Brighton vs Arsenal Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Brighton and Hove Albion have been very fun to watch this season and they will hope to be a real test for defending champions Arsenal at the AMEX Stadium this weekend.

Kick-off date/time: 19 September 2026 at 3:00 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / USA – USA Network

How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / USA – DirecTV Stream

Brighton preview: Soaring Seagulls

Having finished last season well and qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League, confirming their spot in the league phase with a 4-0 demolition of Tromso in the second-leg of their play-off round tie in August – and the goals have flowed ever since.

That continued last week with a 5-0 thrashing of Coventry City away from home last weekend before The Seagulls came from 2-0 down to defeat Manchester United by three goals to two in the third round of the EFL Cup in midweek.

Arsenal preview: Imperious champions

Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side are bidding for multiple pieces of silverware after finally winning the Premier League once again last season and The Gunners have already added the Community Shield to the trophy cabinet this season.

That win last month began what is now a seven-match winning streak to begin their campaign, with 16-year-old Max Dowman scoring a brace in midweek to inspire the North Londoners to a 4-2 win at Portman Road against Ipswich Town the other day.

Brighton team news: Several injuries

Fairly surprisingly, Brighton went with quite a strong eleven for their defeat of United the other day and so there are not expected to be too many changes for the hosts this weekend, albeit the likes of Lewis Dunk, Maxim De Cuyper and Yasin Ayari should come back in.

Georginio Rutter returned to the squad and came off the bench in that game, while Michael Svoboda remains a doubt and Femi Azeez will again have to wait for his debut.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Verbruggen; Kadioglu, Vuskovic, Dunk, Boscagli; Gross, Ayari; Gomez, Yalcouye, De Cuyper; Kostoulas

Unavailable: Wieffer (Injured), Hinshelwood (Injured), Minteh (Injured), Mitoma (Fitness), Yohanna (Injured), Azeez (Injured), Tzimas (Injured), Ferguson (Injured)

Questionable: Svoboda (Fitness)

Arsenal team news: Timber may replace White

Netherlands international right-back Jurrien Timber has returned to training and Mikel Arteta has suggested both he and Ben White are fine but it could well be the former comes in for the latter given the latter suffered a knock against Sunderland.

As well as issues for White, Cristhian Mosquera is still working his way back to full fitness for the visitors, while William Saliba remains sidelined for Arsenal.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Raya; Timber, Konsa, Gabriel, Calafiori; Rice, Guimaraes, Odegaard; Saka, Havertz, Tzolis

Unavailable: Saliba (Injured)

Questionable: Mosquera (Fitness), Timber (Fitness), White (Injured)

Brighton vs Arsenal prediction

In their six matches across all competitions since beginning their season with a goalless draw in the Arctic Circle against Tromso in their UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round first-leg, there have been 27 goals. Brighton are comfortably the top scorers in the Premier League thus far, too, with 13 scored in four games and they may well bloody the nose of the impressive Arsenal defence but the visitors have proven themselves to be capable of winning in a variety of ways and so siding with them to eventually come out on top is always a safe bet.

Brighton vs Arsenal tip: Arsenal to win & both teams to score