Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2018
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 March 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.
Lewis Dunk opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Lewis Dunk (7') and Glenn Murray (26'). Arsenal scored through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (43').
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 12th on 31 points from 28 and Arsenal 6th on 45 points from 28. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 15th with 40 points, and Arsenal 6th with 63.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Shane Duffy of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), level with Granit Xhaka (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Brighton & Hove Albion wins, 0 draws and 1 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Lewis Dunk
- 26'Goal · Glenn Murray
- 28'Yellow card · Sead Kolasinac
- 40'Yellow card · J. Wilshere
- 43'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 54'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 60'Yellow card · Dale Stephens
- 64'Yellow card · Ezequiel Schelotto
- 78'Yellow card · Glenn Murray
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-4-1-1)
Mathew Ryan, Ezequiel Schelotto, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Gaëtan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, José Izquierdo, Pascal Groß, Glenn Murray
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Calum Chambers, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Sead Kolasinac, J. Wilshere, Granit Xhaka, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang