Arsenal 2-1 Brighton
Key numbers
- Possession 53% – 47%
- Shots 24 (6 on target) – 8 (3)
- Decisive moment: 14' Martin Ødegaard, FN xPts +0.6
Martin Ødegaard 14'
Georginio Rutter 52' (OG)
Georginio Rutter 52' (OG)
HT 1:0
Diego Gómez 64'
Arsenal 2nd → 1st · 42 pts|Brighton 9th · 24 pts
Arsenal won on the scoreboard and on xG (3.08–0.85).
Player of the matchMartin ØdegaardDecisive moment14' Martin Ødegaard+0.6
Player of the match
Martin Ødegaard Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Arsenal ahead 76 min · level 14 min · Brighton ahead 0 min
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.
14'
Martin Ødegaard
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Bukayo Saka +0.2
+0.6
52'
Georginio Rutter
Own goal
−0.2
64'
Diego Gómez
Goal
+0.2
Arsenal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.2Own moments +0.6Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.4Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
ArsenalBrighton
53%Possession47%
3.08Expected goals (xG)0.85
0.13xG per shot0.11
24Shots8
6Shots on target3
25%Shots on target %38%
21Shots in box7
450Passes407
84%Pass accuracy83%
7Corners2
2Saves5
7Fouls13
2Yellow cards3
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Arsenal
26 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.46 | |
| xG | 3.08 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.85 | 0.62 | |
| Shots | 24 | 15 | |
| On target | 6 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 8.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 53% | 59.2% | |
| Passes | 450 | 498.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 84.8% | |
| Corners | 7 | 5.7 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 9.9 |
Brighton
20 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 0.85 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 3.08 | 1.2 | high |
| Shots | 8 | 14.3 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.2 | |
| Shots faced | 24 | 12.4 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 47% | 52.7% | |
| Passes | 407 | 464.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 84.3% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.9 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 12.5 |
Timeline
- 14' Goal Martin Ødegaard league goal #1 assist Bukayo Saka
- 45+1' Yellow Bart Verbruggen
- 46' Sub Maxim De Cuyper → Mats Wieffer
- 46' Sub Brajan Gruda → Yankuba Minteh
- 50' Yellow Lewis Dunk
- 52' Goal Georginio Rutter (OG) assist Declan Rice
- 56' Yellow Diego Coppola
- 64' Goal Diego Gómez league goal #3
- 69' Yellow Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 71' Sub Viktor Gyökeres → Gabriel Jesus
- 71' Sub Myles Lewis-Skelly → Gabriel Magalhães
- 75' Sub Jack Hinshelwood → Danny Welbeck
- 82' Sub Leandro Trossard → Gabriel Martinelli
- 87' Sub Diego Gómez → Charalampos Kostoulas
- 87' Sub Diego Coppola → Tom Watson
- 90' Yellow Piero Hincapié
Category leaders
- Key passesMartin Ødegaard5
- Duels wonJan Paul van Hecke8/11
- DribblesBukayo Saka3/5
- Defensive actionsJan Paul van Hecke8
- ShotsBukayo Saka4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonLeandro Trossard3
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.