Arsenal travel to the South coast to face a side that caused them trouble at the start of the season, Brighton. The Gunners have won their last three games and are unbeaten in their last nine whereas the Seagulls are looking for their first win in seven league games after seeing a lack of clinicality in their matches. Regardless, Brighton have not struggled to find the back of the net paired with Arsenal’s struggles to keep a clean sheet on the road leads me to backing Both Teams to Score at 1.66.
Brighton are no strangers to entertaining games with a relatively young squad that loves to attack scoring 29 league goals this season, but keeping just four clean sheets in 19 matches. The Seagulls have seen BTTS in 79% of all league games this season including the reverse fixture at The Emirates which saw Arsenal frustrated after a Declan Rice red card. Joao Pedro netted in that game and has been one of Brighton’s best players this season with 4 goals and 5 assists. He is likely to be involved in this game whether that is his footballing ability or his off the ball antics.
Arsenal are still dreaming of lifting the league title this season, however they have been hindered by injuries throughout the season. Recently, Bukayo Saka has been ruled out for 6-8 weeks with a hamstring injury who has 15 goal involvements this season. However, the Gunners have plenty of firepower at their disposal as seen with Gabriel Jesus’ reintroduction to the starting 11. The Brazilian has made an instant impact with six goals in the four games he has started in all competitions and will be looking to keep repaying Mikel Arteta’s faith in him at The Amex Stadium.
You would have to go all the way back to 15th September to find an Arsenal clean sheet on the road in the Premier League which is a stark difference to their home form, they go into this one without Timber who is suspended and are still without former Seagull Ben White. Brighton have only failed to score in two matches and would love to keep pushing for European places with three points. We’re in for an entertaining game and BTTS is my main pick here.
