self.consume_identifier()
+                } else {
+                    self.consume_unexpected_character()
+                }
+            }
             UNI if self.options.is_metavariable_enabled() && self.is_metavariable_start() => {
                 self.consume_metavariable(GRIT_METAVARIABLE)
             }
@@ -380,7 +398,7 @@ impl<'src> CssLexer<'src> {
             PNC => self.consume_byte(T![')']),
             BEO => self.consume_byte(T!['{']),
             BEC => self.consume_byte(T!['}']),
-            BTO => self.consume_byte(T!('[')),
+            BTO => self.consume_byte(T!['[']),
             BTC => self.consume_byte(T![']']),
             COM => self.consume_byte(T![,]),
             MOR => self.consume_mor(),
@@ -391,17 +409,7 @@ impl<'src> CssLexer<'src> {
             PRC => self.consume_byte(T![%]),
             Dispatch::AMP => self.consume_byte(T![&]),
 
-            UNI => {
-                // A BOM can only appear at the start of a file, so if we haven't advanced at all yet,
-                // perform the check. At any other position, the BOM is just considered plain whitespace.
-                if self.position == 0
-                    && let Some((bom, bom_size)) = self.consume_potential_bom(UNICODE_BOM)
-                {
-                    self.unicode_bom_length = bom_size;
-                    return bom;
-                }
-                self.consume_unexpected_character()
-            }
+            UNI => self.consume_unexpected_character(),
 
             _ => self.consume_unexpected_character(),
         }