Arsenal faced Brighton in the recently Game Week of the Premier League this season. The match ending in a thrilling draw between the two sides.
Brighton played quite the high-intensity style of play each time an Arsenal Player had the ball on the pitch. While Arsenal was defending until the last second to the game to salvage a draw. Neither team played give reserved making sure that the game was quite the watch. Brighton currently is 6th in the league table with 14points similar to the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City and Everton. Arsenal started in their preferred 4-2-3-1 formation while Brighton started with their 3-5-2 formation at the start of the game.
Brighton Displaying Why They Are Higher On The Table Than Arsenal
During the game, Brighton had a clear idea of their style of attacking as well as a defensive structure. In Defence, the likes of Shane Duffy, Dan Burn and Lewis Dunk commanded the backline. While they don’t have all the pace in the ball to run back to defence. Each of them had an average position just behind the halfway line. Their instructions were quite simple yet effective. Due to their height advantage, the ability to send lobbed through balls or even lobbed passes were nullified.
While by playing rougher and more physical against Arsenal, Brighton received the ball easier than not. While in attack, the wing-backs played with the striker and the near midfielder to form triangles. Due to this each player instead of depending on another player, now have two clear passing options to pass to.
Brighton while not the most clinical team on the pitch had taken 21 shots during the game with only 2 being on target. The Brighton team completely dominated Arsenal in most of the stats during the game. They completed 497 passes to Arsenal’s 355 while having a pass accuracy of 85%.
Arsenal Ends Their 3 Win Streak
Arsenal following this draw is currently in the 11 positions in the League. While the club fielded a squad of an average age of 24.1. It could be seen that the players aren’t comfortable while playing in the rain. The team had an abysmal passing accuracy of 75% and only had a dribble success rate of 43%. The team will need to learn to play in different weather conditions. Even in the game against Burnley, the club was able to connect a chain of passes.
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