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Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Arsenal FC, Premier League 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Premier League · 2021-22
Brighton & Hove Albion FC
0 – 0
Full Time
Arsenal FC
Sat 2 Oct 2021 · 16:30 UTC The American Express Community Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Neal Maupay 74' Y
Joel Veltman 82' Y
Y 90' Thomas Partey

Overview

Match Preview

Brighton & Hove Albion FC vs Arsenal FC — Premier League at The American Express Community Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee John Brooks
  • Referee Tim Wood
  • Referee James Mainwaring
  • Referee Marc Perry
  • Referee Jonathan Moss
  • Referee Chris Kavanagh
9 games this season 🟨 4.9/game ⚽ 13.7 goals/game 🟥 4 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Arsenal FC 10 27
2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 10 22
3 Manchester City FC 10 21
4 Liverpool FC 10 18
5 Chelsea FC 10 16
6 Everton FC 10 16
7 AFC Bournemouth 10 15
8 Brentford FC 10 14
9 Leeds United FC 10 14
10 Aston Villa FC 10 13
11 Tottenham Hotspur FC 10 12
12 Newcastle United FC 10 12
13 Hull City AFC 10 11
14 Ipswich Town FC 10 11
15 Fulham FC 10 10
16 Nottingham Forest FC 10 9
17 Coventry City FC 10 9
18 Manchester United FC 10 8
19 Sunderland AFC 10 8
20 Crystal Palace FC 10 7

Head-to-Head

5
5
7
Brighton & Hove Albion FC 17 games · Avg 2.4 goals Arsenal FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-10-02 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–0 Arsenal FC 2021-05-23 Arsenal FC 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2020-12-29 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–1 Arsenal FC 2020-06-20 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–1 Arsenal FC 2019-12-05 Arsenal FC 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Recent Form

Brighton & Hove Albion FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Oct Arsenal FC H 0–0 D
27 Sep Crystal Palace FC A 1–1 D
19 Sep Leicester City FC H 2–1 W
11 Sep Brentford FC A 1–0 W
28 Aug Everton FC H 0–2 L
21 Aug Watford FC H 2–0 W
Arsenal FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
02 Oct Brighton & Hove Albion FC A 0–0 D
26 Sep Tottenham Hotspur FC H 3–1 W
18 Sep Burnley FC A 1–0 W
11 Sep Norwich City FC H 1–0 W
28 Aug Manchester City FC A 0–5 L
22 Aug Chelsea FC H 0–2 L

Season Stats

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Arsenal FC
#2 Position #1
22 Points 27
10 Played 10
7 / 1 / 2 W / D / L 9 / 0 / 1
26 Scored 15
7 Conceded 5
+19 GD +10
2.20 PPG 2.70
70% Win % 90%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
70% Clean Sheets
Brighton & Hove Albion FC this season
70% Clean Sheets
Arsenal FC this season

Brighton & Hove Albion FC are 2nd (22 pts). Arsenal FC are 1st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Brighton & Hove Albion FC
0-15
4/3
16-30
2/1
31-45
6/1
46-60
4/–
61-75
2/1
76+
5/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Arsenal FC
0-15
2/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
–/2
46-60
4/2
61-75
4/–
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Pascal Gross 4 G 4 A
Charalampos Kostoulas 3 G 2 A
Yasin Ayari 3 G 1 A
Jack Hinshelwood 3 G
Maxim De Cuyper 2 G 3 A
Arsenal FC
Martin Odegaard 3 G
Kai Havertz 3 G
Bukayo Saka 3 G
Bruno Guimaraes 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at The American Express Community Stadium!
  • 5' Dan Burn has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Arteta might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 15' Arsenal FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 20' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 25' Brighton & Hove Albion FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Arsenal FC's shape.
  • 30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Arsenal FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 35' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 40' Lewis Dunk has been relatively quiet despite scoring 24 goals in his last 346 appearances.
  • 45' Brighton & Hove Albion FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Pascal Gross scoring 1 goals.
  • 50' It looks surprising Brighton & Hove Albion FC does not make any changes. Aaron Ramsdale has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 55' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 60' Arsenal FC is showing some good football. However, Arsenal FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 63' Nicolas Pepe is replacing Martin Odegaard for the Arsenal FC side.
  • 68' Nicolas Pepe is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Arsenal FC tonight.
  • 72' The Arsenal FC manager makes a substitution. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang departs to be replaced by Alexandre Lacazette.
  • 74' It’s a booking for Brighton & Hove Albion FC player. Neal Maupay gets a Yellow card.
  • 78' It is a substitution in Brighton & Hove Albion FC team. Jakub Moder is replaced by Alexis Mac Allister on 78 minute.
  • 82' Joel Veltman catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 82.
  • 84' Another substitution for Brighton & Hove Albion FC to replace Pascal Gross by Solomon March on 84 minute.
  • 89' The 28-year-old Takehiro Tomiyasu has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 90' Thomas Partey has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 90.
  • 90' Ainsley Maitland-Niles gets the nod from Arsenal FC. He replaces Bukayo Saka and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 0-0 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Graham Potter

Arsenal FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Arteta

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Nicolas Pepe 3
Kai Havertz 3
Bukayo Saka 2
Alexandre Lacazette 2
Martin Odegaard 2
Martinelli 2
Joao Pedro 2
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2

Head to Head

2021-10-02 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–0 Arsenal FC 2021-05-23 Arsenal FC 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2020-12-29 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–1 Arsenal FC 2020-06-20 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–1 Arsenal FC 2019-12-05 Arsenal FC 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Brighton & Hove Albion FC Form

2021-10-02 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–0 Arsenal FC D 2021-09-27 Crystal Palace FC 1–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC D 2021-09-19 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–1 Leicester City FC W 2021-09-11 Brentford FC 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion FC W 2021-08-28 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–2 Everton FC L 2021-08-21 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 2–0 Watford FC W

Arsenal FC Form

2021-10-02 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0–0 Arsenal FC D 2021-09-26 Arsenal FC 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur FC W 2021-09-18 Burnley FC 0–1 Arsenal FC W 2021-09-11 Arsenal FC 1–0 Norwich City FC W 2021-08-28 Manchester City FC 5–0 Arsenal FC L 2021-08-22 Arsenal FC 0–2 Chelsea FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.04 Brighton & Hove Albion FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.73 Arsenal FC xG
I would bet for: Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Draw 75% + Under 2.5 goals 74%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Brighton & Hove Albion FC42% Draw33% Arsenal FC25%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes35% 0% No65%
Avg goals/match: 1.77
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 80%
20%
± 1.5 53%
47%
± 2.5 26%
74%
± 3.5 11%
89%
± 4.5 4%
96%

Double Chance

Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Draw
75%
Draw or Arsenal FC
58%
Brighton & Hove Albion FC or Arsenal FC
67%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Brighton & Hove Albion FC26% Draw58% Arsenal FC16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
16.3%
1 – 1
13.9%
0 – 1
10.9%
2 – 0
8.8%
2 – 1
6.7%
1 – 2
4.6%
0 – 2
4.2%
3 – 0
3%
2 – 2
2.6%
3 – 1
2.4%
1 – 3
1.1%

Asian Handicap — Brighton & Hove Albion FC

Handicap Brighton & Hove Albion FC covers Push Arsenal FC covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 11% 84%
-1.5 16% — 84%
-1 16% 24% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 16% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Brighton & Hove Albion FC keeps clean sheet
49% ✗
Arsenal FC keeps clean sheet
36% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.