⏱️How it unfolded
Every goal and card, from kick-off to full time.
Brighton Hove above the line
Arsenal belowGoals and cards
- 31'GoalPascal Gross, right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Set up by Charalampos Kostoulas1-0
- 45'GoalCharalambos Kostoulas, right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Set up by Diego Gómez2-0
Half-time 2-0
57'GoalChema Andrés, header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Set up by Pascal Groß3-0- 86'InjuryPascal Struijk went off injured, Michael Svoboda on
The score, against the pace we expected
Brighton Hove got ahead of the pace we expected in the first half and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BHA better than we expected
▼ ARS better than we expected
The first half was where it moved most, about 3 goals better than we expected for Brighton Hove.
⚽Good plays, bad plays
The goals and saves that went each side's way, and what each side did to itself.
Brighton Hove
Good plays
- GOAL
Pascal Gross, right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal, set up by Charalampos Kostoulas
31' · BHA 1-0 ARS
- GOAL
Charalambos Kostoulas, right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner, set up by Diego Gómez
45' · BHA 2-0 ARS
- SAVE
Bart Verbruggen kept out Bukayo Saka from the centre of the box
45' · BHA 2-0 ARS
- HEADER
Chema Andrés, header from very close range to the bottom right corner, set up by Pascal Groß
57' · BHA 3-0 ARS
Bad plays
- BIG MISS
Pascal Struijk missed with a header from very close range, just wide
68' · BHA 3-0 ARS
- WOODWORK
Malick Yalcouyé hit the woodwork from a difficult angle on the right
90' · BHA 3-0 ARS
Arsenal
Good plays
- SAVE
David Raya kept out Charalambos Kostoulas from the right side of the box
7' · BHA 0-0 ARS
- SAVE
David Raya kept out Matt O'Riley from the centre of the box
90' · BHA 3-0 ARS
Bad plays
- BIG MISS
Kai Havertz missed with a header from very close range
76' · BHA 3-0 ARS
⭐Who stood out
The players who made the difference, and the ones it went wrong for.
Brighton Hove
- ★
Pascal Gross Left Midfielder
Goal 31', set up Andrés
- ★
Charalambos Kostoulas Forward
Goal 45'
- ★
Chema Andrés Right Midfielder
Goal 57'
- ✗
Pascal Struijk Center Left Defender
Big chance missed 68', 1 shot, 0 on target
Arsenal
- ★
David Raya Goalkeeper
2 saves
- ✗
Kai Havertz Forward
Big chance missed 76', 2 shots, 1 on target
⚖️What decided it
Why Brighton Hove won, and why Arsenal did not.
From the game
- Got away with it at the back, kept a clean sheet from chances worth about one goal
- Arsenal were without William Saliba, Cristhian Mosquera and Ben White
- Won it with 40% of the ball
Key battles
📊The numbers
| BHA | ARS | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Possession | 60% |
| 17 | Shots | 11 |
| 5 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 5 | Corners | 6 |
| 2 | Saves | 2 |
| 258 | Passes completed | 425 |
| 76% | Pass accuracy | 85% |
| 11 | Tackles won | 9 |
| 13 | Fouls | 11 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 63% | Share of the chances | 37% |
| 6 | Passes completed near goal | 10 |
| 8 | Passes allowed before winning it back | 13 |
