Champions of the Premier League arsenal they received an early blow on their visit to the south coast com Brighton took the lead at the Amex Stadium.
After a bright start, Fabian Hurzeler’s side put the visitors under immense pressure and deservedly broke the deadlock when Pascal Gross let fly from 20 yards to beat David Raya’s outstretched hand.
Brighton’s Charalampos Kostoulas had earlier forced a fine save from Raya after Bruno Guimaraes’ error as Mikel Arteta’s men struggled to settle into the game.
Kostoulas added more misery to Arsenal’s afternoon when he grabbed a second for Brighton after being given too much time and space on the edge of the box on the stroke of half-time.
It meant the Gunners went into the break two goals down with a mountain to climb in the second half if the north Londoners have any hope of salvaging something from the game and preserving their unbeaten start to the campaign.
For Brighton, on the other hand, victory could see them rise to third place in the table.
BRIGHTON LINE-UP
Brighton: Verbruggen; Kadioglu, Struijk, Vuskovic, Boscagli; Ayari, Gross, Andrés, Gómez, De Cuyper; Kostoulas
Brighton Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Rutter, David, Osman, Costinha, Svoboda, O’Reilly, Yalcouye
ALIGNMENT OF THE ARSENAL
Arsenal: Stripe; Timber, Consa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Guimaraes, Odegaard; Foot, Tzolis, Havertz
Arsenal substitutes: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Madueke, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman
Brighton v Arsenal recent form and stats
- Arsenal have won all four of their Premier League games this season.
- Arsenal have also won all seven games in all competitions in 2026-27.
- Brighton have scored 13 goals in their first four Premier League games.
- Brighton have scored at least four goals in four of their last five games.
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Brighton.
- Arsenal completed the Premier League double against Brighton last season.
- Max Dowman became the first male player to score twice for Arsenal before turning 17.