Here are the key facts and figures before Saturday’s Premier League fixture between Brighton and Arsenal.
Arsenal are looking to complete the Premier League double over Brighton for the second time, previously doing so in the 2020-21 campaign.
Since losing 3-1 to West Ham United in August, Brighton are unbeaten in their last 12 home Premier League matches, their longest unbeaten run at the Amex in the competition.
Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four away Premier League matches – only once in their league history have they kept five in a row, doing so between February and April 1997.
Brighton have won just three of their 18 Premier League games kicking off at 17:30 on a Saturday, however one of those wins did come in their most recent such fixture, beating Newcastle 3-1 in September last year. Meanwhile, three of Arsenal’s last four away Premier League defeats have come in games kicking off at 17:30 on a Saturday.
Since the turn of the year, Arsenal haven’t trailed for a single minute in any of their five away Premier League games, conceding the fewest goals, allowing the lowest xG against (2.26) and facing the fewest shots on target on the road of any side in 2024.
Arsenal have lost just one of their last nine trips to the South Coast in the Premier League, a 1-0 loss at Southampton in April 2022, winning three of their last four such games (D1). Meanwhile, Brighton have lost just one of their last eight home league matches against London based sides, winning each of their last three in a row.
Brighton forward Danny Welbeck has scored in four of his last five starts against former side Arsenal in all competitions (4 goals), although each of his last three strikes against the Gunners have come at the Emirates.
Arsenal’s David Raya could become the first Spanish keeper to keep a clean sheet in five consecutive away Premier League starts and the ninth different keeper to do so overall in the competition.
