Arsenal 2-0 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 50% – 50%
- Shots 16 (5 on target) – 18 (6)
- Decisive moment: 57' Ethan Nwaneri, FN xPts +0.9
Ethan Nwaneri 57'
Bukayo Saka 76'
Bukayo Saka 76'
HT 0:0
Brighton edged xG (1.27–1.41) but Arsenal took the win.
Player of the matchMyles Lewis-SkellyDecisive moment57' Ethan Nwaneri+0.9
Player of the match
Myles Lewis-Skelly Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Arsenal ahead 33 min · level 57 min · Brighton ahead 0 min
- Bukayo Saka — off the bench 19 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
57'
Ethan Nwaneri
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Myles Lewis-Skelly +0.3
+0.9
76'
Bukayo Saka
Goal
+0.2
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
ArsenalBrighton
50%Possession50%
1.27Expected goals (xG)1.41
0.08xG per shot0.08
16Shots18
5Shots on target6
31%Shots on target %33%
9Shots in box10
436Passes442
81%Pass accuracy86%
8Corners2
6Saves3
9Fouls14
0Yellow cards2
4Offsides3
Compared with usual
Arsenal
13 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.23 | |
| xG | 1.27 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.41 | 0.52 | |
| Shots | 16 | 14.6 | |
| On target | 5 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 8.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 50% | 60.4% | |
| Passes | 436 | 512.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 85.5% | |
| Corners | 8 | 6.2 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10.5 |
Brighton
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.4 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.41 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.27 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 18 | 13.4 | |
| On target | 6 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 11.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 50% | 50.2% | |
| Passes | 442 | 434.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 83.5% | |
| Corners | 2 | 5 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 13.2 |
Timeline
- 34' Yellow Diego Coppola
- 46' Sub Charalampos Kostoulas → Yasin Ayari
- 57' Goal Ethan Nwaneri competition goal #1 assist Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 67' Sub Georginio Rutter → Yankuba Minteh
- 67' Sub Maxim De Cuyper → Mats Wieffer
- 68' Sub Diego Gómez → Tom Watson
- 70' Sub Piero Hincapié → Gabriel Magalhães
- 70' Sub Ben White → Jurriën Timber
- 71' Sub Max Dowman → Bukayo Saka
- 76' Goal Bukayo Saka competition goal #1
- 77' Sub Andre Harriman-Annous → Declan Rice
- 78' Sub Diego Coppola → Danny Welbeck
- 83' Sub Eberechi Eze → Leandro Trossard
- 86' Yellow Olivier Boscagli
Category leaders
- Key passesGeorginio Rutter4
- Duels wonMax Dowman9/15
- DribblesMax Dowman5/8
- Defensive actionsOlivier Boscagli7
- ShotsEthan Nwaneri3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonMax Dowman4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.