Arsenal Match Centre Archives: 10/2016

Middlesbrough have received a massive boost ahead of their weekend clash with Arsenal as captain Grant Leadbitter has returned to training.

Former Barcelona goalkeeper, Victor Valdes, has hailed Arsenal as ‘one of the best teams in the world right now’ but that Middlesbrough will travel to the Emirates in search of all three points.

Taking a look at his goals and assists since he first arrived at the club, it was easy to work out that Mesut Ozil scores or creates a goal every 1.9 games. So what about the rest of his Arsenal stats from his time in London?

You never really need an excuse to watch Mesut Ozil play football, but you need one even less when he’s just scored his first ever professional hattrick.

When Francis Coquelin was included in the starting lineup on Wednesday night, the overwhelming response was ‘WAAAAHHHHHHH GRANIT XHAKA!’

Mesut Özil rightly took the plaudits as Arsenal’s standout performer in last night’s 6-0 win over Ludogorets, as The Perfect 10 crowned his sublime overall performance with his first ever senior hat-trick in the second half but it’s the Ox who we taker a closer look at.

Mesut Ozil scored his first ever professional hattrick as well as opening his assist account for the season with a 10 out of 10 performance against Ludogorets in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Arsene Wenger met with the press after Arsenal’s resounding win over Ludogorets in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Arsenal celebrated bashing Ludogorets in the Champions League by six goals to nil by posting a picture of themselves looking happy that is certain to annoy every sour-faced Manchester United pundit in the media.

In what was a weird evening, Arsenal were outpassed by Ludogorets and Mesut Ozil saw his passing stats drop, but he still left with the match ball after grabbing a hattrick and his first assist of the season.

Arsenal blow Ludogorets away, but who stood out and how did the players do individually?

When the team news was announced before the game, most people wanted to know why Arsene Wenger had turned to Francis Coquelin instead of Granit Xhaka, so how did the Frenchman do?

Arsenal breezed past Ludogorets on Wednesday night, and even though they still managed to pose a number of questions, we found out that the answer to every one of them is ‘Mesut Ozil’

Alexis Sanchez is the second most effective player in the Premier League this season when it comes to scoring and creating goals with only Chelsea Diego Costa outdoing him.

Ludogorets may know that they aren’t favourites for their Champions League game at Arsenal but they are coming to London to attack and not just make up the numbers on the pitch.

Arsenal have never faced Ludogorets before, or any Bulgarian side for that matter, so what can we expect? Let’s try and take away the fear…

After a hard-fought draw and impressive home win in our two group stage fixtures to this point, all signs are leading towards another Champions League victory for Arsenal.

With Arsenal’s Champions League clash against Ludogorets coming midweek, it’s likely that we’ll see an ever-so-slightly changed starting XI to the one we saw in the Premier League.

Although Arsenal are in decent form right now, so are our Champions League opponents, Ludogorets.

For many, the highlight of Saturday’s win against Swansea was birthday boy Mesut Özil’s sumptuous volley.