Arsenal 2–1 Brighton
Arsenal
2–1HT 1–0
Brighton
Arsenal played Brighton in the Premier League on 27 December 2025 at Emirates Stadium. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 14'M. Odegaard (assist by B. Saka)
- 45+1'Bart Verbruggen — Yellow card
- 50'Lewis Dunk — Yellow card
- 52'G. Rutter (OG)
- 56'Diego Coppola — Yellow card
- 64'D. Gomez
- 69'Myles Lewis-Skelly — Yellow card
- 90'Piero Hincapié — Yellow card
Line-ups
Arsenal 4-3-3
- D. Raya
- D. Rice
- W. Saliba
- P. Hincapie
- M. Lewis-Skelly
- M. Odegaard
- M. Zubimendi
- M. Merino
- B. Saka
- V. Gyökeres
- L. Trossard
- SUBSTITUTES
- K. Arrizabalaga
- Gabriel Jesus
- N. Madueke
- G. Martinelli
- E. Nwaneri
- M. Salmon
- C. Norgaard
- Gabriel
- E. Eze
- COACHES: Mikel Arteta
Brighton 3-4-2-1
- B. Verbruggen
- D. Coppola
- J. P. van Hecke
- L. Dunk
- F. Kadioglu
- Y. Ayari
- J. Hinshelwood
- M. De Cuyper
- B. Gruda
- D. Gomez
- G. Rutter
- SUBSTITUTES
- J. Steele
- J. Milner
- D. Welbeck
- J. Veltman
- O. Boscagli
- M. Wieffer
- C. Kostoulas
- T. Watson
- Y. Minteh
- COACHES: Fabian Hurzeler
Match statistics
| Arsenal | Brighton | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 8 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 24 | Total shots | 8 |
| 10 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 21 | Shots inside box | 7 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 7 | Fouls | 13 |
| 7 | Corners | 2 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 53% | Possession | 47% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 2 | Saves | 5 |
| 450 | Total passes | 407 |
| 376 | Accurate passes | 336 |
| 84% | Pass accuracy | 83% |
| 3.08 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.85 |
| -0.31 | goals_prevented | -0.31 |