Sunday Mirror

MATCH FACTS

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■■Brighton have picked up their first win in eight Premier League games (D1 L6), with each of their last three league victories coming away from home.

■■Arsenal have won just three of their 10 Premier League games against Brighton (30 percent), only having a lower win rate against Liverpool and Manchester United (both 27 percent) in the competitio­n.

■■This is the first time the Gunners have ever failed to score in consecutiv­e meetings with the Seagulls in all competitio­ns.

■■Arsenal have lost consecutiv­e home league games, having lost just two of their previous 16 at the Emirates Stadium

(W12 D2).

■■The north Londoners have conceded the first goal in consecutiv­e

Prem games for the first time since their opening three of the season. The Gunners have lost seven of their eight games when conceding first this season (W1). ■■Brighton scored twice as many goals in this victory as they had in their previous seven Premier League games combined (1).

■■Seagulls star Leandro Trossard has now scored exactly five goals in each of his three Premier League campaigns, though 60 percent of his away goals in the competitio­n have come this season (3/5).

■■Brighton’s Enock Mwepu has been involved in five goals in his last five Premier League games (1 goal, 4 assists), with today being the first time he’s both scored and assisted in the same game.

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