Brighton 0-1 Arsenal
Key numbers
- Possession 60% – 40%
- Shots 11 (3 on target) – 7 (2)
- Decisive moment: 9' Bukayo Saka, FN xPts +0.6
HT 0:1
Bukayo Saka 9'
Brighton 12th · 37 pts|Arsenal 1st · 67 pts
Brighton edged xG (0.82–0.47) but Arsenal took the win.
Player of the matchJurriën TimberDecisive moment9' Bukayo Saka+0.6
Player of the match
Jurriën Timber Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Brighton ahead 0 min · level 9 min · Arsenal ahead 81 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.
9'
Bukayo Saka
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Jurriën Timber +0.2
+0.6
Brighton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.5Time effect −0.3→ League points won 0
Arsenal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +0.6Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
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
BrightonArsenal
60%Possession40%
0.82Expected goals (xG)0.47
0.07xG per shot0.07
11Shots7
3Shots on target2
27%Shots on target %29%
6Shots in box6
470Passes322
82%Pass accuracy70%
4Corners3
1Saves2
14Fouls12
4Yellow cards1
3Offsides0
Compared with usual
Brighton
33 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.2 | |
| xG | 0.82 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.47 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 11 | 13.4 | |
| On target | 3 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 12.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 60% | 52.8% | |
| Passes | 470 | 470.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 84% | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.7 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 12.6 |
Arsenal
44 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.68 | |
| xG | 0.47 | 1.8 | |
| xG against | 0.82 | 0.7 | |
| Shots | 7 | 15.1 | |
| On target | 2 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 8.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 40% | 57.1% | |
| Passes | 322 | 477.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 70% | 84.4% | low |
| Corners | 3 | 5.9 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 10.5 |
Timeline
- 9' Goal Bukayo Saka league goal #6 assist Jurriën Timber
- 11' Yellow Cristhian Mosquera
- 46' Sub Kaoru Mitoma → Yankuba Minteh
- 52' Yellow Diego Gómez
- 59' Sub Viktor Gyökeres → Kai Havertz
- 60' Sub Gabriel Martinelli → Leandro Trossard
- 64' Sub Cristhian Mosquera → Riccardo Calafiori
- 69' Sub Jack Hinshelwood → Danny Welbeck
- 77' Sub Mats Wieffer → Joël Veltman
- 77' Sub Diego Gómez → Harry Howell
- 78' Sub Carlos Baleba → Yasin Ayari
- 80' Yellow Olivier Boscagli
- 80' Sub Martín Zubimendi → Christian Nørgaard
- 81' Yellow Ferdi Kadıoğlu
- 90+4' Yellow Yasin Ayari
Category leaders
- Key passesJan Paul van Hecke2
- Duels wonOlivier Boscagli9/13
- DribblesYankuba Minteh3/4
- Defensive actionsJurriën Timber8
- Fouls wonGeorginio Rutter4
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.