Arsenal have less rest than Brighton & Hove Albion in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Crystal Palace, so at least Arsenal are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Arsenal are staying put; they can neither be promoted or relegated this season and are fighting only for positions. Brighton is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.
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.
Arsenal are returning here after visiting Crystal Palace in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Nicolas Pépé (2) and Gabriel Martinelli scored the goal(s). Midfielder Nicolas Pépé was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.94 (out of ten) in that game. Pépé scored two goals, dribled passed the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 51 successful passes (of 56 total).
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Chelsea.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 have conceded 21 in these home matches.
Playing away, Brighton & Hove Albion have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 8 defeats in the Premier League this season. Brighton has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Leandro Trossard, Adam Webster and Dan Burn scored in Brighton's previous match, the home game against Manchester City that ended 3-2. The attacker Leandro Trossard got a match rating of 7.83 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 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting West Ham United.Brighton & Hove Albion find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 18 away fixtures 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. Brighton have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.
![]() A. Lacazette 13 goals | ![]() P. Aubameyang 10 goals | ![]() N. Pépé 8 goals |
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| 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 | td>0%0% | 14% | ||||||||||||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4 | 4.3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5.2 | 4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5 | 4.7 | ||||||||||||||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 11.5 | 12.5 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 13.4 | 13.6 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 5.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.2 | ||||||||||||||
| 25% | 15% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 27% | ||||||||||||||