Brighton & Hove Albion 3–0 Arsenal

Brighton & Hove Albion

3–0

19 Sep 2026

Arsenal

Europa League Sat 19 Sep, 15:00London American Express Stadium, Falmer Darren England 31,944 attendance

Timeline

31' Pascal Gross assist Charalambos Kostoulas
33' Charalambos Kostoulas Yellow Card
45' Charalambos Kostoulas assist Diego Gómez
45'+1' Ferdi Kadioglu Yellow Card
57' Chema Andrés assist Pascal Gross
60' Martín Zubimendi for Jurriën Timber
60' Mikel Merino for Bruno Guimarães
71' Pascal Struijk Yellow Card
73' Viktor Gyökeres for Martin Ødegaard
73' Eberechi Eze for Christos Tzolis
76' Costinha for Ferdi Kadioglu
76' Georginio Rutter for Charalambos Kostoulas
81' Max Dowman for Bukayo Saka
85' Malick Yalcouyé for Chema Andrés
86' Matt O'Riley for Diego Gómez
86' Michael Svoboda for Pascal Struijk
90'+1' Maxim De Cuyper Yellow Card
90'+7' Declan Rice Yellow Card

Match stats

40.2% Possession 59.8%

17 Shots 11

5 On target 2

13 Fouls 11

4 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

0 Offsides 2

2 Saves 2

258 Accurate passes 425

Lineups

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1

1 Verbruggen

21 Boscagli 4 Struijk 44 Vuskovic 24 Kadioglu

13 Gross 14 Andrés

29 De Cuyper 26 Ayari 25 Gómez

19 Kostoulas

Arsenal 4-2-3-1

1 Raya

33 Calafiori 6 Magalhães 15 Konsa 12 Timber

39 Guimarães 41 Rice

17 Tzolis 8 Ødegaard 7 Saka

29 Havertz

Brighton & Hove Albion 4-2-3-1

1 Bart Verbruggen G
4 Pascal Struijk ▼ CD-L
44 Luka Vuskovic CD-R
21 Olivier Boscagli LB
24 Ferdi Kadioglu ▼ RB
26 Yasin Ayari AM
13 Pascal Gross LM
14 Chema Andrés ▼ RM
19 Charalambos Kostoulas ▼ F
29 Maxim De Cuyper AM-L
25 Diego Gómez ▼ AM-R

Came on

10 Georginio Rutter ▲ SUB
20 Costinha ▲ SUB
35 Malick Yalcouyé ▲ SUB
33 Matt O'Riley ▲ SUB
30 Michael Svoboda ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (4)

12 Promise David SUB
15 Ibrahim Osman SUB
23 Jason Steele SUB
3 Jaouen Hadjam SUB

Arsenal 4-2-3-1

1 David Raya G
6 Gabriel Magalhães CD-L
15 Ezri Konsa CD-R
33 Riccardo Calafiori LB
12 Jurriën Timber ▼ RB
8 Martin Ødegaard ▼ AM
39 Bruno Guimarães ▼ LM
41 Declan Rice RM
29 Kai Havertz F
17 Christos Tzolis ▼ AM-L
7 Bukayo Saka ▼ AM-R

Came on

23 Mikel Merino ▲ SUB
56 Max Dowman ▲ SUB
36 Martín Zubimendi ▲ SUB
14 Viktor Gyökeres ▲ SUB
10 Eberechi Eze ▲ SUB

Unused substitutes (4)

13 Kepa Arrizabalaga SUB
5 Piero Hincapié SUB
20 Noni Madueke SUB
49 Myles Lewis-Skelly SUB

Commentary

Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Arsenal 0.
90'+7' Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Arsenal 0.
90'+7' Declan Rice (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
90'+7' Foul by Declan Rice (Arsenal).
90'+7' Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+5' Attempt missed. Martín Zubimendi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriel Magalhães with a cross.
90'+3' Attempt missed. Declan Rice (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Riccardo Calafiori.
90'+3' Attempt blocked. Martín Zubimendi (Arsenal) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Max Dowman with a cross.
90'+2' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Malick Yalcouyé.
90'+1' Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+1' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Luka Vuskovic.
90'+1' Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.

