Brighton vs Arsenal prediction: predicted line-ups, team news and the best attack against the best defence
Saturday at 3pm: Brighton's 13-goal attack against an Arsenal side that has conceded once in four games. Brighton with a long injury list and Hadjam a doubt, Arsenal without Saliba. Predicted line-ups, recent meetings and our call.
Brighton host Arsenal on Saturday 19 September at 15:00 UK time, a 3pm kick-off, so not live on UK television. Arsenal lead the table with a perfect record and one goal conceded in four games; Brighton are fifth and come off a big week: 5-0 at Coventry in the league and a comeback from 0-2 at Old Trafford in the Carabao Cup. Hurzeler against Arteta.
How they arrive
Brighton: 7 points, level with Chelsea (won 2, drawn 1, lost 1; 13 scored, 5 conceded). Recent games:
16/09: Manchester United-Brighton 2-3 (Carabao Cup)
13/09: Coventry-Brighton 0-5 (Premier League)
05/09: Brighton-Leeds 1-1 (Premier League)
30/08: Chelsea-Brighton 4-3 (Premier League)
27/08: Brighton-Tromsø IL 4-0 (UEFA Europa Conference League, Qualification Playoff)
Arsenal: 12 points, level with Manchester City (won 4, drawn 0, lost 0; 8 scored, 1 conceded). Recent games:
15/09: Ipswich-Arsenal 2-4 (Carabao Cup)
12/09: Sunderland-Arsenal 0-2 (Premier League)
09/09: Napoli-Arsenal 0-1 (Champions League)
06/09: Arsenal-Chelsea 2-1 (Premier League)
31/08: Aston Villa-Arsenal 0-1 (Premier League)
Who is missing
Brighton: a long list, with Mitoma, Minteh, Wieffer, Hinshelwood, Ferguson, Tzimas, Svoboda and Yohanna. Hadjam is a doubt after going off injured against Manchester United, having set up Kostoulas.
Arsenal: Saliba is out and White is a doubt; Mosquera is not expected back until after the break. Arteta said Timber has had no setback: “No, everything is fine.”
The number that matters
Brighton have the league's best attack with 13 goals, Arsenal the best defence with one. In the last four meetings Arsenal have won three and not lost, and none of those games had more than three goals.
Predicted line-ups
Brighton (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Kadıoğlu, Vušković, Dunk, Boscagli; Gross, Ayari; Gómez, Yalcouyé, De Cuyper; Kostoulas.
Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Bruno Guimarães, Rice; Saka, Ødegaard, Tzolis; Havertz.
These are predicted line-ups: the official teams arrive an hour before kick-off.
Recent meetings
04/03/2026: Brighton-Arsenal 0-1 (Premier League)
27/12/2025: Arsenal-Brighton 2-1 (Premier League)
29/10/2025: Arsenal-Brighton 2-0 (Carabao Cup)
04/01/2025: Brighton-Arsenal 1-1 (Premier League)
Our call
On this game our call is under 4.5 goals, confidence 7 out of 10.
Every game with our calls is on the Premier League page. The record of settled calls is in the results history, and the individual ones are in player predictions.
