Goals from Julio Enciso, Deniz Undav and Pervis Estupinian sealed a deserved victory for Roberto De Zerbi’s men and all-but ended the title hopes of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal.
Albion moved up to sixth in the Premier League on 58 points, four behind fifth-placed Liverpool but Brighton do have a game in hand on the Reds. Tottenham are in seventh, one point behind the Seagulls but Spurs have played two games more. Aston Villa are eighth and Brentford, who beat West Ham 2-0 at the weekend, are ninth and still in with shout of reaching Europe. Brighton are in action once again this Thursday as they travel to third place Newcastle, swiftly followed by Southampton at the Amex Stadium on Sunday, May 21. League leaders Man City then visit on Wednesday, May 24 and De Zerbi's men finish their campaign on Sunday, May 28 at European rivals Aston Villa.
The statistics experts at FiveThirtyEight have crunched the numbers and here is how the Premier League table is forecast to finish – starting from lowest to high...
1. 20th Southampton
Predicted Points 25, goal difference -38 Photo: Charlie Crowhurst
2. 19th Leicester
Predicted Points 33, goal difference -17 Photo: Warren Little
3. 18th Leeds
Predicted Points 33, goal difference -26 Photo: Stu Forster
4. 17th Everton
Predicted Points 35, goal difference -23 Photo: LINDSEY PARNABY