FOOTBALL·ANALYTICPremier League 2025/26⇄

Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 18 · Emirates Stadium

Arsenal2:1Brighton

27 December 2025 · 60,209 in the ground · John Brooks

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Arsenal4-3-3
Brighton3-4-2-1
Raya6.5Lewis-Skelly6.4Hincapie6.0Saliba6.6Rice7.1Merino7.0Zubimendi7.3Ødegaard8.3Trossard7.0Gyokeres6.4Saka8.5Verbruggen6.1Dunk6.3van Hecke7.1D. Coppola5.6de Cuyper6.0J. Hinshelwood6.5Ayari6.4Kadioglu6.6Gomez7.6Gruda5.5Rutter5.3
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′arsenalbrighton

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 14′ØdegaardGoal · 0.04 xG · 0.04 xG
  • 52′RutterGoal · 0.00 xG
  • 64′GomezGoal · 0.12 xG · 0.12 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Arsenal 0:0 Brighton0'kickoff
2' Gyokeres — xG 0.30 · Saved4' Saka — xG 0.08 · Saved13' Trossard — xG 0.06 · Missed14' Saka — xG 0.11 · Missed14' Ødegaard — xG 0.04 · Goal32' Saka — xG 0.11 · Saved36' Rice — xG 0.06 · Missed37' Rice — xG 0.16 · Blocked38' Merino — xG 0.01 · Missed43' Saka — xG 0.05 · Blocked44' Gyokeres — xG 0.25 · Blocked44' Saka — xG 0.11 · Missed44' Merino — xG 0.09 · Blocked44' Trossard — xG 0.45 · Missed44' Zubimendi — xG 0.42 · Saved50' J. Hinshelwood — xG 0.08 · Saved51' Ødegaard — xG 0.10 · Blocked52' Rutter — xG 0.00 · Goal55' Ayari — xG 0.05 · Missed61' Gyokeres — xG 0.05 · Saved61' Saka — xG 0.03 · Blocked64' Ayari — xG 0.03 · Post64' Gomez — xG 0.12 · Goal66' Ayari — xG 0.12 · Blocked66' Ayari — xG 0.14 · Blocked76' Minteh — xG 0.08 · Saved77' Wieffer — xG 0.23 · Missed83' Jesus — xG 0.06 · Blocked83' Rice — xG 0.02 · Blocked84' Gabriel — xG 0.02 · Missed85' Martinelli — xG 0.49 · Missed86' Jesus — xG 0.04 · Blocked90 + 4' Saka — xG 0.15 · Blocked

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Arsenal 0:0 Brighton
1.02.03.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′14' Ødegaard — GOAL52' Rutter — GOAL64' Gomez — GOAL3.260.85

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Arsenal attacking right · Brighton attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Arsenal vs Brighton

53%
Possession
47%
3.08
Expected goals
0.85
24
Shots
8
6
Shots on target
3
4
Big chances created
1
376
Passes completed
336
98
Into final third
56
46
Duels won
47
6/14 (43%)
Tackles won
13/16 (81%)
7
Corners
2
7
Fouls
13

No physical or tracking data for league matches — that tier is FIFA-only. Everything above is from the public match feed.