Brighton vs Arsenal head-to-head: Results in the last 5 meetings

Will Arsenal's perfect start to the season continue? Mikel Arteta's team have now won seven out of seven in all competitions, following Tuesday's 4-2 victory over Ipswich Town in the Carabao Cup at Portman Road. Across the other six matches, the Gunners have only conceded once.

Back in the Premier League, if the Gunners beat Brighton on Saturday, it would be the first time they have won five out of five to start a league season since 1903. Back then, Woolwich Arsenal won promotion from the Second Division, meaning the club have never achieved this in the top flight.

So, ahead of this visit to Sussex, how strong is Arsenal's recent record against the Seagulls?

Despite the fact Brighton feel like something of a bogey team, Arsenal's recent record in this fixture is actually very strong. The Gunners are unbeaten in seven meetings with the Albion, losing only one of nine clashes since the Qatar World Cup. This includes beating Fabian Hürzeler's team three times last season, picking up six precious Premier League points, as well as prevailing in a EFL Cup tie.

Arsenal's most recent visit to the Amex was one of the seminal moments of the Gunners' title winning campaign. On a mild Wednesday night in March, Bukayo Saka was the match winner by the South Coast as Arteta's team, frankly, did not play particularly well.

Meantime, 225 miles north, Nottingham Forest came from behind twice to draw with Manchester City at the Etihad. As someone lucky enough to have been in attendance that night, the moment the 3,002 Gooners found out the full time score in Manchester still gives me, and many others, goosebumps.

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Thus, the Gunners are unbeaten in six visits to Sussex, winning four of them. Arsenal's most recent defeat in Brighton came in June 2020, the second game back during Project Restart. That day, Nicolas Pépé opened the scoring, but Neal Maupay bagged a 95th minute winner, albeit the historic moment was Bernd Leno suffering a knee injury. This saw Emi Martínez come into the team and, without Maupay knocking over a jumping Leno, Argentina may never have won the World Cup.

In more recent times, Arteta has had the better of Hürzeler, and there is very little love lost between the pair. Brighton will come into this clash full of confidence, having fought back from 2-0 down to beat Manchester United 3-2 in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday. This is the first time the Red Devils have been beaten at Old Trafford when leading at half time in any competition since May 1984.

Thus, this clash with Brighton might just be the toughest test the Gunners have faced this season, but they'll rightly be confident of victory.

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