Arsenal v Brighton and Hove Albion, 01 October 2017

Score2-0 to Arsenal
RefereeKevin Friend
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance59,378

View Arsenal v Brighton and Hove Albion head to head

Kick-off: 12.00pm Arsenal had now won the last five meetings in all competitions.

2 Arsenal

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Goals:

Nacho Monreal 16 G
Alex Iwobi 56 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Nacho Monreal
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Sánchez
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Starting lineup:

Mat Ryan Goalkeeper
Gaëtan Bong Defender
Bruno Saltor Defender
Shane Duffy Defender
Lewis Dunk Defender
Solly March Defender/Midfielder
Pascal Gross Midfielder
Davy Pröpper Midfielder
Dale Stephens Midfielder
Izzy Brown Midfielder/Forward
José Izquierdo Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Olivier Giroud for Alexandre Lacazette 71
Theo Walcott for Alex Iwobi 71
Mohamed El Neny for Granit Xhaka 83

Substitutions:

Ezequiel Schelotto for Solly March 72
Anthony Knockaert for José Izquierdo 76
Glenn Murray for Izzy Brown 76

Cards:

Cards:

Pascal Gross 17 Y
Shane Duffy 39 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Per Mertesacker
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tim Krul
Defender Connor Goldson
Defender Markus Suttner
Defender/Midfielder Ezequiel Schelotto
Midfielder Jayson Molumby
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Knockaert
Forward Glenn Murray

Comments:

League position: 5th Alexandre Lacazette failed his attempt to become the first player to score in their first four home league games for Arsenal since Jackie Henderson in 1958. Nacho Monreal scored his first Premier League goal at the Emirates Stadium and his first Premier League goal since 16 March 2013. The Gunners remained unbeaten in their last 32 Premier League games against newly promoted sides (won 27) since March 2012. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "We got the clean sheet, we got the three points. Offensively we were in a bit of a doubt, the fluency was sometimes there, sometimes not. In the end for us it was a very testing win. For us it was a very testing week, we had two home games, one long away trip in the Europa League. We won the three games and that's very positive."

Comments:

League position: 14th Brighton and Hove Albion remained without a win and had scored only one goal in their five away games in league and cup so far in this season. The Seagulls had now lost seven of their last 12 league and cup games (won three). Dating back to March 1983, they had now won only one of their last 33 away games in the top division. Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton said: "When you come here you know it is going to be a difficult afternoon. They've got such quality, you have to set your team up and make decisions on how you want to start things. When you are promoted team, as we are, it makes it even more trickier but I certainly felt there were more positives than negatives. You have to remain concentrated for the whole 90 minutes here, we just needed to make more of the good areas that we'd got ourselves in to."

2 Arsenal

Goals:

Nacho Monreal 16 G
Alex Iwobi 56 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Rob Holding
Defender Nacho Monreal
Defender Shkodran Mustafi
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Sánchez
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Substitutions:

Olivier Giroud for Alexandre Lacazette 71
Theo Walcott for Alex Iwobi 71
Mohamed El Neny for Granit Xhaka 83

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Per Mertesacker
Midfielder Mohamed El Neny
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud

Comments:

League position: 5th Alexandre Lacazette failed his attempt to become the first player to score in their first four home league games for Arsenal since Jackie Henderson in 1958. Nacho Monreal scored his first Premier League goal at the Emirates Stadium and his first Premier League goal since 16 March 2013. The Gunners remained unbeaten in their last 32 Premier League games against newly promoted sides (won 27) since March 2012. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "We got the clean sheet, we got the three points. Offensively we were in a bit of a doubt, the fluency was sometimes there, sometimes not. In the end for us it was a very testing win. For us it was a very testing week, we had two home games, one long away trip in the Europa League. We won the three games and that's very positive."

0 Brighton and Hove Albion

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Mat Ryan Goalkeeper
Gaëtan Bong Defender
Bruno Saltor Defender
Shane Duffy Defender
Lewis Dunk Defender
Solly March Defender/Midfielder
Pascal Gross Midfielder
Davy Pröpper Midfielder
Dale Stephens Midfielder
Izzy Brown Midfielder/Forward
José Izquierdo Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Ezequiel Schelotto for Solly March 72
Anthony Knockaert for José Izquierdo 76
Glenn Murray for Izzy Brown 76

Cards:

Pascal Gross 17 Y
Shane Duffy 39 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Tim Krul
Defender Connor Goldson
Defender Markus Suttner
Defender/Midfielder Ezequiel Schelotto
Midfielder Jayson Molumby
Midfielder/Forward Anthony Knockaert
Forward Glenn Murray

Comments:

League position: 14th Brighton and Hove Albion remained without a win and had scored only one goal in their five away games in league and cup so far in this season. The Seagulls had now lost seven of their last 12 league and cup games (won three). Dating back to March 1983, they had now won only one of their last 33 away games in the top division. Brighton and Hove Albion manager Chris Hughton said: "When you come here you know it is going to be a difficult afternoon. They've got such quality, you have to set your team up and make decisions on how you want to start things. When you are promoted team, as we are, it makes it even more trickier but I certainly felt there were more positives than negatives. You have to remain concentrated for the whole 90 minutes here, we just needed to make more of the good areas that we'd got ourselves in to."