Arsenal’s home form this season has been as impressive as their away form has been terrible, so why is that?
2Arsenal’s inconsistent attacking lineup doesn’t make enough chances
Perhaps a large contributing factor to Lacazette’s individual struggles is the team’s inability to consistently create for him in away matches. That, in turn, is thanks to the lineups Arsenal have put out in those games.
At the start of the season, Mesut Özil, Alexandre Lacazette and Alexis Sanchez looked like they could form a formidable front three.
For one reason or another, they didn’t start an away match together until that aforementioned win over Everton.
After that, another month and a half went by before Wenger picked them all again. In fact, the trio only started three away matches together in total until Sanchez left for Manchester United.
At home, that wasn’t nearly as much of a problem.
Other than the games against Leicester City and Brighton, all three players appeared in every league match at the Emirates from the start of the season until the match against Crystal Palace on the 20th January.
That consistency in attack led to more chances being created, more goals, and better results.
Hopefully now Sanchez is gone and Özil’s injury problems have cleared up, he should be able to form a new trio with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
If they play together home and away, that should make a difference.