Arsenal 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Ødegaard 14'
- Rutter 52' (o.g.)
- Gómez 64'
27 December 2025
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Arsenal against Brighton & Hove Albion on 27 December 2025, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal), rated 63, thanks above all to 13 final-third passes and 5 key passes. Ødegaard produced 1.8 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.9 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Brighton & Hove Albion, the highest-rated player was Diego Gómez, with 62.
Martin Ødegaard
Arsenal · 90'
Produced 1.80× and cost 0.92× their position's average
- 13 final-third passes 2.3×
- 5 key passes 4.0×
- 1 goal 4.0×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 2 times dribbled past 2.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Ødegaard ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 63 |
| William Saliba | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Mikel Merino | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 82 | 51 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 71 | 37 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | Midfielder | 71 | 35 |
| Gabriel Jesus | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 87 | 62 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 54 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 44 | 53 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 44 | 37 |
| Brajan Gruda | Midfielder | 46 | 36 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 75 | 32 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Diego Coppola | Defender | 87 | 29 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 46 | 28 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Tom Watson | Forward | 3 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Arsenal player made the most tackles?
Piero Hincapié, with 4 tackles. Next: Bukayo Saka 2, Martin Ødegaard 2.
Piero Hincapié led Arsenal's defensive effort with 4 tackles in the 2–1 victory against Brighton & Hove Albion. Hincapié doubled the tally of Bukayo Saka and Martin Ødegaard, who recorded 2 each.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player won the most duels?
Jan Paul van Hecke, with 8 duels won. Next: Diego Gómez 7, Lewis Dunk 4.
Although Brighton & Hove Albion suffered a 2–1 loss to Arsenal, Jan Paul van Hecke held firm by winning 8 duels. Diego Gómez followed closely with 7, while Lewis Dunk recorded 4.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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