Premier League champions Arsenal were dealt an early blow on their visit to the south coast as Brighton took the lead at the Amex Stadium. After a bright start, Fabian Hurzelers side put the visitors under immense pressure and deservedly broke the deadlock when Pascal Gross let fly from 20 yards to beat the outstretched hand of David Raya.Brightons Charalampos Kostoulas had earlier forced a good save from Raya following Bruno Guimaraes error, as Mikel Artetas men struggled to establish a foothold in the game.Kostoulas added further misery to Arsenals afternoon when he drilled home a second for Brighton after being afforded 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, meanwhile, victory could see them rise to as high as third in the table. Table of ContentsBRIGHTON LINE UPARSENAL LINE UPRecent Form & Stats for Brighton v ArsenalBRIGHTON LINE UPBrighton: Verbruggen; Kadioglu, Struijk, Vuskovic, Boscagli; Ayari, Gross, Andres, Gomez, De Cuyper; KostoulasBrighton Substitutes: Steele, Hadjam, Rutter, David, Osman, Costinha, Svoboda, OReilly, YalcouyeARSENAL LINE UPArsenal: Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Guimaraes, Odegaard; Saka, Tzolis, HavertzArsenal Substitutes: Kepa, Hincapie, Eze, Gyokeres, Madueke, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, DowmanRecent Form & Stats for Brighton v ArsenalArsenal have won all four of their Premier League matches this season.Arsenal have also won all seven of their matches across all competitions in 2026-27.Brighton have scored 13 goals in their opening four Premier League matches.Brighton have scored at least four goals in four of their last five matches.Arsenal are unbeaten in their last seven meetings with Brighton.Arsenal completed the Premier League double over Brighton last season.Max Dowman became the first male player to score twice for Arsenal before turning 17. Topics Arsenal F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Add us as a preferred source on Google If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read Brighton v Arsenal LIVE: Commentary, updates, goals and stats Jon Fisher 19th September, 2026 Brighton v Arsenal: Confirmed team news and line-ups Jon Fisher 19th September, 2026 Brighton v Arsenal: Preview, expected line-ups, stats and where to watch Mitch Fretton 19th September, 2026 Arsenal boss Arteta warns referees over Sunderland row Ben Miller 18th September, 2026 Hutchison issues Wirtz ultimatum after claims he never really considered Liverpool title contenders Mitch Fretton 17th September, 2026 Thats on me Carrick pulls no punches after Man Utds EFL Cup collapse Tom Rostance 16th September, 2026
