Arsenal take on Brighton as the Gunners begin the second half of their Premier League campaign chasing down Liverpool.

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal kicked off 2025 with a 3-1 win over Brentford to move back into second place in the Premier League on Wednesday. Mikel Arteta’s team shook off a slow start at Gtech Community Stadium to leapfrog Nottingham Forest and pull within six points of league leader Liverpool, which has a game in hand.

Arsenal scored two goals in three second-half minutes to complete a 3-1 comeback victory at Brentford to move back up to second in the Premier League.

Kai Havertz is poised to make his Arsenal return in today’s Premier League clash with Brighton. The versatile German international missed Arsenal’s 3-1 win over Brentford on New Year’s Day due to illness, but he is now back in training.

Brentford haven't shown any signs over the past 18 months of struggling without Ivan Toney's goals. Having served a long ban last season, he left for Saudi Arabia last summer but during that time,

Follow live coverage as Brentford face Arsenal today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.

It’s an intriguing London derby to begin 2025 in the top-flight, with Arsenal having the chance to go back second in the table with a fourth consecutive win across all competitions and cut dominant Liverpool’s title lead down to six points in the process.

C helsea suffered a poor end to 2024 and travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday looking for a Premier League win over Crystal Palace to start the new year with three points. Enzo Mar

Arsenal vs. Brentford has been one of the more underrated fixtures in the Premier League since the Bees got promoted under Thomas Frank. The Bees dominated the Gunners in their first game back in the top flight back in 2021, but since then the Gunners are 5-1-0. Don't let the overall record deceive you, this fixture is tightly contested.

T he new year will kick off with quite a Premier League fixture as Brentford host an Arsenal side who are looking to shift their attack into high gear. While the Gunners' defense