Arsenal 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2023

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Arsenal · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Arsenal beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Gabriel Jesus opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Gabriel Jesus (53') and Kai Havertz (87'). Brighton & Hove Albion did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 36 points from 16 and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th on 26 points from 16. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th with 48.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (8.1), ahead of Gabriel Martinelli (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 4 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Ben WhiteArsenal
  • 43'Yellow card · Mikel ArtetaArsenal
  • 43'Yellow card · Kaoru MitomaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 53'Goal · Gabriel JesusArsenal · 1-0
  • 76'Yellow card · Billy GilmourBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 87'Goal · Kai HavertzArsenal · 2-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 3, Brighton & Hove Albion 4.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Steven AlzateBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Syndesmotic Ligament Tear)
  • O. OffiahBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Ill)
  • J. SarmientoBrighton & Hove Albion · other (Doubtful)

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bart Verbruggen, Joël Veltman, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, James Milner, Pascal Groß, Billy Gilmour, Simon Adingra, Adam Lallana, Kaoru Mitoma, E. Ferguson