Brighton 4-2 Arsenal: Champions League finalists suffer another heavy WSL defeat

Arsenal were connected the extremity of different dense Women’s Super League decision arsenic they went down 4-2 to Brighton.

The Gunners, who volition instrumentality connected Barcelona successful the Women’s Champions League last aboriginal this month, were hoping to bounce backmost from their 5-2 nonaccomplishment to Aston Villa past week.

Yet Renee Slegers’ team, whose slim rubric hopes were dashed pursuing Chelsea’s triumph implicit Manchester United successful the aftermath of that decision to Villa, fell abbreviated against the Seagulls astatine Broadfield Stadium.

Arsenal had their chances, having 25 shots, getting 12 connected people and accumulating 3.06 expected goals (xG), yet Brighton were clinical.

After Caitlin Foord had cancelled retired Fran Kirby’s opener, Jelena Cankovic scored either broadside of half-time to enactment Brighton 3-1 up.

Kiko Seike added a 4th to the Seagulls’ tally successful the 54th minute, with Mariona Caldentey grabbing a consolation for Arsenal successful stoppage time, though Sophie Baggaley did propulsion disconnected a drawstring of astute saves to debar a grandstand finale, including tipping a Chloe Kelly effort onto the crossbar.

Brighton person present won back-to-back WSL matches and beryllium 5th successful the table, and though they are incapable to drawback fourth-place Manchester City – who are 12 points wide – this resounding triumph marks different outstanding infinitesimal successful a superb play for Dario Vidosic’s team.

They circular retired their league run against Villa connected Saturday, portion Arsenal volition look to get backmost to winning ways erstwhile they instrumentality connected United, with the contention for 2nd spot going down to the wire.

FT: No words for that performance.

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— Brighton & Hove Albion Women (@BHAFCWomen) May 5, 2025

Data Debrief: Brighton yet get 1 implicit connected the Gunners

This marks Brighton’s archetypal WSL triumph implicit Arsenal, who had won each of the erstwhile 13 meetings betwixt these teams successful the competition, which was the champion 100%-win complaint 1 broadside had implicit another.

Having followed up past week’s triumph implicit Everton, Brighton person won back-to-back WSL matches for lone the 2nd clip since the commencement of the 2022-23 campaign, having besides done truthful aboriginal connected this season.

Arsenal, meanwhile, person present mislaid consecutive WSL matches for the archetypal clip since May 2023.