English Carabao Cup

FT Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Brighton & Hove Albion WWDWL 0
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Arsenal WWWWW 2
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Emirates Stadium · 59,292 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

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Saka helps Arsenal past Brighton into Carabao Cup quarterfinals

Ethan Nwaneri and Bukayo Saka both struck in the second half to secure Arsenal's eighth-consecutive victory with a 2-0 Carabao Cup fourth-round win over Brighton.

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Highlights

01:53 Arteta reflects on 'special' Max Dowman's first Arsenal start Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 13Kepa ArrizabalagaG
  2. 5Piero HincapiéCD-L
  3. 3Cristhian MosqueraCD-R
  4. 49Myles Lewis-SkellyLB
  5. 4Ben WhiteRB
  6. 16Christian NørgaardCM
  7. 23Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 22Ethan NwaneriRM
  9. 71Andre AnnousF
  10. 10Eberechi EzeLF
  11. 56Max DowmanRF

BHA · 5-4-1

  1. 23Jason SteeleG
  2. 6Jan Paul van HeckeCD
  3. 21Olivier BoscagliCD-L
  4. 42Diego CoppolaCD-R
  5. 29Maxim De CuyperLB
  6. 24Ferdi KadiogluRB
  7. 25Diego GómezCM-L
  8. 17Carlos BalebaCM-R
  9. 19Charalambos KostoulasLM
  10. 10Georginio RutterRM
  11. 9Stefanos TzimasF

Timeline

  1. 34' Diego Coppola (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yasin Ayari replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
  3. 57' Goal! Arsenal 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Myles Lewis-Skelly.
  4. 67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Mats Wieffer replaces Maxim De Cuyper.
  5. 67' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yankuba Minteh replaces Georginio Rutter.
  6. 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Tom Watson replaces Diego Gómez.
  7. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Magalhães replaces Piero Hincapié.
  8. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Jurriën Timber replaces Ben White.
  9. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka replaces Max Dowman.
  10. 76' Goal! Arsenal 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  11. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Declan Rice replaces Andre Harriman-Annous.
  12. 78' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Danny Welbeck replaces Diego Coppola.
  13. 83' Substitution, Arsenal. Leandro Trossard replaces Eberechi Eze.
  14. 86' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

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