Stats

A new football season means, of course, new Match Attax cards and we were lucky enough to get a sneak peak at some of Unai Emery’s squad stats as they look to add silverware to their collection this year. 

Granit Xhaka gave away yet another idiotic penalty against Spurs on Sunday, costing Arsenal all three points with another moment of total footballing madness, but, as we know, this isn’t the first time he’s done that.

He might not have played a single minute this season, but following Nacho Monreal’s departure from Arsenal this weekend, Mesut Ozil has now made more Premier League appearances than any other member of the Arsenal squad.

Arsenal were comprehensively beaten 3-1 by Liverpool on Saturday, but the one big positive was the performance of Nicolas Pepe.

Dani Ceballos deservedly picked up the Man of the Match award for his performance against Burnley on Saturday afternoon.

After 22 years of Arsene Wenger, Arsenal parted ways with one of the most successful managers in their history ahead of the 18/19 season.

London produces more Premier League footballers than any other area in the country which is probably not a surprise given it is also the most populous.

Arsenal finished last season in fifth place but, had they taken all their chances, they could have finished much higher up the table.

Arsenal’s conversion rate in 2018/19 was the best of any team in a single Premier League season since Opta started collecting stats.

Unai Emery might be coming in for a bit of criticism but his record at Arsenal in his first set of games is better than the media’s darling, Mauricio Pochettino, Jurgen Klopp, Maurizio Sarri and Jose Mourinho.

Arsenal have the best conversion rate in the Premier League this season, they just aren’t taking enough shots.

No player has given away more penalties for the same club than Granit Xhaka since the midfielder arrived in the Premier League.

Sokratis has now picked up more yellow cards in a league season than any other Arsenal player since the Premier League started.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is targeting the Golden Boot in his first full season in England with just two games remaining of the league season.

Arsenal are conceding more big chances per game than in any other season since 2010/11, according to data from Stats Zone.

Arsenal sealed a long-awaited third Super League title (and 15th league title overall) on Sunday with a 4-0 win over Brighton.. Here are your 2018/19 FA WSL champions, the 25 players who have contributed with at least one minute in the league campaign ranked by the number of league minutes played.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang misses more big chances than other strikers in the Premier League despite scoring 19 goals in the division this season.

Arsenal have now committed 13 errors leading to an opposition goal in the Premier League this season, the most of any team in the division.

Alexandre Lacazette provided his 10th assist of the campaign on Sunday, meaning he’s now reached double figures for goals and assists this season.

Thierry Henry may well be Arsenal’s greatest ever goalscorer, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is scoring at a rate not seen since Ian Wright was at the club.