103 earlier entries

90' Max Dowman (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90' Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion).
90' Malick Yalcouyé (Brighton and Hove Albion) hits the right post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right.
90' Attempt saved. Matt O'Riley (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by David Raya (Arsenal). Assisted by Malick Yalcouyé.
88' Foul by Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal).
88' Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87' Foul by Ezri Konsa (Arsenal).
87' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
86' Eberechi Eze (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
86' Foul by Costinha (Brighton and Hove Albion).
86' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Michael Svoboda replaces Pascal Struijk because of an injury.
86' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Matt O'Riley replaces Diego Gómez.
85' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Malick Yalcouyé replaces Chema Andrés.
85' Delay in match because of an injury Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
81' Substitution, Arsenal. Max Dowman replaces Bukayo Saka.
80' Attempt missed. Georginio Rutter (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper following a corner.
80' Attempt missed. Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
79' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.
79' Attempt blocked. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
78' Foul by Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal).
78' Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78' Attempt saved. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion). Assisted by Viktor Gyökeres with a through ball.
76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Georginio Rutter replaces Charalampos Kostoulas.
76' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Costinha replaces Ferdi Kadioglu.
76' Attempt missed. Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing misses to the left. Assisted by Yasin Ayari following a fast break.
76' Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross following a corner.
75' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Pascal Struijk.
75' Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Ezri Konsa.
73' Handball by Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal).
73' Substitution, Arsenal. Eberechi Eze replaces Christos Tzolis.
73' Substitution, Arsenal. Viktor Gyökeres replaces Martin Ødegaard.
72' Attempt missed. Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
71' Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
71' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Ferdi Kadioglu.
70' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
69' Delay in match because of an injury Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion).
68' Attempt missed. Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Maxim De Cuyper with a cross following a corner.
67' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.
65' Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).
65' Pascal Struijk (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65' Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65' Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
63' Foul by Mikel Merino (Arsenal).
63' Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
60' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Bruno Guimarães.
60' Substitution, Arsenal. Martín Zubimendi replaces Jurriën Timber.
60' Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60' Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion).
57' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Arsenal 0. Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß with a cross following a corner.
56' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kai Havertz.
54' Attempt blocked. Ezri Konsa (Arsenal) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
54' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Olivier Boscagli.
51' Attempt missed. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pascal Groß following a fast break.
50' Kai Havertz (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50' Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion).
48' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Olivier Boscagli.
45' Second Half begins Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Arsenal 0.
45'+2' First Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Arsenal 0.
45'+1' Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 2, Arsenal 0. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Gómez following a fast break.
45' Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Bart Verbruggen (Brighton and Hove Albion).
45' Attempt blocked. Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Riccardo Calafiori.
45' Attempt blocked. Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
44' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Gabriel Magalhães.
41' Offside, Arsenal. Bukayo Saka is caught offside.
40' Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40' Foul by Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion).
40' Attempt missed. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ferdi Kadioglu.
35' Attempt missed. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Diego Gómez.
33' Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
32' Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
32' Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
31' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Arsenal 0. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Charalampos Kostoulas.
27' Foul by Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal).
27' Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23' Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23' Foul by Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton and Hove Albion).
22' Foul by Jurriën Timber (Arsenal).
22' Olivier Boscagli (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
20' Attempt blocked. Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
19' Jurriën Timber (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19' Foul by Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion).
16' Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
16' Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13' Foul by Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal).
13' Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11' Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11' Foul by Chema Andrés (Brighton and Hove Albion).
11' Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11' Foul by Diego Gómez (Brighton and Hove Albion).
8' Foul by Luka Vuskovic (Brighton and Hove Albion).
8' Kai Havertz (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8' Attempt blocked. Yasin Ayari (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
7' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by David Raya.
7' Attempt saved. Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by David Raya (Arsenal).
6' Foul by Charalampos Kostoulas (Brighton and Hove Albion).
6' Ezri Konsa (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5' Offside, Arsenal. Kai Havertz is caught offside.
3' Attempt missed. Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Brighton & Hove Albion W W D L W

W Tromso 4-0 UEFA Conference League Qualifying
L at Chelsea 4-3 Premier League
D Leeds United 1-1 Premier League
W at Coventry City 5-0 Premier League
W at Manchester United 3-2 Carabao Cup

Arsenal W W W W W

W at Aston Villa 1-0 Premier League
W Chelsea 2-1 Premier League
W at Napoli 1-0 UEFA Champions League
W at Sunderland 2-0 Premier League
W at Ipswich Town 4-2 Carabao Cup

Head to head

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