94 – Percent of passes completed by both Arteta and Gibbs today²
93 – Percent of passes completed by Arteta so far this season¹
87 – Percent of passes completed by Yaya Toure today
82 – Percent completed by Gael Clichy
12 – Number of accurate long balls by Yaya Toure (of 13 attempts)²
9 – Number of accurate long balls by Mikel Arteta (of 9 attempts)³
5 – Number of Arsenal players with 90% passing rate or better v. Man City today (Arteta, Gibbs, Podolski, Gervinho, Diaby)
1 – Number of Man City players with 90% passing rate or better v. Arsenal (Balotelli 6/6)
4 – Successful dribbles by Gervinho v. Man City²
4 – Successful dribbles per game by Gervinho¹
4 – Turnovers by Gervinho v. Man City²
1 – Turnover by Gervinho that no one will ever forget and only the brave will forgive
2 – Turnovers per game average by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain³
3 – Successful dribbles by Yaya v. Arsenal³
0 – Turnovers and/or times Yaya Toure was dispossessed
35 – Per Mertesacker interceptions in 21 appearances in 2011-2012 season
13 – Per Mertesaker interceptions in 5 appearances in 2012-2013 season
1 – Per Mertesaker interceptions v. Man City in 2011-2012 season
7 – Per Mertesaker interceptions v. Man City today
Man City 1-0 Arsenal December 2011 v. Man City 1-1 Arsenal September 2012
43 – Minute Arsenal last took a shot in the first half
66 – Minute that Arsenal first took a shot in the second half
25 – Percent of total game minutes that occurred between 43rd and 63rd minute
59 – Arsenal passes completed in Man City’s final third during that period
142 – Total passes completed by Arsenal in Man City’s final third
42 – Percent of Arsenal’s completed passes in City’s final third which happened during that 23 minute period
12 – Successful tackles by City in this period
29 – Successful tackles by City in 90 minutes
41 – Percent of City’s successful tackles which happened in that 23 minute period
4 – Successful tackles by Arsenal in the slump period
19 – Successful tackles by Arsenal in 90 minutes
21 – Percent of all tackles won by Arsenal which they won in that 23 minute
6 – Aerial duels won by each team during this period (both teams won 6 of the 12 aerial duels)
17 – Aerial duels won by each team in 90 minutes (yep, same)
35 – Percent of aerials won during that period
39 – Percent of all duels that City won which were won during that period
5 – Number of shots by City in the first 43 minutes
5 – Number of shots by City in the 23 minute period
0 – Number of goals City scored in that period
Bonus graphic:
This might not mean Jack Squat but after Arsenal scored the equalizer I remarked that it was Cazorla’s speculative shot which set up the goal scoring opportunity. So I looked and noticed the number of shots from distance for Arsenal over the last five games have been relatively high and especially high for a team with a reputation for “trying to walk the ball into the net”. So, as a test I compared the first five games of this season to the last five of last season and, well, there are your results.
Obviously, this warrants further investigation.
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¹Best in the League in this category
²Lead both teams in this category
³Lead just his team in this category
Most data from Opta based sites.
1 – Turnover by Gervinho that no one will ever forget and only the brave will forgive
Heh
1- turnovers last night when I fell in pissed and had to listen to the misses who’s was supposed to drop a spog yesterday , it was worth the hassle abusing manc scum down the local,we can fucking win this league if they show belief, wilshire, rosicky to come back and giroud to get hat
trick against coventry to get him started, were going to fuck chelski next week and I’m going to enjoy another weekend of grief on the piss COYG
100 = PER-centage. Per is prooving doubters wrong.
1 – Times Yaya Toure was brought to ground by Cazorla
Most perplexing/funny thing that happened in that match.
Take that mertesacker haters! Who says you need pace to be a good defender! He was imperious yesterday…nothing could get past him
100 – percent of confidence arsenal can win something this year
11 – individuals of mega-money costing “stars” on the pitch at any point in time for Man City
1 – united team who shared the same passion/desire and fought hard for one another for us
We should stop shooting from outside the box, this so called football pundits need something to critisize arsenal for
“You do not attempt shots, you’re not yet an all round footballing side”……….. Oh kiss my arse.
Always nice with some stats. Would have liked to see some stats on Jenkinson though. For me, he candidated for Motm. What an improved player.
The arsenal column has a post dedicated to Jenkinson
Has he improved spectacularly? I thought, first two outings aside, that last year he showed plenty. His crosses in particular, I feel, are our best from wide areas. He showed that last year two.
In any case, he’s better, he’s getting better, and I really do think – we might not only have a player on our hands, but one which covers his bedroom in Arsenal gear.
I mean, who else can we say th….oh.
I am awed at Arteta’s amazing abilities at Arsenal. 88% = Number of words beginning with “A” in that sentence.
100% = number top five club’s mentioned in blogs with this type of praise:
“I am a fan of (Chelsea, Spurs, Mancity, ManUtd, Newcastle) and “Arsenal play the best football in the league”.
Very positive comments from opposing fans.
We are second in the Fair Play league. Methinks this is important, less suspensions and distractions.
It’s Fuckin’ Excellent!
0 – The amount of Tanks that could get past Per
out of 20 attempted
0- number of times Gervinho looked up from the ground to pick a team mate.
100 = percent, glorious last ditch save by don Malone yesterday.
1- number of cunts less the world has to see in an England jersey.
Infinity- Number of humble pie Wenger has dished out to critics so far.
Have to salute Aguero for not going down so easily, in the other side of manchester a certain valencia decided it has been a long time since he last dived and so he did. Fucking sick of this, United are a virus that is to footballs detriment. Bunch of diving cunts the lots of em!
