Brighton vs Arsenal

6 April 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee John Brooks

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Bukayo Saka 33’ (pen)
  • Kai Havertz 62’
  • Leandro Trossard 86’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 3-0 away at Brighton. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

Bukayo Saka put Arsenal ahead from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute, Kai Havertz made it 0-2 in the 62nd minute, set up by Jorginho, and Leandro Trossard made it 0-3 in the 86th minute, set up by Kai Havertz.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 4.17 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Brighton's 0.43 from 10.

Match stats

Brighton Arsenal
10 Shots 20
2 Shots on Target 7
8 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.43 xG 4.17
0.43 Non-penalty xG 3.40
6 Deep Completions 18

Key events

Brighton Arsenal
Kick-off
33’
Bukayo Saka
Penalty0-1 (Arsenal)
Half-time0-1
62’
Kai Havertz
Assist: Jorginho0-2 (Arsenal)
86’
Leandro Trossard
Assist: Kai Havertz0-3 (Arsenal)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Brighton
  • Carlos Baleba
Arsenal
  • Ben White
  • William Saliba

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.43 4.17 33’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), 0-1 33’ 62’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), 0-2 62’ 86’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), 0-3 86’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.43 4.17 33’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), 0-1 Saka 33’ 62’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), 0-2 Havertz 62’ 86’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), 0-3 Trossard 86’
Brighton 0.43 xGArsenal 4.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Brighton attacking 
33’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 47’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 2’ Gabriel (Arsenal), set piece, 0.41 xG, off target 86’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 15’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 90’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.21 xG, saved 88’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 21’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 12’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 55’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 72’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 48’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 13’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 90+1’ João Pedro (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 57’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 54’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 71’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 35’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 51’ Estupiñán (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 44’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 33’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 62’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.64 xG, goal 47’ Kai Havertz (Arsenal), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 2’ Gabriel (Arsenal), set piece, 0.41 xG, off target 86’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 15’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.30 xG, off target 90’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.21 xG, saved 88’ Declan Rice (Arsenal), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 21’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 12’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 55’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 72’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 48’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 13’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+1’ João Pedro (Brighton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 54’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 48’ Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 16’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 71’ Leandro Trossard (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Simon Adingra (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 51’ Estupiñán (Brighton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 44’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Gabriel (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 46’ Julio Enciso (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 10’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bart Verbruggen GK900 0.000.000
Tariq Lamptey DEF900 0.000.091
Jan Paul van Hecke DEF901 0.040.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.051
Estupiñán DEF901 0.020.031
Carlos Baleba MID900 0.000.000
Pascal Groß MID900 0.000.041
Simon Adingra MID902 0.080.000
Jakub Moder MID701 0.020.000
Julio Enciso MID704 0.200.000
Danny Welbeck FWD830 0.000.021
Facundo Buonanotte Sub200 0.000.000
João Pedro Sub201 0.070.000
Anssumane Fati Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 15% Avg odds 6.32
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.56
Arsenal win 64% Avg odds 1.51

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton DLWLD
Arsenal WWWDW

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.