Premier League champions Arsenal had been dealt an early blow on their go to to the south coast as Brighton took the lead on the Amex Stadium.
After a vibrant begin, Fabian Hurzeler’s aspect put the guests below immense strain and deservedly broke the impasse when Pascal Gross let fly from 20 yards to beat the outstretched hand of David Raya.
Brighton’s Charalampos Kostoulas had earlier pressured an excellent save from Raya following Bruno Guimaraes’ error, as Mikel Arteta’s males struggled to determine a foothold within the recreation.
Kostoulas added additional distress to Arsenal’s afternoon when he drilled residence a second for Brighton after being afforded an excessive amount of time and area on the sting of the field on the stroke of half time.
It meant the Gunners went into the break two targets down with a mountain to climb within the second half if the north Londoners have any hope of salvaging one thing from the sport and preserving their unbeaten begin to the marketing campaign.
For Brighton, in the meantime, victory may see them rise to as excessive as third within the desk.
BRIGHTON LINE UP
Brighton: Verbruggen; Kadioglu, Struijk, Vuskovic, Boscagli; Ayari, Gross, Andres, Gomez, De Cuyper; Kostoulas
Brighton Substitutes: Steele, Hadjam, Rutter, David, Osman, Costinha, Svoboda, O’Reilly, Yalcouye
ARSENAL LINE UP
Arsenal: Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Guimaraes, Odegaard; Saka, Tzolis, Havertz
Arsenal Substitutes: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Madueke, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman
Current Kind & Stats for Brighton v Arsenal
- Arsenal have received all 4 of their Premier League matches this season.
- Arsenal have additionally received all seven of their matches throughout all competitions in 2026-27.
- Brighton have scored 13 targets of their opening 4 Premier League matches.
- Brighton have scored at the very least 4 targets in 4 of their final 5 matches.
- Arsenal are unbeaten of their final seven conferences with Brighton.
- Arsenal accomplished the Premier League double over Brighton final season.
- Max Dowman turned the primary male participant to attain twice for Arsenal earlier than turning 17.
