Goals from Bukayo Saka (pen), Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard send Arsenal back to the top of the Premier League on the south coast. Here’s our Brighton vs Arsenal stats page.
Brighton vs Arsenal Post-Match Opta Facts
- Arsenal won both Premier League meetings with Brighton in 2023-24 without conceding a goal; the first time the Seagulls have lost and failed to score home and away against an opponent in the Premier League under Roberto De Zerbi, having last done so in 2021-22 against Aston Villa (under Graham Potter).
- Brighton suffered their first home defeat in the Premier League since August (3-1 vs West Ham), ending what was their longest home unbeaten run in the competition (12 games). Indeed, this was their heaviest home defeat to nil in the top-flight since February 2022 (3-0 vs Burnley).
- Arsenal currently have a goal difference of +51 in the Premier League; their highest in the competition since the final day of the 2004-05 season (also +51).
- The Gunners have kept five consecutive clean sheets away from home in the Premier League for the first time since April 1997 (5), while they’re the first side to do so in the competition since Manchester City in April 2022 (also a run of five).
- Since keeping consecutive clean sheets at home to Wolves and Manchester United in April/May last year, Brighton have only managed two clean sheets in their last 18 home matches in the Premier League.
- Bukayo Saka has scored 14 goals in 29 Premier League appearances this season, equalling his most in a single campaign in the competition in nine fewer appearances (14 in 38 games in 2022-23).
- Kai Havertz netted his ninth Premier League goal of the season for Arsenal, as well as his sixth away from home – both of which are now his most in a single campaign in the competition (scored eight for Chelsea in 2021-22, with five of those in away games).
- Ben White made his 100th Premier League appearance for Arsenal in this game, while he’s ended on the winning side in 66 of those matches; only Sol Campbell and Lauren (both 68) have won more of their first 100 appearances for the Gunners in the competition.
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