Brighton vs Arsenal

Good afternoon, and welcome to The Athletic's coverage of today's game. Arsenal led the league at Christmas, and remained top after beating West Ham 3-1 on ...

The resulting free-kick is delivered deep into the box and Saliba connects well with a volley. Lovely team move again from Brighton, this time resulting in a goal. It's the seventh goal of the season for Martinelli but it's brilliant, brilliant play from Odegaard. What a moment for 18-year-old Evan Ferguson. Anthony Taylor isn't buying it and books the winger for simulation. But he can't keep his header down and the ball goes behind. •2h ago Pacesetters.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) We can't get distracted and will be taking each game as it comes. We can do better in some parts of the game but it was a great performance all round." He said: "It was another important goal and I'm happy to help the team with goals and assists. See below for a play-by-play of the last Premier League match of 2022, as well as highlights and post-game reaction.

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal take on Brighton with hopes of maintaining their lead at the top of the Premier League table.

[manager signed to a new deal](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/thomas-frank-brentford-coach-contract-latest-b2251025.html), beat Man City before the World Cup, produced a credible – first half, at least – display [to hold Tottenham to a 2-2 draw ](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-brentford-result-score-harry-kane-b2251596.html)on Boxing Day and are in the top half of the table. [Premier League clubs face crunch time in potential 11-team relegation fight](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league-relegation-wolves-everton-southampton-b2252446.html) [Gabriel Martinelli](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/gabriel-martinelli) pulled the hosts ahead in the second half en route to the hosts’ 10th straight top-flight home victory, equalling their all-time record. Can a team be simultaneously sitting in the top half and doing the cliched nervous look back over their shoulder at the bottom three? [from shipping to the first goal against West Ham to cruise to a 3-1 victory](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-west-ham-result-premier-league-goals-b2251717.html) and maintain their four-game winning run. The Premier League leaders on 1st January have gone on to win the title in nine of the last 13 seasons. But they also have just that one win at City in their last seven and, if they do not beat West Ham before the turn of the year, will have only two league victories to their name in four months when they host Liverpool in their 2023 opener. [Mikel Arteta’s](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mikel-arteta) men will need to win to keep themselves at least five points clear of the reigning champions, Manchester City. As is it stands Manchester City are being held to a 1-1 drew at home against Everton. The Seagulls come into the match seventh in the league but will keep up the pace with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United if they defeat the Gunners. [Mikel Arteta](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/mikel-arteta) hopes [Arsene Wenger](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/arsene-wenger)’s first trip back to the Emirates since leaving the club in 2018 was the first of many future visits by the former [Arsenal](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/arsenal) boss. [Arsenal ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/arsenal)hope to maintain their lead at the top of the [Premier League ](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/premier-league)table as they travel to [Brighton](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brighton-and-hove-albion) for the first of a few tricky upcoming fixtures for the Gunners.

League leaders Arsenal will visit the Falmer Stadium to take on seventh-placed Brighton in what promises to a belter of a game. Both Arsenal and Brighton ...

Arsenal have 40 points from 15 games, having won their previous four league games in a row. Brighton have won just four games out of 11 under new boss Roberto De Zerbi. Both Arsenal and Brighton marked their return to the Premier League with identical 3-1 wins over West Ham and Southampton respectively.

Arsenal looks to stretch its Premier League unbeaten run into double digits when it visits a Brighton team back on the upswing at the Amex on New Year's ...

Alan Shearer put up 47 over 42, while Thierry Henry holds the 38-game record with 44. Haaland scored two more goals in a Wednesday win over Leeds at Elland Road as Manchester City burst out of the World Cup break with the big Norwegian still on pace for a Premier League record. Patrick Vieira will have been unhappy with Crystal Palace’s performance even before Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins were sent off short before and after halftime. It was another set piece that put Palace 2-0 ahead in the 36th minute, as Eberechi Eze stalked a corner kick sent to the top of the penalty area by Olise. The opener came after 19 minutes, when Bournemouth left Jordan Ayew completely unmarked in front of goal as Michael Olise whipped a corner kick into the box. Patrick Vieira was bitterly disappointed to see his side not only lose 3-0 to Fulham on Monday, but to also finish the game with just nine men in a truly disastrous situation. Below is the full schedule, as you can watch all 380 games across our NBC platforms. 👊💙 Here's our starting XI to take on @Arsenal this evening. That said, Arsenal was largely overrun by Brighton late and this was a Brighton side missing huge pieces of its midfield. Adam Lallana and Leandro Trossard have been in-form over Brighton’s three wins in four, scoring in two games each. Kaoru Mitoma and Evan Ferguson scored in a game it trailed 3-0 and 4-1. Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, and Eddie Nketiah also scored for the Gunners.

Can Arsenal see out 2022 with another win to maintain their surprise Premier League title challenge? Follow the action live.

India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. Pacesetters.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) The Seagulls are bidding to record three consecutive wins over Arsenal for the first time. Brighton are a good match for Arsenal here — they just can't seem to pick their way through in the final third. Arsenal win it back in the Brighton half and the goalscorer is played through in acres of space down the right, but Lewis Dunk gets across to block his cut-back. Gabriel Martinelli gets the ball in the box and his effort finds its way to the feet of Bukayo Saka, who has time and space to side-foot beyond Robert Sanchez. 88 mins: A few chants of 'off, off, off!' from the home fans as Bukayo Saya (on a yellow) trips Kaoru Mitoma. Bukayo Saka struck so early it seemed to shock Brighton out of their previous positive form, and Martin Odegaard has made the lead comfortable. It's a lovely piece of play from Brighton that ends with Pascal Gross playing in the Japan international, who produced a composed side-foot finish. Jeremy Sarmiento is trying to keep their hopes alive, but he goes to ground too easily on the edge of the Arsenal box and is penalised for diving. He's bringing on Rob Holding for Martin Odegaard to make sure of the result. Arsenal seemed in a mood to celebrate the new year on the south coast, Bukayo Saka giving them the lead inside just two minutes.

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal take on Brighton with hopes of maintaining their lead at the top of the Premier League table.