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

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018

Result

Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Arsenal: match report

Brighton & Hove Albion drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Brighton & Hove Albion's goal came from J. Locadia (35'). Arsenal scored through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7').

Discipline: Brighton & Hove Albion received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Brighton & Hove Albion were 13th on 21 points from 18 and Arsenal 5th on 37 points from 18. Brighton & Hove Albion went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Arsenal 5th with 70.

Brighton & Hove Albion lined up in a 4-5-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jürgen Locadia of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.0), ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brighton & Hove Albion win, 0 draws and 1 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · J. LocadiaBrighton & Hove Albion · 1-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Martín MontoyaBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 58'Yellow card · Glenn MurrayBrighton & Hove Albion
  • 81'Yellow card · Sead KolasinacArsenal

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Brighton & Hove Albion 1, draws 0, Arsenal 1.

Team news

Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-5-1)

Mathew Ryan, Martín Montoya, Shane Duffy, Leon Balogun, Bernardo, S. March, Pascal Groß, Dale Stephens, Davy Pröpper, Jürgen Locadia, Glenn Murray

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

Bernd Leno, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Sokratis, Laurent Koscielny, Sead Kolasinac, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Mattéo Guendouzi, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang