Premier League: Gunners race for top four finish with Brighton draw

Premier League Summary

1. Arsenal 1-1  Brighton (LIVE)
2. Jahanbakhsh fouls Monreal in area, Aubameyang scores penalty
3. Lichtsteiner starts for hosts, Ozil captains side
4. March, Bissouma and Jahanbakhsh in for Brighton
5. Defeat would end Arsenal’s Champions League qualification hopes
6. Man Utd’s top-four hopes over after draw with Huddersfield
7. Chelsea go third with win over Watford

HOW IT STANDS…

Sorry to do this to you Arsenal fans! The only way the Gunners will now make the top four is if they beat Burnley on the final day, Tottenham lose to Everton with an eight goal swing.

The only way they can realistically make the Champions League now is with a Europa League win.

It is not a pretty picture on the Arsenal bench with Alexandre Lacazette, Sead Kolasinac and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looking pretty despondent.

It is their last home game of the season and the teams usually do a lap of honour… Could be a quiet one.

GRIM GUNNERS

OPTA STAT

Arsenal have lost none of their seven previous home meetings with Brighton in all competitions (W6 D1), with the Gunners conceding just one goal in those games.

 

TEAM NEWS REMINDER

Arsenal: Leno, Lichtsteiner, Mustafi, Sokratis, Monreal, Xhaka, Torreira, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Lacazette, Aubameyang.

Subs: Cech, Elneny, Koscielny, Iwobi, Guendouzi, Kolasinac, Nketiah.

 

BRIGHTON TEAM NEWS

Team to face Arsenal: Ryan, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bernardo, March, Stephens, Bissouma, Jahanbakhsh, Gross, Murray.

Subs: Button, Bong, Kayal, Locadia, Andone, Knockaert, Balogun.