English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 31, 2022
Arsenal WWWLW 4
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Brighton & Hove Albion WWLLW 2
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ARS224
BHA022
American Express Stadium · 31,647 att.

Match Report

Arsenal stretches lead to 7 points with 4-2 win at Brighton

— Arsenal stretched its Premier League lead to seven points with a 4-2 win at Brighton on Saturday capped by a well-worked breakaway goal from Gabriel Martinelli.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
3
32.2
Possession
67.8
14
SHOTS
9
7
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
209
Accurate Passes
527
288
Passes
597
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
6
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.2
55
Long Balls
42
20
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
4
19
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
5
24
Clearances
5

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robert SánchezG
  2. 6Levi ColwillCD-L
  3. 5Lewis DunkCD-R
  4. 30Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 2Tariq LampteyRB
  6. 14Adam LallanaAM
  7. 13Pascal GrossLM
  8. 27Billy GilmourRM
  9. 11Leandro TrossardF
  10. 22Kaoru MitomaAM-L
  11. 7Solly MarchAM-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 12William SalibaCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 5Thomas ParteyCM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Eddie NketiahF
  10. 11Gabriel MartinelliLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 39' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Arsenal 2. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  3. 45' Billy Gilmour (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45'+2' Thomas Partey (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 47' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Arsenal 3. Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  7. 54' Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 60' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Ben White.
  10. 60' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  11. 60' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Evan Ferguson replaces Leandro Trossard.
  12. 61' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Adam Lallana.
  13. 65' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Arsenal 3. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a through ball.
  14. 71' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Arsenal 4. Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a through ball following a fast break.
  15. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Thomas Partey.
  16. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Julio Enciso replaces Solly March.
  17. 77' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Arsenal 4. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  18. 81' Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 87' Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Martin Ødegaard.

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