Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Arsenal
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4 March 2026
The match in data
A 1–0 win for Arsenal against Brighton & Hove Albion on 4 March 2026, on matchday 29 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 56, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 4 tackles. van Hecke produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.6 times the cost.
It is their 5th time as player of the match this season.
For Arsenal, the highest-rated player was Declan Rice, with 55.
Jan Paul van Hecke
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.15× and cost 0.62× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.0×
- 4 tackles 2.3×
- 72 passes 1.5×
- 8 misplaced passes 1.2×
- 3 duels lost 0.8×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Paul van Hecke ★ | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Olivier Boscagli | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Pascal Groß | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 44 | 53 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 77 | 42 |
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 46 | 37 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 77 | 36 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 78 | 33 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 30 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 21 | 25 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 24 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 69 | 21 |
| Joël Veltman | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| H. Howell | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Rice | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Gabriel Magalhães | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Jurriën Timber | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| David Raya | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 |
| Bukayo Saka | Forward | 90 | 49 |
| Eberechi Eze | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Kai Havertz | Forward | 31 | 45 |
| Martín Zubimendi | Midfielder | 80 | 35 |
| Viktor Gyökeres | Forward | 59 | 35 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Leandro Trossard | Forward | 30 | 33 |
| Riccardo Calafiori | Defender | 26 | 32 |
| Cristhian Mosquera | Defender | 64 | 28 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Forward | 60 | 20 |
| Christian Nørgaard | Midfielder | 10 | 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?
Jurriën Timber, with 5 tackles. Next: Piero Hincapié 3, Cristhian Mosquera 1.
In Arsenal's narrow 0–1 win against Brighton & Hove Albion, Jurriën Timber anchored the defensive work with 5 tackles. Timber outperformed Piero Hincapié's 3 and Cristhian Mosquera's 1.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player won the most aerial duels?
Olivier Boscagli, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Diego Gómez 3, Mats Wieffer 3.
Despite a 0–1 defeat against Arsenal, Olivier Boscagli commanded the air for Brighton & Hove Albion with 5 aerial duels won. Diego Gómez and Mats Wieffer followed with 3 each.
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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