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Arsenal visits Sunday afternoon at the well performing Brighton & Hove Albion. At Arsenal, they lost twice as much from Manchester City in a few days and so the Arsenal supporters will not expect anything less than a victory over Brighton.
Brighton :
The Brighton & Hove Albion from Chris Hughton is doing surprisingly well in the Premier League this season. The club, where former PSV squad Jürgen Locadia and Davy Pröpper make minutes every weekend, is in a respectable twelfth place in the league and The Seagulls could have dreamed of it months ago. Brighton has already beaten a small gap of four points on the relegation candidates and if it can continue the current series, the Brighton supporters do not have to be in tension until the final round. In addition to the success in the Premier League, Brighton is also doing well in the FA Cup, as in two weeks the away match against Manchester United will be held in the quarterfinals.
The game against Arsenal will be the third home game in a row for Brighton. After a 3-1 victory in the FA Cup at Coventry City, Swansea City was defeated last weekend at the American Express Community Stadium: 4-1. Glenn Murray was two times accurate on behalf of The Seagulls and Antony Knockaert and Jürgen Locadia also put a penny in the bag. The Swansea goal was also created by a Brighton player; Lewis Dunk again made his fourth own goal this season and equaled the Premier League-record that Martin Škrtel put down in the season 2013/2014. Dunk still has a few games to go and will break the record at this rate.
For Brighton there are three difficult matches in the FA Cup with Arsenal-home, Everton-out and Manchester United-out in the coming weeks. The Seagulls remained unbeaten in the last six games and therefore have some confidence in the upcoming matches. In addition, Hughton has already built up a small buffer with his team and in all probability defeats against Arsenal and Everton do not immediately ensure that The Seagulls are in immediate danger.
Arsenal:
It does not work at Arsenal and more and more people call for the departure of Arsène Wenger. The Frenchman saw Alexis Sánchez leave for Manchester United during the transfer period, but Mesut Ozil extended his contract with The Gunners, Henrikh Mkhitaryan moved from Manchester United and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made the switch from Dortmund to Arsenal. All in all, you will think that Arsenal got better at the bottom of the line during the last transfer period, but that is not really visible yet. Last Sunday, The Gunners in the League Cup final lost 0-3 to Manchester City and on Thursday-evening, Manchester City also was 0-3 too strong in the Premier League.
The last time that Arsenal had three goals in a home game in the Premier League in the first half was in 1989. Less than thirty years later, Arsenal again managed to cash in three goals within the first 45 minutes, as Manchester City was Thursday evening after more than thirty minutes already play a 0-3 lead at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners were eliminated by Manchester City just like a few days earlier and Wenger argued afterwards that Manchester City is the best team in England, but with the material that the Frenchman has, it can not be played away twice. is by the leader of the Premier League.
Despite the two defeats, Wenger still has full confidence that he will get it on the way at Arsenal. In the Premier League, however, The Gunners are already behind seven points on Chelsea and no one expects Arsenal to close that gap. All in all The Gunners can only save the season by winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League, but then Arsenal has to show up next Thursday that they have enough quality to disable AC Milan .
Brighton vs Arsenal head to head matches
01.10.17 PL Arsenal Brighton 2 : 0
25.01.15 FAC Brighton Arsenal 2 : 3
26.01.13 FAC Brighton Arsenal 2 : 3