Arsenal greet Brighton & Hove Albion as obvious favourites: Big match preview

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 09.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

5th place in the Premier League table for Arsenal so far this season, a potent performance. The home team supporters pray for more joy as 13th-placed Brighton & Hove Albion visit Emirates Stadium.

Insights:
  • Arsenal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League

Arsenal and Brighton & Hove Albion should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Arsenal form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Emirates Stadium as Arsenal have scored 24 goals to get 32 points from 15 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 10-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Arsenal are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Crystal Palace. Martinelli, who plays in attack, was the declared top player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 6.84 (out of 10). Martinelli hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Aston Villa and winning 1-0.

The Arsenal fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 league matches. From these home matches, Arsenal have conceded only 12 goals.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

The visitors are W4-D7-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Brighton seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Dunk was the last player to score for the away team. Brighton & Hove Albion haven't scored a league goal in the last 305 minutes.

Brighton & Hove Albion's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Norwich City that finished 0-0. Midfielder Allister was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Allister dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Tottenham Hotspur.

Brighton & Hove Albion have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 16 goals have been scored. 16 goals have been conceded by Brighton in these games.

Head 2 Head

Brighton & Hove Albion - Arsenal 0-0 was the outcome when this pair of teams last did battle, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Arsenal four wins, three draws and Brighton & Hove Albion three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArsenalB. Saka
B. Saka
9 goals
ArsenalE. Smith Rowe
E. Smith Rowe
9 goals
Brighton & Hove AlbionN. Maupay
N. Maupay
8 goals

Arsenal missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Arsenal Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 3 14 30
17 10 4 Won W 0 4 7
3 2 1 Drew D 3 7 13
9 3 0 Lost L 0 3 10
44 24 12 Scored S 4 16 26
34 12 4 Conceded C 4 16 36
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 87%
76% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
52% 47% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 23%
31% 20% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 14% 10%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
34% 40% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 47%
45% 47% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 27%
28% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 40%
 
5.2 6.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.9 5.6
4.6 4.3 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.2 5.2
1.6 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.9 1.9
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15 17.8 20.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 10.5 12.7
5.1 5.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.1 3.4
30% 27% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 25%
 
11.5 9.8 8.4 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 12.6 12.2
4.1 3.1 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 4.1
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Arsenal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 17 3 10 52 37 15 10 1 4 31 17 15 7 2 6 21 20 15 54
5 Arsenal 29 17 3 9 44 34 15 10 2 3 24 12 14 7 1 6 20 22 10 54
6 West Ham United 31 15 6 10 51 40 16 9 3 4 29 21 15 6 3 6 22 19 11 51
7 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
9 Crystal Palace 30 8 13 9 42 38 16 5 7 4 25 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 4 37
10 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
11 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
12 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 30 7 10 13 33 54 14 4 6 4 20 25 16 3 4 9 13 29 -21 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 28 7 4 17 30 49 14 6 1 7 19 19 14 1 3 10 11 30 -19 25
18 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
19 Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 14 2 6 6 10 18 14 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 17 3 10 52 37 15 10 1 4 31 17 15 7 2 6 21 20 15 54
5 Arsenal 29 17 3 9 44 34 15 10 2 3 24 12 14 7 1 6 20 22 10 54
6 West Ham United 31 15 6 10 51 40 16 9 3 4 29 21 15 6 3 6 22 19 11 51
7 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
9 Crystal Palace 30 8 13 9 42 38 16 5 7 4 25 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 4 37
10 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
11 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
12 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 30 7 10 13 33 54 14 4 6 4 20 25 16 3 4 9 13 29 -21 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 28 7 4 17 30 49 14 6 1 7 19 19 14 1 3 10 11 30 -19 25
18 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
19 Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 14 2 6 6 10 18 14 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.