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Arsenal were expected to push all the way for the Premier League title this season, but their indifferent form sees them 9 points off leaders Liverpool after 11 games. Bigger deficits have been overcome, but is this gap too big for Mikel Arteta’s side to recover? ✍️ @orbinho

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐚 ⭐️ This week will bring up the sixth anniversary of Bukayo Saka’s Arsenal first-team debut. Based on his performances so far, he could easily go on to threaten some all-time Premier League records on his current trajectory. ✍️ @matt_furniss | #AFC

10 - Bukayo Saka has 10 assists in Arsenal's 13 Premier League games this term; only Cesc Fàbregas in 2014-15 (12), Mesut Özil in 2015-16 (12), & Harry Kane in 2020-21 (11) have reached 10 assists in fewer of a team's games from the start of a season in the competition. Platter.

👑 Arsenal's Corner King 👑 Since the start of last season, Arsenal have scored more corner goals than any other PL team. Gabriel has 5 of them. We analyse how they unleash him through: — Inswingers — Blocking — Crowding the area ✍️Ollie Hopkins

18 - Aged 18 years and 76 days, Myles Lewis-Skelly is the youngest player to start a UEFA Champions League match for Arsenal since Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in September 2011 vs. Olympiakos (18y 44d). Blessing.

14 - Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 14 home games in all competitions (W12 D2), their best run under Mikel Arteta and best since an 18-game run under Arsene Wenger between March and November 2017. Surging.

96% - Myles Lewis-Skelly completed 45 of 47 passes tonight, the best passing accuracy (min. 25 passes) by an Arsenal teenager in a UEFA Champions League game since Johan Djourou vs Hamburger SV in September 2006 (97%), in the month Lewis-Skelly was born. Generations.

𝐎𝐩𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭'𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳 🆕 The 2024 Opta Analyst Football Quiz is here. 100 questions. 100 points up for grabs. It’s time to test yourself...

50 - Gabriel Jesus has scored Arsenal's 50th Premier League goal from a corner since Nicolas Jover joined the club as set-piece coach in 2021 - the most of any club in the competition in this time. Bullseye.

6 - Arsenal have scored 5+ goals in six different away games in all competitions in 2024, the most ever by an English top-flight club in a single calendar year. Ruthless.

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Ousmane Dembélé has scored 25 goals in 25 competitive appearances for Paris Saint-Germain in 2025 so far. After scoring the only goal in the first leg, will he grab another against Arsenal tonight? #ad | Betfair | betfair.com/betting/footba…

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