Brighton & Hove Albion FC 3 - 0 Arsenal FC — Highlights & Result
Premier League
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(1 month ago)
· MD 5
Highlights
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Recent history heavily favoured the visitors, whose previous trip here on 4 March 2026 ended in a win, while Brighton & Hove Albion had not beaten them in their last six meetings across all competitions since 2023. Arsenal arrived on matchday 5 of this Premier League season boasting a run of five consecutive victories in all competitions, sitting at the summit of the table with twelve points from four played. Brighton & Hove Albion occupied sixth place with seven points from four outings, having finished eighth last season with 53 points.
Despite enjoying 60% possession and generating an expected goals figure of 1.63, the visitors fell behind when P. Gross opened the scoring in the 31st minute, assisted by C. Kostoulas. Just before the interval, C. Kostoulas added a second with help from D. Gomez. After the break, C. Andres extended the lead in the 57th minute following an assist from P. Gross, who earned a standout 8.5 rating. Arsenal managed only two shots on target despite registering eleven total attempts, while the hosts recorded seventeen shots with five testing the goalkeeper, earning C. Andres an 8 rating.
This result completely altered the upper reaches of the Premier League standings on 19 September 2026. Brighton & Hove Albion jumped from sixth to third in the table, while Arsenal dropped from first to second, leaving them behind the new league leaders Manchester City.
Brighton & Hove Albion are now just two points behind the league leaders.
Despite enjoying 60% possession and generating an expected goals figure of 1.63, the visitors fell behind when P. Gross opened the scoring in the 31st minute, assisted by C. Kostoulas. Just before the interval, C. Kostoulas added a second with help from D. Gomez. After the break, C. Andres extended the lead in the 57th minute following an assist from P. Gross, who earned a standout 8.5 rating. Arsenal managed only two shots on target despite registering eleven total attempts, while the hosts recorded seventeen shots with five testing the goalkeeper, earning C. Andres an 8 rating.
This result completely altered the upper reaches of the Premier League standings on 19 September 2026. Brighton & Hove Albion jumped from sixth to third in the table, while Arsenal dropped from first to second, leaving them behind the new league leaders Manchester City.
Brighton & Hove Albion are now just two points behind the league leaders.
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Match stats
Brighton Hove v Arsenal
40%
Possession
60%
1.31
Expected goals (xG)
1.63
17
Shots
11
5
Shots on target
2
10
Shots inside the box
10
5
Corners
6
343
Passes
511
76%
Pass accuracy
85%
2
Saves
2
13
Fouls
11
0
Offsides
2
4
Yellow cards
1
Lineups & player ratings
8.5
Top rated
Pascal Groß · Brighton Hove
90'
· 1 goal · 1 assist
Key moments
- 31' ⚽ P. Gross · assist C. Kostoulas · Brighton Hove
- 33' 🟨 Charalampos Kostoulas · Brighton Hove
- 45+1' 🟨 Ferdi Kadıoğlu · Brighton Hove
- 45' ⚽ C. Kostoulas · assist D. Gomez · Brighton Hove
- 57' ⚽ C. Andres · assist P. Gross · Brighton Hove
- 71' 🟨 Pascal Struijk · Brighton Hove
- 90+1' 🟨 Maxim De Cuyper · Brighton Hove
- 90+7' 🟨 Declan Rice · Arsenal
Brighton Hove
4-2-3-1- 1 Bart Verbruggen 90' 7.9
- 44 Luka Vušković 90' 7.7
- 21 Olivier Boscagli 90' 7.5
- 13 Pascal Groß (c) ⚽ 🅰️ 90' 8.5
- 26 Yasin Ayari 90' 6.7
- 29 Maxim De Cuyper 🟨 90' 7.7
- 4 Pascal Struijk 🟨 86' 7.3
- 25 Diego Gómez 🅰️ 86' 7.5
- 14 Chema Andrés ⚽ 85' 8.0
- 24 Ferdi Kadıoğlu 🟨 76' 6.6
- 19 Charalampos Kostoulas ⚽ 🅰️ 🟨 76' 7.3
- 20 Costinha · sub 14' 6.9
- 10 Georginio Rutter · sub 14' 6.9
- 35 Malick Yalcouyé · sub 12' 7.0
- 30 Michael Svoboda · sub 11' 6.9
- 33 Matt O'Riley · sub 11' 6.6
Arsenal
4-2-3-1- 1 David Raya 90' 6.9
- 15 Ezri Konsa 90' 6.0
- 6 Gabriel Magalhães 90' 6.9
- 33 Riccardo Calafiori 90' 6.3
- 41 Declan Rice 🟨 90' 6.6
- 29 Kai Havertz 90' 6.9
- 7 Bukayo Saka 81' 7.2
- 8 Martin Ødegaard (c) 73' 6.0
- 17 Christos Tzolis 73' 6.5
- 12 Jurriën Timber 60' 6.2
- 39 Bruno Guimarães 60' 6.3
- 23 Mikel Merino · sub 30' 6.5
- 36 Martín Zubimendi · sub 30' 6.3
- 10 Eberechi Eze · sub 17' 6.6
- 14 Viktor Gyökeres · sub 17' 6.3
- 56 Max Dowman · sub 9' 6.7
Ratings out of 10. Data: API-Football. How ratings work
Match facts
Brighton Hove
6th
in the table · 7 pts from 4
· GD +8
Arsenal
1st
in the table · 12 pts from 4
· GD +7
Form going into the match
Brighton Hove