Brighton & Hove Albion 2-4 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2022
Result
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-4 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2022, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Brighton & Hove Albion 2-4 Arsenal: match report
Brighton & Hove Albion were beaten by Arsenal 2-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2022. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goals came from Kaoru Mitoma (65') and Evan Ferguson (77'). Arsenal scored through Bukayo Saka (2'), Martin Ødegaard (39'), Eddie Nketiah (47') and Gabriel Martinelli (71').
Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 8th on 24 points from 15 and Arsenal 1st on 40 points from 15. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 84.
Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Ødegaard of Arsenal (8.5), ahead of Pascal Groß (7.4).
Key events
- 2'Goal · Bukayo Saka
- 39'Goal · Martin Ødegaard
- 45'Yellow card · Billy Gilmour
- 45+1'Yellow card · Gabriel Magalhães
- 45+2'Yellow card · Thomas Partey
- 47'Goal · Eddie Nketiah
- 54'Yellow card · Bukayo Saka
- 57'Yellow card · Solly March
- 65'Goal · Kaoru Mitoma
- 71'Goal · Gabriel Martinelli
- 77'Goal · Evan Ferguson
- 81'Yellow card · Jeremy Sarmiento
Head-to-head
Team news
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Sánchez, Tariq Lamptey, Lewis Dunk, Levi Colwill, Pervis Estupiñán, Billy Gilmour, Pascal Groß, S. March, Adam Lallana, Kaoru Mitoma, Leandro Trossard
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Martin Ødegaard, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli