Stats Archives: 09/2016

Granit Xhaka got a start against Basel in the Champions League in light of Francis Coquelin’s injury and the Swiss set about impressing against his old side.

Santi Cazorla once again proved to be a passmaster against Basel in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Despite not having the sharpest accuracy during Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday evening, Mesut Ozil was still one of our stand-out pass-masters.

Santi Cazorla was Arsenal v Chelsea’s best pass-master and showed the Blues how you control a game.

Alexis Sanchez is just a machine and his stats this season show he’s just getting better.

Alex Iwobi seems to have overtaken Mesut Ozil on assists so far this year but does this mean he’s stolen the playmaker’s crown?

Arsenal are second only to Manchester United in points since Arsene Wenger took over in 1996.

We often talk about Hector Bellerin’s ability to get up and down the flank but often, we leave Nacho Monreal out of that conversation.

Since Shkodran Mustafi arrived at Arsenal we’ve been looking closely at his passing stats given that he arrived with a reputation as a ball-playing centreback.

In a graph put together by Ed Shorthouse, we can see that after four games Arsenal are creating a fraction of what the other top teams are.

Arsenal’s game against PSG was annoying in it’s predictability but Santi Cazorla worked his pass magic to help Arsenal to a point.

There wasn’t much to cheer about in Arsenal’s game against PSG but they somehow managed to get themselves a draw and Mustafi stood out once again with his passing ability.

Garth Crooks left Santi Cazorla out of his BBC Team of the Week despite him outscoring Adam Lallana according to whoscored.com.

Shkodran Mustafi arrived at Arsenal with a big price tag and a reputation as a ball playing centreback, so is he? Is that what we saw against Southampton on Saturday at the Emirates?

Granit Xhaka has picked up another red card during Switzerland’s 2-0 triumph over Portugal.

Olivier Giroud’s only gone and beaten Eric Canota’s goal tally for the France national team.