Arsenal have won just three of their eight Premier League home games against Brighton (38%, D2 L3), only having a lower win rate against Wimbledon (25%) and Liverpool (36%) among sides they’ve faced 5+ times.
Brighton are winless in their last four Premier League games against Arsenal (D2 L2), though they did come from behind to draw 1-1 in both meetings last season.
All three of Arsenal’s Premier League home wins against Brighton have been by a 2-0 scoreline (October 2017, May 2021, December 2023), failing to win any of their five against them at the Emirates in which they’ve conceded (D2 L3).
Arsenal have won each of their last five Premier League home games. Only once under Mikel Arteta have they had a longer run at the Emirates, winning 10 in a row between April and December 2022.
Brighton have failed to score in their last two Premier League matches, one of only two sides who failed to score on MD16 and MD17, along with Everton. The Seagulls haven’t gone three without a goal since January 2024.
Arsenal sit top of the Premier League for Christmas for the fifth time along with 2002-03, 2007-08, 2022-23 and 2023-24 – they have never won the competition from that position. Two of those have been under Mikel Arteta – no manager has ever been top at Christmas three times and never then won the competition.
Brighton have never won a Premier League match in December under manager Fabian Hürzeler in 10 attempts (D6 L4). It’s the most games ever managed by a manager in December without winning.
In their last game – a 0-0 draw with Sunderland – Brighton named the youngest starting XI in a Premier League match this season (23 years, 240 days) under the youngest manager in the competition (32 years, 297 days on 20 December), while also fielding the oldest player to appear in the competition in 2025-26 (substitute James Milner, aged 39 years and 350 days).
Among players to play 500+ minutes in the Premier League this season, only Manchester City duo Jérémy Doku (3.4) and Rayan Cherki (3.2) have created more open play chances per 90 minutes than Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard (2.5), with the Norwegian creating four last time out against Everton.
His next appearance will be the 150th in the Premier League for Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya – since his debut in August 2021, he has kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the competition (58).