Stats Archives: 08/2016

With the signing of Deportivo’s Lucas Perez all but officially announced, fans have already started to question whether the striker is really an ‘upgrade’ on Olivier Giroud.

One of the main criticisms levelled at Theo Walcott is that he doesn’t work hard enough unless he’s due a new contract, but is he working to change that?

It seems like Manchster United score more late winners than anyone, but they don’t even score more than Arsenal

Apparently, Liverpool ran 117.6km in total during their match against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday.

Theo Walcott has now scored in 10 different Premier League seasons, just one less than Dennis Bergkamp.

It probably won’t surprise you to know that there has been more penalties missed in clashes between Liverpool and Arsenal than any other fixture.

Arsenal’s worrying 4-3 loss to Liverpool at home on Sunday once again highlighted how vulnerable we are from range.

To Arsenal fans’ surprise, Granit Xhaka didn’t start against Liverpool but when he came on with 24 minutes left to play, he made his mark on the game.

Leicester City’s 2-1 loss to Hull on the opening day of the season has shown perhaps they’re more similar to Arsenal than they’d like to think.

With the season kicking off this weekend, we all have that one opening day game that is seared in our memories. Can you name them all?

This news may not come as a surprise to many but Jose Mourinho has become the first manager to spend over £1bn on new signings.

Granit Xhaka has been named in WhoScored.com’s top XI newcomers this summer after signing for Arsenal.