**Post Match report for the Arsenal game - Saturday, 19th September 2026**
PREMIER LEAGUE 26/27: Brighton V Arsenal - 19/9/26 P5 \* \* \* \* \* A VERY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY \* \* \* \* \* RESULT: 3-0 ~ Gross Kostoulas Andres . . (h-t 2-0) VENUE: the Amex, Falmer - third home match of 5 fixtures to date . Sat 3pm BEFORE KICKOFF: this game celebrated our 125th year of history. Senior Brighton fans may remember hosting Arsenal, back in the day at what was the old Goldstone Ground by Hove Park, during our rise from lower leagues to division one. It certainly was an initial exercise in understanding what was required to participate at elite level. Today there were bands playing, flags waving, pyrotechnics exploding and centre-circle celebrations amid decorations WEATHER: cloudy . KIT: commemorative blue & cream . ATMOSPHERE: party time FABIAN HURZELER was happy to be in the company of the Prem champions manager. He has much greater longevity than normal for this elite division - standing as proof of success in an unforgiving domestic league. FH made selection decisions based on what went before, what happened in training and what was his perceived outcome. INJURED: 5 Dunk 8 Hinshelwood 27 Wieffer 36 Yohanna 39 Azeez REHAB: 7 Mitoma 9 Tzimas 11 Minteh 28 Ferguson SQUAD: 49 Oriola . OOL: 16 Cashin 22 Duberry 40 Buonanotte STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1 TEAM: 1 Verbruggen 24 Kadioglu 44 Vuskovic 4 Struijk 21 Boscagli 25 Gomez 14 Andres 26 Ayari 29 de Cuyper 13 Gross 19 Kostoulas SUBS: 10 Rutter (76), 20 Costinha (76), 30 Svoboda (86), 33 ORiley (86), 35 Yalcouye (86) BENCH: 23 Steele 3 Hadjam 12 David 15 Osman GOALS: 1-0 - 31 . GROSS receives a ball from Kostoulas and makes it count in off a post. 2-0 - 45 . KOSTOULAS is fed by Gomez then strikes a low drive into the corner. 3-0 - 57 . ANDRES opens his account with a header at the back stick from a Gross corner. YELLOWS: Kostoulas 33, Kadioglu 45, Struijk 71, de Cuyper 91 CHANGES: 76 Rutter & Costinha for Kostoulas & Kadioglu 86 Svoboda, ORiley & Yalcouye for Struijk, Gomez & Andres FIRST HALF: hosts have early momentum but travellers respond to the half hour mark. Locals then lead and double the deficit just prior to the interval. SECOND HALF: prior to the hour mark Seagulls score a third goal. Late subs are inserted. IN THE END: an historic victory that perhaps defied pre-match forecasts & expectations. NUMBERS: poss 40%-60% on target 5-2, off target 12-9, corners 5-6, fouls 13-10, yellows 4-1, subs 5-5, shape 4231-4231 . . . . . gd11 pt10 po3 FS BROWSING: via Stats page tabs all History & Travel, Squad, Archive - players, plus stats.