In their last 12 home cup games Brighton have only lost once – to Arsenal Arsenal have not lost an FA Cup game for 7 matches scoring at least 2 goals in 6/7 of them Brighton have played Arsenal 14 times and only won twice This will be the 5th time Arsenal have played Brighton in the FA Cup – they’ve never lost An open game is what you would usually expect from Brighton as they are a good passing side but Seagulls skipper Gordon Greer has spoken about needing some of the “darker stuff” against Arsenal and Greer was heavily criticise for a tackle on Lewandowski in an international match in October that was labelled brutal. No foul was given and he has promised not to hold back saying “You can’t just go out and play football all the time”. Once again the FA Cup represents Arsenal’s best chance of a trophy this season. The Champions League has offered a less rocky path up Europe’s highest mountain than in previous years but the higher you go the harder the terrain becomes and Arsenal are yet to show, as Wenger would put it, consistent consistency. Arsenal for the second FA Cup match in a row face reasonably recent cup opposition and travel to Brighton for their 4th round match. Brighton gave Arsenal a bit of a scare almost two years ago to the day when Arsenal needed a late goal from substitute Theo Walcott to deny Brighton a replay. Ulloa grabbed the equaliser that day to make it 2-2 after two goals from Olivier Giroud and his performances for Brighton earned him a move to Leicester where he scored a quick equaliser at the King Power stadium to deny Alexis Sanchez the glory of claiming all three points for Arsenal with his first league goal. At the time Brighton were sat just outside of the play-off places in the Championship and looked to be a challenger for promotion but sadly have not lived up to those lofty standards this season. Languishing in 23rd place just 6 games ago new manager Chris Hughton has come in and overseen a run of 4 wins from their last 5 games.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 16:13:06 +0000
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