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Brighton & Hove Albion will be happy to take away 3 points from their last match, with an important 2-1 home win against Nottingham Forest.  They achieved 53% possession in that match and had 14 strikes at goal, with 7 hitting the target, up against Nottingham Forest's tally of 13 efforts at goal, 4 of which were on target.  

Manager Fabian Hürzeler will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, having managed to score 6 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 6 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way.   They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.  

This will be regarded as a poor run of form, with 3 defeats from their last 6 matches and just 2 victories.  

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Having taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-1 home win over Chelsea in their last league game, Arsenal will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work.  In that game they had 41% possession and managed 12 attempts on goal, with 5 on target, compared to Chelsea who had 9 attempts and 3 on target.  

Their boss Mikel Arteta has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 16 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 5 goals conceded across those matches.  They have scored in 26 of their 29 games this season and recorded 13 clean sheets.  

Their unbeaten run away from home now sits at 7 games in a row.  

Having scored 5 goals in his last 6 league games for Arsenal, Viktor Gyökeres will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.