English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 6, 2024
Arsenal WWWDW 3
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Brighton & Hove Albion LWWLD 0
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ARS123
BHA000
American Express Stadium · 31,677 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal ease past Brighton to return to top of Premier League

Arsenal maintained their Premier League title charge as goals by Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard secured a masterful 3-0 victory at Brighton and Hove Albion that sent them back to the top of the table on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
7
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
4
45.3
Possession
54.7
20
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
363
Accurate Passes
464
439
Passes
529
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.1
37
Long Balls
34
11
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
17
17
Clearances
17

Head to Head

BHA leads series 3-2

Lineups

BHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bart VerbruggenG
  2. 5Lewis DunkCD-L
  3. 29Jan Paul van HeckeCD-R
  4. 30Pervis EstupiñánLB
  5. 2Tariq LampteyRB
  6. 15Jakub ModerAM
  7. 13Pascal GrossLM
  8. 20Carlos BalebaRM
  9. 18Danny WelbeckF
  10. 10Julio EncisoAM-L
  11. 24Simon AdingraAM-R

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 22David RayaG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 35Oleksandr ZinchenkoLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 20JorginhoCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 29Kai HavertzF
  10. 9Gabriel JesusLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 62' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Arsenal 2. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jorginho.
  3. 63' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Jakub Moder.
  4. 63' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. João Pedro replaces Julio Enciso.
  5. 64' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Gabriel Jesus.
  6. 64' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Bukayo Saka because of an injury.
  7. 72' Substitution, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu replaces Oleksandr Zinchenko.
  8. 76' Carlos Baleba (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ansu Fati replaces Danny Welbeck.
  10. 79' William Saliba (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 86' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Arsenal 3. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kai Havertz following a fast break.
  12. 89' Substitution, Arsenal. Fábio Vieira replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  13. 89' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Kai Havertz.
  14. 90'+5' Ben White (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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