Stats Archives: 02/2018

Just in case Arsenal fans were in any doubt over whether their football team had been replaced by a gang of disgruntled clowns, this latest stat proves it.

Pep Guardiola has spent more money in 21 months at Manchester City than Arsene Wenger has in 21 years at Arsenal.

Arsenal’s home form this season has been as impressive as their away form has been terrible, so why is that?

Petr Cech’s stats are, for the most part, the worst they’ve ever been while the goalkeeper’s been at Arsenal, but how much of this is his fault and how much can be blamed on poor defending?

The curse of the blue kit struck again on Thursday, as Arsenal lost 2-1 to Östersunds FK, but why were the team wearing it at home in the first place?

Crystal Palace are the only team in the bottom 11 that Arsenal have beaten away from home in the Premier League this season.

Alex Iwobi’s stats compared to Tomas Rosicky, whom Arsenal fans adore, and Alexander Hleb, are pretty surprising.

The contrasting fortunes between Petr Cech and Wojciech Szczesny show that Arsenal is a bad place for goalkeepers to be.

Arsenal have the fourth most academy products playing in the Premier League this season, but they’re a way off Manchester United in first.

Arsenal have a 10% chance of finishing inside the top four or winning the Europa League, according to simulations from FiveThirtyEight, leaving their Champions League hopes in tatters.

Kevin De Bruyne provided three assists at the weekend at Manchester City beat Leicester City, but four Arsenal players have gone one better.

Manchester City have assembled the most expensive squad in football history, according to analysis by the CIES Football Observatory.

Only Manchester City and Liverpool have missed more big chances than Arsenal this season as they demonstrate the power of creating chances.

Arsenal have won less than half of their Premier League matches this season, with a win percentage of just 48%.

Arsenal sign most of their non-British players from France, but only one other Premier League club has signed more African players than the Gunners.

Arsenal have the third highest net spend of the big-six clubs since Jurgen Klopp joined Liverpool, but the Gunners are still way behind both Manchester sides.

Hector Bellerin has covered the third-most ground in the Premier League so far this season, but is this necessarily a good thing?

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores against Tottenham Hotspur more regularly than other any Arsenal player in the Premier League era.

Arsene Wenger has a better win percentage over his Premier League career with Arsenal than Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp have with their current clubs.

Nacho Monreal and Mesut Ozil are among the 30 best performing Premier League players this season so far.