Match Centre: Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Player of the match Bukayo Saka 8.2
GolVolt rating 3.5GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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9 → 12
Brighton & Hove Albion drop 3 places in the table. Arsenal: 2 → 1.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 72′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 72′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.2 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 3.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A lot was at stake before kick-off. Stakes: 8.3 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 7.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.5more watchable than 35% of Premier League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals5 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 14' Goal: Martin Ødegaardassist: Saka1:0
- 45+1' Bart Verbruggenyellow card
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' 2 substitutionsMinteh for GrudaWieffer for De Cuyper
- 50' Lewis Dunkyellow card
- 52' Goal: Georginio Rutterown goal2:0
- 56' Diego Coppolayellow card
- 64' Goal: Diego GómezBrighton & Hove Albion2:1
- 69' Myles Lewis-Skellyyellow card
- 71' 2 substitutionsJesus for GyökeresGabriel for Lewis-Skelly
- 75' SubstitutionWelbeck for Hinshelwood
- 82' SubstitutionMartinelli for Trossard
- 87' 2 substitutionsKostoulas for GómezWatson for Coppola
- 90' Piero Hincapiéyellow card
- Full-time · 2:1
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Arsenal
Brighton & Hove Albion
Goalkeepers
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Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Arsenal
- 13 Kepa Arrizabalaga GK —
- 6 Gabriel DEF on
- 89 Marli Salmon DEF —
- 10 Eberechi Eze MID —
- 16 Christian Nørgaard MID —
- 22 Ethan Nwaneri MID —
- 9 Gabriel Jesus ATT on
- 11 Gabriel Martinelli ATT on
- 20 Noni Madueke ATT —
Brighton & Hove Albion
- 23 Jason Steele GK —
- 21 Olivier Boscagli DEF —
- 34 Joël Veltman DEF —
- 20 James Milner MID —
- 27 Mats Wieffer MID on
- 11 Yankuba Minteh ATT on
- 14 Tom Watson ATT on
- 18 Danny Welbeck ATT on
- 19 Charalampos Kostoulas ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Emirates Stadium, London
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Arsenal Bukayo Saka
- 2. place · Arsenal Martin Ødegaard
- 3. place · Brighton & Hove Albion Diego Gómez
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