Arsenal vs Brighton live score: Latest updates from Premier League clash at the Emirates

Arsenal take on Brighton in the Premier League.

The game kicks off at midday at the Emirates.

• This is the first league meeting between the sides since February 1983 – Arsenal won 3-1 at Highbury with goals from Graham Rix and a brace from Raphael Meade.
• The Gunners have won their last four matches against Brighton in all competitions, with three of those last four wins coming in the FA Cup, most recently a 3-2 win in January 2015 at the Amex.
• Brighton have never won an away match at Arsenal in all competitions in six attempts (D1 L5), scoring just one goal in those six matches.
• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 31 Premier League matches against newly promoted sides (W26 D5), collecting 83 points from a possible 93, since losing 1-2 to QPR in March 2012.
• Indeed, the last newly promoted side to win at the Emirates in the Premier League were Newcastle in November 2010 – then managed by current Brighton boss Chris Hughton.
• Arsenal haven’t lost a home Premier League match in the month of October since 2002; a 1-2 defeat to Blackburn - since then, they’re unbeaten in 26 matches in the month (W21 D5).
• 49% of Brighton’s shots this season have come from outside the box (27/55); a league-high proportion.
• Arsene Wenger has currently won a Premier League game against 44 different teams – level with
• Sir Alex Ferguson. If he wins this match, Brighton will be the 45th different club he’s defeated in the competition and it would be an outright Premier League record for a manager.
• Alexandre Lacazette has scored in each of his opening three league appearances for Arsenal at home – the last player to do this in his first four home league games for the club was Jackie Henderson in 1958 (scored in first five).
• Theo Walcott has scored in Arsenal’s last two matches against Brighton, netting a goal in each of their FA Cup victories in January 2013 and January 2015.