Brighton vs. Arsenal: Head-to-head record and past meetings after crucial Premier League win for Gunners

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 35

Arsenal wins: 20

Draws: 7

Brighton wins: 8

Arsenal versus Brighton & Hove Albion has become a regular fixture in the Premier League calendar since the Seagulls' promotion to the top flight in 2017, and the clubs have now clashed 35 times across all competitions.

Nineteen of those have been won by the Gunners, while Brighton have a respectable eight victories to their name against the North London giants, and another seven showdowns have ended in a share of the spoils.

Most recently, Mikel Arteta's side earned a vital three points in a 1-0 win at the Amex in March 2026, bolstering their Premier League title push and following on from two triumphs over the Seagulls in late 2025 - 2-0 in the EFL Cup's fourth round and 2-1 in the league.

Both meetings in the 2024-25 campaign finished 1-1, although the Gunners felt hard done by in both; their stalemate at the Amex saw Joao Pedro equalise with a questionable penalty, after Declan Rice's contentious red card for delaying the restart at the Emirates.

However, Arsenal made light work of a Roberto De Zerbi-led Seagulls side in 2023-24, where a 2-0 Emirates success preceded a 3-0 Amex domination; Leandro Trossard was among the goals against his erstwhile employers in the latter game.

That campaign marked just the second time that Arsenal had completed a Premier League double over their South Coast counterparts, though - the other coming in 2020-21 - and Brighton quickly have become one of Arsenal's bogey teams following their top-flight return.

Indeed, after winning their inaugural Premier League battle in 2017, the Gunners went winless in five straight matches against Brighton, who prevailed in both matches during the 2019-20 campaign, one of which came during Freddie Ljungberg's spell as interim Arsenal boss.

As well as their batch of league triumphs over Arsenal, Brighton also eliminated the Gunners from the EFL Cup third round in 2022-23, although an Arsene Wenger-led North London side prevailed 3-2 in the fourth round of the 2012-13 and 2014-15 FA Cups.

With four goals to his name against Brighton - including the winner in March 2026's 1-0 triumph - Bukayo Saka is the the top scorer in this fixture, marginally ahead of teammate Kai Havertz, who has netted three so far.