Arsenal vs Brighton: Betting preview with tips and prediction

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Arsenal will look to continue their fine start to the 2024/25 Premier League season when they take on Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

After narrowly missing out on the title in each of the last two seasons, Mikel Arteta is hoping it’s third time lucky as he looks to finally wrestle the trophy away from Manchester City.

The Gunners made a solid start to the new campaign with a routine 2-0 victory over Wolves on the opening weekend. They followed that up with an impressive 2-0 win at Aston Villa last Saturday to make it two wins from two games.

Leandro Trossard opened the scoring with his first touch before Thomas Partey sealed the win with an effort from the edge of the box. The 2-0 victory was sweet revenge for Arsenal after losing both games against Villa last season.

However, the Gunners now face another stern test as in-form Brighton head to North London having also won their opening two matches. The Seagulls thrashed Everton 3-0 at Goodison Park on the opening weekend before beating Manchester United 2-1 at the Amex Stadium last week.

It means both Arsenal and Brighton sit joint top of the table along with Man City and Liverpool on six points, so Saturday’s clash at the Emirates will guarantee that at least one of those clubs 100% record will come to an end.

Betting odds

Arsenal are the 1/4 favourites with the bookmakers to collect all three points this weekend. Brighton can be backed to win at odds of 13/2 while the draw is available at 7/2.

• Arsenal win 1/4
• Draw 7/2
• Brighton win 13/2

Both teams have shown their quality going forward already this season so we should expect plenty of goal-mouth action on Saturday. Over 2.5 match goals at odds of 1/2 is a solid bet while both teams to score at 4/5 is also tempting.

Bukayo Saka has hit the ground running this season and the England international is 6/4 to score at any time this weekend. If we combine that with a 2-1 Arsenal win, we get odds of 18/1.

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Team news

Arsenal will assess the fitness of Gabriel Jesus after he was ruled out of the win over Aston Villa with a groin injury that he picked up in training last week.

Takehiro Tomiyasu is ruled out with a knee injury that he sustained in pre-season while Kieran Tierney is also missing with a thigh problem.

New signing Mikel Merino is available to make his debut after completing his move from Real Sociedad. However, the midfielder is unlikely to start so a place on the bench is the best he can hope for.

As for Brighton, they’ll be without the services of Solomon March due to a knee injury while Matt O’Riley is also a doubt with an ankle problem.

However, Mats Wieffer is expected to recover from a knock to be in the squad while Brajan Gruda could also be in contention.

Prediction

Arsenal have picked up where they left off last season and have collected two wins from their opening two games. They’ll be confident of making it three from three by beating Brighton this weekend. With tough away games against Tottenham and Man City coming up after the international break, it’s important Arteta’s men don’t slip up on Saturday.

However, it won’t be easy against a Brighton side who have impressed so far under new boss Fabian Hurzeler. They were worthy winners against Man Utd last time out and will be eyeing another scalp when they visit the Emirates this weekend.

We’re expecting a hard fought game between two top sides, but Arsenal should have too much quality in the end on home soil. Arsenal 2-1 Brighton

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