Arsenal 1-0 Swansea: By the Numbers

Arsenal have now played their fourth League match of the season and are starting to generate some useful data. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because we can compare how Arsenal are playing now to previous seasons and bad because Arsenal haven’t started really firing yet so the numbers they are generating are pretty poor.

Still, you gotta start somewhere!

Before kick off

Arsenal Totals (Premier League only 2011-2012):
2 – goals scored
10 – goals conceded¹
4 – goals conceded when down to 10 men
3 – consecutive matches with a red card¹
10 – yellow cards¹*

Arsenal Per Game Averages (2011-2012 League only unless otherwise noted):
434 – short passes
52 – long balls
20 – crosses
5 – though balls
511 – total passes
51 – percent possession
83 – percent pass success
49 – percent aerial duels won
20 – interceptions
10 – shots per game
4 – shots on goal
15 – shots conceded per game
7 – shots on goal conceded
17 – shots per game 2010-2011
6 – shots on goal per game 2010-2011
11 – shots conceded per game 2010-2011
4 – shots on goal conceded per game 2010-2011
0.29 – yellow cards per foul
0.15 – yellow cards per foul 2010-2011
0.1 – red cards per foul 2011-2012
0.01 – red cards per foul 2010-2011
0.002 – red cards per foul 2009-2010
100 – percent chance my head assploded thinking about those last three numbers

Swansea Totals (Premier League only 2011-2012):
0 – goals scored
4 – goals against
1 – yellow card

Swansea Per Game Averages (League only):
488 – short passes¹
70 – long balls
21 – crosses
3 – through balls
582 – total passes¹
61 – percent possession
83 – percent pass success
35 – percent aerial duel won
15 – interceptions
10 – shots per game
3 – shots on goal
17 – shots conceded per game

Today’s numbers:

60 – touches Frimpong by half time²
100 – percent of 20 passes completed by Mertesacker half time
94 – percent of 37 passes completed by Mertesaker at full time²
100 – percent of 23 passes completed by Britton at half time²
 3 – Key passes Arteta at half time²
4 – Key passes by Arshavin at full time²
34 – minutes before Arteta misplaced a pass (25/26)
20 – games since Arshavin last scored a goal (3/19/11 WBA)
6 – shots by Arsenal at half time²
13 – shots by Arsenal full time²
2 – shots on goal Arsenal at half time²
4 – shots on goal by Arsenal at full time²
43 – minutes between Arshavin’s goal (40 min) and Chamakh’s (83 min) shot on goal
2 – shots by Swansea at half time
8 – shots by Swansea at full time
1 – shots on goal Swansea at half time
2 – shots on goal Swansea full time
73 – minutes between Swansea’s first shot on goal (7 min) and last (80 min)
72 – number of players Harry Redknapp personally linked to Tottenham today
57 – number of girls Harry Reknapp asked to the prom
89 – percent pass accuracy Arsenal
7 – number of Arsenal’s starting XI who passed at 90% or higher
82 – percent aerial duels won by Arsenal
0 – aerial duels won by Mertesacker
57 – percent possession by Arsenal
540 – passes completed by Arsenal
420 – passes completed by Swansea
0 – number of matches left on Song and Gervinho’s ban
0 – number of red cards Arsenal got today
3 – number of yellow cards Arsenal received today
1 – number of Arsene Wengers

¹ Leads the League in this category
² Lead both teams today in this category
*There is a disagreement over how we should all count cards. Some places report that Arsenal has 8 yellow cards because they feel that the 2 yellows that led to Frimpong’s red card are already counted in the red card. I disagree with that only because for official disciplinary table purposes the League states that Arsenal had 10 yellows and 3 reds before today’s game.

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