Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion Preview & Prediction 23 May 2021

With their 17 point advantage in the league table, Arsenal fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Brighton & Hove Albion.

Insights:

Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Brighton & Hove Albion have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in Premier League

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Premier League match only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Crystal Palace.

Brighton & Hove Albion is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Arsenal form and stats

Overall Premier League stats at home this season for Arsenal are 7-4-7 (wins-draw-losses). The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Arsenal has won their last four matches.

A strong away win for Arsenal against Crystal Palace the last match, as Nicolas Pépé (2) and Gabriel Martinelli were on target. Nicolas Pépé (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.12/10. Pépé scored two goals, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).

In the game before, an away victory match versus Chelsea with a 1-0 scoreline.

The Arsenal fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 18 matches. Arsenal's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 21 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

5-5-8 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brighton & Hove Albion in their Premier League matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Brighton are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Brighton are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Premier League against Manchester City (placed 1st). The attacker Leandro Trossard got a match rating of 8.03 in that game. Trossard scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total). Brighton can call themselves comeback kings after the match against Manchester City. Buried deep in trouble at 0-2, the troops rallied and completely turned the match around to a 3-2 victory. Dan Burn scored the final goal.

A draw for Brighton before that, at their own venue hosting West Ham United (1-1).

Brighton have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Brighton & Hove Albion have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Brighton & Hove Albion - Arsenal 0-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - two - three (Arsenal wins - draws - Brighton & Hove Albion wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

A. Lacazette

13 goals

P. Aubameyang

10 goals

N. Pépé

8 goals

Arsenal missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Arsenal				Brighton & Hove Albion
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	6	18	37
17	7	3	Won	W	2	5	9
7	4	2	Drew	D	1	5	14
13	7	1	Lost	L	3	8	14
53	22	10	Scored	S	8	18	40
39	21	5	Conceded	C	10	22	44
92%	89%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	89%	84%
68%	67%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	83%	61%	65%
54%	56%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	67%	50%	46%
24%	17%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	17%	11%	16%
5%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	17%	6%	11%
46%	50%	67%	BTTS	BTTS	83%	50%	54%
30%	17%	17%	Clean Sheets	C S	17%	28%	32%
32%	44%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	33%	30%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
1.3	1.2	1	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.7	0.9	1.3
5	2	2	Red cards	R C	4	6	6

11.9	12.6	14.3	Shots (avg)	S (	11.8	11.3	13.7
3.9	4	5.5	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	2.7	3.4	3.8
37%	31%	30%	Goal Efficiency	G E	50%	30%	28%

Arsenal			First Half	Brighton & Hove Albion
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	6	18	37
11	3	1	Won	W	3	7	12
16	11	4	Drew	D	0	4	14
10	4	1	Lost	L	3	7	11
26	10	2	Scored	S	4	10	18
22	7	1	Conceded	C	4	11	19
68%	50%	33%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	100%	83%	70%
41%	33%	17%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	17%	22%	19%
19%	11%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	11%	8%
3%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
27%	17%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	17%	11%	14%
57%	67%	83%	Clean Sheets	C S	50%	56%	62%
49%	67%	83%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	50%	54%

Arsenal			Second Half	Brighton & Hove Albion
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
37	18	6	Played	P	6	18	37
15	5	3	Won	W	1	4	8
14	7	2	Drew	D	3	9	18
8	6	1	Lost	L	2	5	11
27	12	8	Scored	S	4	8	22
17	14	4	Conceded	C	6	11	25
70%	78%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	83%	61%	68%
35%	44%	67%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	67%	33%	43%
14%	22%	33%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	17%	11%	14%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
16%	28%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	50%	22%	30%
65%	44%	33%	Clean Sheets	C S	33%	61%	51%
49%	50%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	56%	51%

Key stats in Premier League this season:

Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Brighton & Hove Albion have the most dropped points from leading position (25) 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	37	26	5	6	78	32	18	12	2	4	38	17	19	14	3	2	40	15	46	83
2	Manchester United	37	20	11	6	71	43	19	9	4	6	38	28	18	11	7	0	33	15	28	71
3	Chelsea	37	19	10	8	57	34	19	9	6	4	31	18	18	10	4	4	26	16	23	67
4	Liverpool	37	19	9	9	66	42	18	9	3	6	27	20	19	10	6	3	39	22	24	66
5	Leicester City	37	20	6	11	66	46	18	9	1	8	32	26	19	11	5	3	34	20	20	66
6	West Ham United	37	18	8	11	59	47	18	9	4	5	29	22	19	9	4	6	30	25	12	62
7	Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	8	12	64	43	19	10	3	6	35	20	18	7	5	6	29	23	21	59
8	Everton	37	17	8	12	47	43	19	6	4	9	24	28	18	11	4	3	23	15	4	59
9	Arsenal	37	17	7	13	53	39	18	7	4	7	22	21	19	10	3	6	31	18	14	58
10	Leeds United	37	17	5	15	59	53	18	7	5	6	25	20	19	10	0	9	34	33	6	56
11	Aston Villa	37	15	7	15	53	45	18	6	4	8	27	26	19	9	3	7	26	19	8	52
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	9	16	35	50	18	7	4	7	20	23	19	5	5	9	15	27	-15	45
13	Crystal Palace	37	12	8	17	41	64	19	6	5	8	20	32	18	6	3	9	21	32	-23	44
14	Southampton	37	12	7	18	47	65	19	8	3	8	28	25	18	4	4	10	19	40	-18	43
15	Newcastle United	37	11	9	17	44	62	19	6	5	8	26	33	18	5	4	9	18	29	-18	42
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	9	14	14	40	44	19	4	9	6	22	22	18	5	5	8	18	22	-4	41
17	Burnley	37	10	9	18	33	54	19	4	6	9	14	27	18	6	3	9	19	27	-21	39
18	Fulham	37	5	13	19	27	51	18	2	4	12	9	26	19	3	9	7	18	25	-24	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	37	5	11	21	34	73	19	3	6	10	15	39	18	2	5	11	19	34	-39	26
20	Sheffield United	37	6	2	29	19	63	18	4	1	13	11	27	19	2	1	16	8	36	-44	20

Arsenal:

Brighton & Hove Albion:

Brighton & Hove Albion
The Argus - (local newspaper)

Premier League:

NewsNow Premier League

England:

English Football Association

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	37	26	5	6	78	32	18	12	2	4	38	17	19	14	3	2	40	15	46	83
2	Manchester United	37	20	11	6	71	43	19	9	4	6	38	28	18	11	7	0	33	15	28	71
3	Chelsea	37	19	10	8	57	34	19	9	6	4	31	18	18	10	4	4	26	16	23	67
4	Liverpool	37	19	9	9	66	42	18	9	3	6	27	20	19	10	6	3	39	22	24	66
5	Leicester City	37	20	6	11	66	46	18	9	1	8	32	26	19	11	5	3	34	20	20	66
6	West Ham United	37	18	8	11	59	47	18	9	4	5	29	22	19	9	4	6	30	25	12	62
7	Tottenham Hotspur	37	17	8	12	64	43	19	10	3	6	35	20	18	7	5	6	29	23	21	59
8	Everton	37	17	8	12	47	43	19	6	4	9	24	28	18	11	4	3	23	15	4	59
9	Arsenal	37	17	7	13	53	39	18	7	4	7	22	21	19	10	3	6	31	18	14	58
10	Leeds United	37	17	5	15	59	53	18	7	5	6	25	20	19	10	0	9	34	33	6	56
11	Aston Villa	37	15	7	15	53	45	18	6	4	8	27	26	19	9	3	7	26	19	8	52
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	12	9	16	35	50	18	7	4	7	20	23	19	5	5	9	15	27	-15	45
13	Crystal Palace	37	12	8	17	41	64	19	6	5	8	20	32	18	6	3	9	21	32	-23	44
14	Southampton	37	12	7	18	47	65	19	8	3	8	28	25	18	4	4	10	19	40	-18	43
15	Newcastle United	37	11	9	17	44	62	19	6	5	8	26	33	18	5	4	9	18	29	-18	42
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	9	14	14	40	44	19	4	9	6	22	22	18	5	5	8	18	22	-4	41
17	Burnley	37	10	9	18	33	54	19	4	6	9	14	27	18	6	3	9	19	27	-21	39
18	Fulham	37	5	13	19	27	51	18	2	4	12	9	26	19	3	9	7	18	25	-24	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	37	5	11	21	34	73	19	3	6	10	15	39	18	2	5	11	19	34	-39	26
20	Sheffield United	37	6	2	29	19	63	18	4	1	13	11	27	19	2	1	16	8	36	-44	20