Brighton vs Arsenal Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 31st December 2022

Brighton welcome Arsenal for a clash in the Premier League at The American Express Community Stadium on Saturday. The last time these two teams faced off against each other, The Seagulls came away as 1-2 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome this coming Saturday.

Sitting top of the table, Arsenal claimed 40 points after 15 rounds, while Brighton have amassed 24 points. This ranks the latter as number seven in the Premier League before the next round.

Brighton have been quite good at hitting the back of the net in recent matches, while also prone to conceding the odd goal against. In their last eight matches on the trot, both teams scored at least once.

Brighton show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches, as they scored two goals on average per match. That makes a total of 20 goals, whilst they allowed 17 goals against, for an average of 1.7 per outing. They pulled off one clean sheet.

Arsenal scored 23 goals, conceded eight and held on for a clean sheet in five of their last ten matches.

Brighton vs Arsenal Prediction

Brighton Form

In their last three matches, Brighton lost 1-2 against Aston Villa, drew 0-0 against Charlton, before winning 1-3 against Southampton. Brighton won three of their previous six matches at The American Express Community Stadium in the Premier League. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring 11 goals to six against.

In a season where everything simply clicks, Brighton might even reach the upper third of the table but right now, they are on course for a solid mid-table finish.

Arsenal Form

Arsenal won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 1-3 against Brighton, before beating Wolverhampton 0-2. Another win followed, this time by 3-1 against West Ham. Arsenal came through their last six away games in the Premier League with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored nine and conceded four.

They opened the season hopeful of medals, but in current form Arsenal even deserves a mention when talking about the title.

In current form, we favour Arsenal to claim a win, when they challenge Brighton at The American Express Community Stadium. We doubt, the home side is able to stop the visitors.

Brighton have taken eight points from their last eight games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won two of these matches with a scoreline of 11 goals to 13. Arsenal earned five wins and 15 points in their last eight games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They scored 13 and conceded seven goals in these. Brighton enjoy a record of seven wins, three draws and five defeats in the Premier League this season. Arsenal are looking at 13 wins, one draw and one defeat in the Premier League.

Brighton vs Arsenal Team News

Brighton could have up to five missing players for various reasons for their upcoming match against Arsenal this coming Saturday. For their upcoming match in round 18, Brighton are unable to call upon Moises Caicedo, who is suspended.

Alexis Mac Allister, Adam Webster, Danny Welbeck and Jakub Moder nurses various injuries and won't take part for Brighton against Arsenal at The American Express Community Stadium.

Arsenal are juggling with five absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Brighton. Gabriel is suspended from the Arsenal squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Arsenal need to do without Takehiro Tomiyasu, Reiss Nelson, Gabriel Jesus and Emile Smith Rowe, who are not fit enough to travel to The American Express Community Stadium.

Brighton vs Arsenal H2H

Brighton ended up winning 1-2 in the most recent meeting between these two rivals. Rest assured they have a similar outcome in mind at The American Express Community Stadium. Brighton have a 40% win rate in the against Arsenal, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 4-3-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Brighton vs Arsenal Results

Both teams scored six times in the previous ten matches between home side Brighton and Arsenal. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 7/10.

Brighton vs Arsenal Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Adam Lallana, who is performing well for Brighton. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Arsenal.The visitors will be looking to Martin Oedegaard to find the net once again, after managing three Premier League goals for Arsenal in recent matches.

Brighton won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at The American Express Community Stadium. They drew two and lost three as well, while Arsenal won seven of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost two. Arsenal are capable of organizing a tough defence on their travels, keeping their opponents from scoring six times in their last 10 away matches. Brighton managed a clean sheet in three of their last 10 games at home.

Over 2.5 goals came up four times in the previous ten encounters between Brighton and Arsenal, as Brighton scored one goal on average per game and Arsenal averaging 1.1 goals. Both teams scored in six times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Brighton’s last ten home matches across the tournaments. They scored an average of two goals in the process. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of the last ten outings for Arsenal, who managed to score 2.2 times in those matches.