Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal - prediction, team news, lineups

The unstoppable onslaught meets the immovable defence astatine the Amex Stadium this weekend, arsenic Premier League champions Arsenal purpose for an bonzer eighth triumph from 8 successful each competitions successful Saturday's travel to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Mikel Arteta's men won disfigured distant to Sunderland past weekend, portion the Seagulls won beauteous successful a 5-0 romping of newly-promoted Coventry City.

Match preview

Victims of a bedlam-inducing Brian Brobbey equaliser astatine the Stadium of Light successful 2025-26, Arsenal avenged their 2 points dropped from past play successful gameweek four, albeit with a literal helping manus from their fig one.

Following a top-drawer David Raya prevention from an Enzo Le Fee punishment - the awarding of which an apoplectic Arteta labelled "unacceptable" and "impossible" - Bruno Guimaraes's delightful curler and Bukayo Saka's palmy spot footwear maintained Arsenal's flawless commencement to the caller term.

While Arteta raged astir Ezri Konsa being penalised for Daniel Ballard's "judo roll", the travelling assemblage celebrated their broadside winning each of their archetypal 4 Premier League games of a play for lone the 4th time, aft 2022-23, 2004-05 and the 2003-04 Invincibles.

However, the second did not instrumentality a cleanable 15 points from 15 - Arsene Wenger's men drew their 5th lucifer of the run to Portsmouth - and neither the 2004-05 oregon 2022-23 crops, who did triumph their archetypal five, topped the histrion travel May.

Few successful reddish and achromatic should fearfulness different gameweek 5 slip-up, though, arsenic Arteta's rotated broadside strolled past Ipswich Town 4-2 successful Tuesday's EFL Cup third-round encounter, acknowledgment successful nary tiny portion to much Max Dowman past - the teenager's treble made him the archetypal antheral subordinate to people doubly for Arsenal earlier turning 17.

Sticking with the taxable of aggregate goals connected the road, Brighton returned to their ruthless ways aft a little goalscoring blip astatine location to Leeds United, scoring astatine slightest 4 goals for the 4th clip successful 5 games past weekend.

While Charalampos Kostoulas, Malick Yalcouye, Yasin Ayari and Pascal Gross each had their names work retired implicit the PA system, Lewis Dunk's was the prime of the bunch, the centre-back popping up with an outrageous goal-of-the-season contender from 30 yards.

Dunk's sensational onslaught is 1 of 13 Brighton person managed successful the league this season, astatine slightest 3 much than immoderate different English top-division club, putting the Seagulls 5th successful the Premier League table and conscionable 1 constituent extracurricular the apical three.

However, putting 5 past Coventry mightiness lone beryllium Brighton's second-best distant triumph of the full season, arsenic Fabian Hurzeler's men pulled disconnected a colossal comeback from 2-0 down to descend Manchester United 3-2 successful Wednesday's EFL Cup third-round encounter, the archetypal clip successful 50 years that the Red Devils person mislaid astatine Old Trafford from 2 goals up.

Brighton's past 2 triumphs mightiness person done wonders for the morale, but their head-to-head against Arsenal volition not; the Gunners are unbeaten successful their past 7 meetings with the Seagulls and did the treble implicit their hosts successful the 2025-26 apical flight.

Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League form:

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Team News

No sooner had Jurrien Timber returned to enactment for Arsenal than the Dutchman was ruled retired again, though his lack from the EFL Cup occurrence implicit Ipswich was precautionary alternatively than indicative of a superior setback.

Timber was apt being spared for Saturday with Ben White (groin) and Cristhian Mosquera (muscle) some large doubts, portion William Saliba (back) volition not instrumentality for respective weeks astatine least.

Despite his latest historical feats, Dowman's reward for a man-of-the-match show connected Tuesday volition beryllium a demotion to the seat oregon 12th antheral role, arsenic Arteta reverts to a recognisable archetypal XI.

Speaking of full-back injuries, Brighton caller boy Jaouen Hadjam picked up a sound successful the beating of Man United and is uncertain for Saturday, but Ferdi Kadioglu was ever apt to instrumentality to the XI.

In brighter news, Georginio Rutter was backmost successful the ranks connected Wednesday aft an ankle issue, but Femi Azeez (thigh) and Michael Svoboda (knee) did not marque the cut, portion Evan Ferguson (ankle), Zadok Yohanna (unspecified), Mats Wieffer (knee), Jack Hinshelwood (unspecified), Kaoru Mitoma (thigh), Yankuba Minteh (calf) and Stefanos Tzimas (knee) stay out.

After rotating his resources to magnificent effect astatine Old Trafford, Hurzeler should revert to the XI that started the triumph implicit Coventry past weekend, including a callback for midweek match-winner Maxim De Cuyper successful his auxiliary left-wing slot.

Brighton & Hove Albion imaginable starting lineup:

Verbruggen; Kadioglu, Dunk, Vuskovic, Boscagli; Gross, Ayari; Gomez, Yalcouye, De Cuyper; Kostoulas

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:

Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Guimaraes, Rice; Saka, Odegaard, Tzolis; Havertz

We say: Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Arsenal

Brighton vs. Arsenal is the Gunners' 2nd onslaught vs. defence conflict of the caller campaign, and the champions made airy enactment of their archetypal specified showdown against London rivals Chelsea.

Now taking connected a forward-thinking but inconsistent Seagulls broadside moving with a day's little rest, Arteta's men person our ballot to enactment perfect, with a customary cleanable expanse successful tow.

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