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

Premier League · Saturday 27 December 2025

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Premier League · Saturday 27 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Arsenal · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report

Arsenal defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.

Martin Ødegaard opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Martin Ødegaard (14') and an own goal by Georginio Rutter (52'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Diego Gómez (64').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Brighton & Hove Albion received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 39 points from 17 and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th on 24 points from 17. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 8th with 53.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (8.2), ahead of Martin Ødegaard (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 2 for Brighton & Hove Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Martin ØdegaardArsenal · 1-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Bart VerbruggenBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 50'Yellow card · Lewis DunkBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 52'Own goal · Georginio RutterArsenal · 2-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Diego CoppolaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 64'Goal · Diego GómezBrighton & Hove Albion · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Myles Lewis-SkellyArsenal
  • 90'Yellow card · Piero HincapiéArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 3, Brighton & Hove Albion 2.

Team news

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  • Adam WebsterBrighton & Hove Albion · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

David Raya, Declan Rice, William Saliba, Piero Hincapié, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Martin Ødegaard, Martín Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Bukayo Saka, Viktor Gyökeres, Leandro Trossard

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

Bart Verbruggen, Diego Coppola, Jan Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Yasin Ayari, Jack Hinshelwood, Maxim De Cuyper, Brajan Gruda, Diego Gómez, Georginio Rutter