Arsenal 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 5 December 2019

Result

Arsenal 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Thursday 5 December 2019, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Arsenal lost to Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2 in the Premier League on Thursday 5 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Adam Webster opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Alexandre Lacazette (50'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Adam Webster (36') and Neal Maupay (80').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 10th on 19 points from 14 and Brighton & Hove Albion 16th on 15 points from 14. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 56 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 15th with 41.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adam Webster of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), ahead of Aaron Mooy (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 2 draws and 1 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Héctor BellerínArsenal
  • 36'Goal · Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion · 0-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Sokratis PapastathopoulosArsenal
  • 50'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Pascal GroßBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 68'Yellow card · David LuizArsenal
  • 80'Goal · Neal MaupayBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 2, Brighton & Hove Albion 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Héctor Bellerín, Sokratis, David Luiz, Sead Kolasinac, Granit Xhaka, Lucas Torreira, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Joe Willock, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-3-1-2)

Mathew Ryan, Steven Alzate, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Dan Burn, Davy Pröpper, Dale Stephens, Aaron Mooy, Pascal Groß, Aaron Connolly, Neal Maupay