Brighton vs Arsenal

Premier League ·Matchday 18

Brighton

2-4

Full-time HT 0-2

Arsenal

K. Mitoma 65'
E. Ferguson 77'

B. Saka 2'
M. Ødegaard 39'
E. Nketiah 47'
Gabriel Martinelli 71'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Saturday 31 December · 20:30 The American Express Community Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex A. Taylor

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Arsenal beat Brighton 4-2. Scorers for Brighton: K. Mitoma 65', E. Ferguson 77'. Scorers for Arsenal: B. Saka 2', M. Ødegaard 39', E. Nketiah 47', Gabriel Martinelli 71'. Brighton had 68% of possession.

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Full-time 2 - 4
90'
K. Mitoma VAR · Goal disallowed · Brighton VAR review: Goal disallowed
87'
Rob Holding Out: M. Ødegaard · Arsenal Substitution for Arsenal: Rob Holding comes on for M. Ødegaard
81'
J. Sarmiento Yellow card · Brighton Yellow card for J. Sarmiento (Brighton)
77'
E. Ferguson 2-4 Goal · Brighton Goal! E. Ferguson scores for Brighton. It is 2-4
76'
J. Enciso Out: Solly March · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: J. Enciso comes on for Solly March
74'
Mohamed Elneny Out: Thomas Partey · Arsenal Substitution for Arsenal: Mohamed Elneny comes on for Thomas Partey
71'
Gabriel Martinelli 1-4 Goal · Assist: M. Ødegaard · Arsenal Goal! Gabriel Martinelli scores for Arsenal, set up by M. Ødegaard. It is 1-4
65'
K. Mitoma 1-3 Goal · Assist: P. Groß · Brighton Goal for Brighton! K. Mitoma turns in the pass from P. Groß (1-3)
61'
J. Sarmiento Out: Adam Lallana · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: J. Sarmiento comes on for Adam Lallana
60'
K. Tierney Out: O. Zinchenko · Arsenal Substitution for Arsenal: K. Tierney comes on for O. Zinchenko
60'
T. Tomiyasu Out: B. White · Arsenal Substitution for Arsenal: T. Tomiyasu comes on for B. White
60'
E. Ferguson Out: L. Trossard · Brighton Substitution for Brighton: E. Ferguson comes on for L. Trossard
57'
Solly March Yellow card · Brighton Yellow card for Solly March (Brighton)
54'
B. Saka Yellow card · Arsenal B. Saka of Arsenal is booked
47'
E. Nketiah 0-3 Goal · Arsenal E. Nketiah finds the net for Arsenal (0-3)
Half-time 0 - 2
Added time: 2 minutes
45+2'
Thomas Partey Yellow card · Arsenal Yellow card for Thomas Partey (Arsenal)
45+1'
Gabriel Yellow card · Arsenal Gabriel of Arsenal is booked
45'
B. Gilmour Yellow card · Brighton B. Gilmour of Brighton is booked
39'
M. Ødegaard 0-2 Goal · Arsenal Goal! M. Ødegaard scores for Arsenal. It is 0-2
2'
B. Saka 0-1 Goal · Arsenal Goal for Arsenal! B. Saka makes it 0-1
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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WWLDW Last 5 matches WWLWW

6Position2

62Pts84

1.5Goals scored per match1.6

1.3Goals conceded per match0.7

2Clean sheets6

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Manchester City	38	28	5	5	94	33	94:33	+61	89	LDWWW
2	Arsenal	38	26	6	6	88	43	88:43	+45	84	WLLWW
3	Manchester United	38	23	6	9	58	43	58:43	+15	75	WWWWL
4	Newcastle	38	19	14	5	68	33	68:33	+35	71	DDWDL
5	Liverpool	38	19	10	9	75	47	75:47	+28	67	DDWWW
6	Brighton	38	18	8	12	72	53	72:53	+19	62	LDWLW
7	Aston Villa	38	18	7	13	51	46	51:46	+5	61	WDWLL
8	Tottenham	38	18	6	14	70	63	70:63	+7	60	WLLWL
9	Brentford	38	15	14	9	58	46	58:46	+12	59	WWWLW
10	Fulham	38	15	7	16	55	53	55:53	+2	52	LDWWL
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	12	15	40	49	40:49	-9	45	DDWLW
12	Chelsea	38	11	11	16	38	47	38:47	-9	44	DLLDW
13	Wolves	38	11	8	19	31	58	31:58	-27	41	LDLWL
14	West Ham	38	11	7	20	42	55	42:55	-13	40	LWLWL
15	Bournemouth	38	11	6	21	37	71	37:71	-34	39	LLLLW
16	Nottingham Forest	38	9	11	18	38	68	38:68	-30	38	DWDWL
17	Everton	38	8	12	18	34	57	34:57	-23	36	WDLWD
18	Leicester	38	9	7	22	51	68	51:68	-17	34	WDLLD
19	Leeds	38	7	10	21	48	78	48:78	-30	31	LLDLL
20	Southampton	38	6	7	25	36	73	36:73	-37	25	DLLLL