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Premier League · Matchweek 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

BHA

3–0Full time

Arsenal

ARS

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

53%Possession59%
35%Territory48%
40%From set plays36%
0.11Chance quality0.11
7.2%Directness3.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Brighton, 3 for Arsenal. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 27 of 89 matches, not the full season.