Arsenal aim to continue their 100 per cent start to the season when they take on Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
It’s the unstoppable force vs the immovable object at the Amex, with Brighton the league’s top scorers with 13 goals, while Arsenal have conceded just once in four games.
Mikel Arteta is ‘very optimistic’ about the fitness of Jurrien Timber, Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie, but there are doubts over Ben White’s availability after the defender was not called up to the England squad.
The Gunners have won their opening seven games of the season across all competitions and have the chance extend their lead at the top of the table before Manchester City play Sunderland.
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But the Seagulls are soaring high and will be confident of a result today after their impressive 3-2 comeback win at Manchester United in the Carabao Cup during the week.
Metro’s LIVE matchday blog will bring you all the build-up, confirmed team news and starting XIs, goal updates and minute-by-minute coverage
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Confirmed Brighton starting lineup
Brighton XI: Verbruggen, Kadıoğlu, Vuskovic, Struijk, Boscagli, Groß, Ayari, Gomez, Chema Andres, De Cuyper, Kostoulas
Subs: Steele, Hadjam, Costinha, Svoboda, O’Riley, Yalcouyé, Rutter, David, Osman
Confirmed Arsenal starting lineup
Arsenal XI: Raya, Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori, Guimaraes, Rice, Odegaard, Saka, Tzolis, Havertz.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Hincapie, Merino, Zubimendi, Lewis-Skelly, Eze, Madueke, Dowman, Gyokeres.
Mikel Arteta on Arsenal’s strong start to the campaign
‘We know how complicated it is to win a football match at this level, so to win seven, it tells the story,’ Arteta said in his pre-match press conference.
‘After the World Cup especially, there were a lot of unknowns about how the players and the team were going to react. We didn’t have any time with them to work together, but as I said, they won.
‘I’ve seen their attitude, and what I was seeing, I was really impressed with. Then you have to put it down to performances and the element of luck as well to win football matches, and we are here and then we want to make another one for sure tomorrow.’
Fabian Hurzeler on his Arsenal criticism last season
‘Last season was last season,’ Hurzeler said in his pre-match press conference.
‘Opinions are important and I will always share my opinion if I am asked. But I congratulated Arsenal for being deserved champions.
‘It’s a new season. They started very impressively. It is our challenge to compete with them.’
Brighton team news
Brighton have eight players ruled out: Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma, Jack Hinshelwood, Mats Wieffer, Michael Svoboda, Zadok Yohanna, Evan Ferguson and Stefanos Tzimas.
Femi Azeez remains a doubt due to a thigh injury.
Arsenal team news
Mikel Arteta confirmed on Friday that Ben White, Jurrien Timber, Cristhian Mosquera and Piero Hincapie could all be involved in the squad.
William Saliba remains Arsenal’s only long-term absentee.
Brighton’s Premier League record so far…
Brighton 4-0 Aston Villa
Chelsea 4-3 Brighton
Brighton 1-1 Leeds United
Coventry City 0-5 Brighton
Arsenal’s Premier League record so far…
Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City
Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea
Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal
Brighton vs Arsenal head to head
Brighton 0-1 Arsenal (Mar 4, 2026, Premier League)
Arsenal 2-1 Brighton (Dec 27, 2025, Premier League)
Arsenal 2-0 Brighton (Oct 29, 2025, Carabao Cup)
Brighton 1-1 Arsenal (Jan 4, 2025, Premier League)
Arsenal 1-1 Brighton (Aug 31, 2024, Premier League)
Brighton vs Arsenal match odds
Is Brighton vs Arsenal on TV?
No, the game will not be shown on TV in the UK.
Brighton vs Arsenal kick-off time
Arsenal’s Premier League match against Brighton will kick off at 3pm (UK time).
The game is being played at the Amex Stadium.
Welcome
Hello and welcome to Metro’s coverage of Arsenal’s Premier League game against Brighton this afternoon.
Stick with us for the team news, as well as updates during the game.
The confirmed line-ups are expected to land at around 1:45pm (UK time).
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