Preview: Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal Women

Our Gunners hit the road for one last time this season in the Barclays Women's Super League to face Brighton at 4pm (UK) on Monday, May 5.

With Chelsea crowned league champions in midweek, the battle to consolidate second spot is on as we prepare to face third-place Manchester United next weekend.

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LAST TIME OUT

We've already faced Brighton twice this campaign - once in the WSL and once in the League Cup - pulling off convincing victories on both occasions.

Our Gunners hit four past the Seagulls on a January trip to Broadfield Stadium, with Frida Maanum, Katie McCabe, Kyra Cooney-Cross and Mariona Caldentey all scoring in the space of 18 minutes.

When we hosted Dario Vidošić's side at Emirates Stadium back in November, we came out 5-0 victors, courtesy of Beth Mead, Caitlin Foord, Frida Maanum, Lina Hurtig and Alessia Russo.

SOARING SEAGULLS

Brighton are on course for their best-ever finish in the Women's Super League, currently sitting in fifth position with goal difference on their side over Liverpool.

The Seagulls have racked up seven wins so far, beating Everton, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Leicester City, West Ham and Tottenham, as well as pulling off an impressive draw with Chelsea back in March. They host us in Crawley off the back of a lucrative trip to Merseyside, where a stoppage-time winner from Nikita Parris secured all three points in a 3-2 win.

It's also been a successful season for one of our Michelle Agyemang, who has been on loan with the Seagulls since the start of the season. Our Young Gunner has been on the scoresheet five times during this spell and was recently nominated for the WSL's Player of the Month award for April.

FACTS AND STATS

We have won all 13 WSL games against Brighton and Hove Albion, the best 100%-win rate a team holds over another in the league
Following her goal against Aston Villa last time out, Alessia Russo currently leads the WSL Golden Boot race, level on goals with Khadija Shaw but with one more assist
The Seagulls have lost all six of their league home games against us by an aggregate score of 0-23, conceding 3+ goals in each defeat
We haven't lost consecutive league matches since May 2023, whilst Brighton will be looking to win back-to-back WSL matches for only the second time since the 22/23 campaign
Beth Mead has been directly involved in more goals against Brighton than any other team during her WSL career. Our number 9 has scored or assisted in eight of her 10 starts against the Seagulls
We have scored more goals than any other WSL team this season with 56. Chelsea are a close second with 54
This is the ninth WSL fixture to be played on a Monday and this will be the first since Bristol City beat Reading 3-2 back in March 2021
Only Manchester City (331) have recorded more open play sequences of 10+ passes in the WSL this season than our Gunners (312)

WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY

Slegers on Brighton: "I think we have had a lot of players playing against Brighton across those two games, which is very positive. I'm happy with those performances, but this is going to be a whole new game.

"They're also further in their development as a team and they will pose us new challenges. I think, especially when you play against the same opponent, you come away with something else. Of course, we come away from the Lyon game and now this Aston Villa game, so we have to build ourselves up to play against Brighton."