The refs love giving them penalties, yet awarding one against them is another matter. Conspiracy, I say!
Seriously…when are we going to see retrospective action against such despicable cheating!
Anyone willing to make a note of these diving incidents and penalties not given against the turds? At the end of the season, the movie would be evidence enough to challenge the refs or governing bodies / enough to say we know your game…..
I feel we don’t talk enough about our mental strength this year. It’s fucking excellent!!
We don’t talk about it because when you have it, you don’t need to. I always felt every time Wenger gave the “mental strength” spiel, it was a sign of weakness.
I liked the way we settled for a point once we equalised. In the past we’d have all rushed forward in search of the winner, only to have got caught on the break. That was a good confidence building point. If we could get 3 against Chelsea I think we can genuinely be considered title challengers.
2 – Number of middle finger Arsene Wenger is showing the League FA and critics world wide…..
Love the Wenger comments most. He certainly is making a lot of “us” and “them” eat humble pie. He’s also right, this is one of the best squads we’ve had for perhaps five or so years and it looks like getting better. I mean Sagna, Rosicky and Wilshere will surely make the team better or at least deeper. We seem better equipped to go fight in out in the north in winter. Now we just need to beat the other money bags next week and send an emphatic message: you can pay Nasri 200 000 pounds if you like, but… Read more »
His pass completion rate is was 90%+. He defends too. Lets hope he relaxes and starts to put a few more away.
I wonder what percentage pass completion rate Arshavin managed when he played?
Sagna is brilliant but how could you drop jenkinson, I just can’t believe his progress, another gem from the voyuer. We should rejoice every time he signs and no name player from obscurity and how we will receive 10 times his transfer fee in return when he feels like selling. Between him and the brilliant Ramsay for best player on ground who would have thunk it. More importantly the team played brilliant exciting attacking football again, something I don’t think we’ve really seen since cesc, that’s my fucking arsenal
142 passes completed in Shitty final third. Man, that’s amazing.
100 – Percentage chance Woman-Sini will be wondering why he bought midfielders and never heard of Carzola.
1- of the lamest nicknames I’ve ever heard. Woman-cini? Peh
1- a player called llorente that Arsenal needs as striker option
Did you see him against Malaga last night? Almost anonymous.Also, the way he’s chosen to handle his contract situation puts me off.
Yes man! Well said.
Didn’t the match report say that Ramsey lined up on the Right hand side? I didn’t believe it then, and now the stats prove it. Gibbs – Ramsey the most productive pair, would be a little hard from across the field. Also I think they were all switching around…it was mad confusing. Cazorla definitely played on the right for sometime. Gervinho, played all across the front 3, Podolski also played in the centre for a while, and Ramsey, was flitting around as well. Dynamic! Did we have 3 mids or 4, 2 attackers or 3 or 4? Who Knows?! Mancini… Read more »
1- No of Referee needed by Manures for their win
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Anyone still wondering about my footwork then? Speed this. Pace that. pffft!
Seriously, that perfect 50 yard cross from Cazorla in the second half could cure depression.
It was his left foot as well…..who is Stevie G?
0 – number of chins on na$ris stupid face.
By the way, loved the pile up after Kos’s goal , i think Don Vito was the only man who didn’t make it up the field for it, show’s how much unity this team has.
Bring on chealski!
106 – Passes completed by Arteta
100 – Chance that Xavi would be pleased by completing 106 passes at the Etihad
100 – My disappointment that Arteta will never get a Spanish cap
Over 9000 – Chance that he deserves dozens
WHAT DOES THE SCOUTER SAY ABOUT HIS PASS COMPLETION RATE??
Whilst we can take many positives from yesterday, I think it also showed up two areas that should concern us. Primarily, our lack of a quality striker to challenge Giroud meant we weren’t able to turn a good draw into a win.
Secondly, we need to cut out individual errors which have lead to the only goals we’ve conceded, and nearly gifted Aguero a winner.
1 – number of times freddie ljungberg said ‘shit’ on match of the day
I think we should go for Adrian Lopez in January, he will be available and is top notch striker :D.
Check it out yourself : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0T5Ju_9gOE
for the little i see Isco from malaga need to be sign asap ,specially if theo dont sign, ,at least next summer ,look like a younger carzola with even more skill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI2LFjPg7Ao
Theo/Sterling swap. I was unfortunate to work with a scouser who showed me a video of Sterling as a 15 year old scoring 5 goals against manure U-18s. Saw him again in a token U-18s match last year and again he was easily the most mature/intelligent player on show. He’s less of a risk than Walcott was when we bought him, already has what Walcott will never have and the pool dwellers are keen on Theo.
I like Theo but I’d play the OX before him. His development has stagnated.
I like him. Oh yeah. Here is ten thumbs up 🙂
statistical test on the “shots outside the box”: I did a T-Test, which looks at the two datasets and asks whether the averages actually really different from each other, or whether the two averages are differ by an amount similar to the sort of variation in the two datasets anyway. Probability of the data being random (ie, meaningless) turned out to be 0.1 (10% chance that these numbers mean nothing, 90% chance that there is meaning in the data), so it’s not “scientifically” significant, but it’s quite likely that something is going on here. Conclusion was spot on: more data… Read more »
I was going to say the same thing but you beat me to it. 🙂
heh
Meh.
Bleh
*boilk*
Eh?
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Curious – If Per doesn’t have the highest number of interceptions on the team, who does? Arteta?
6 – the shirt number of both goal scorer in this match (both are defender too)
Thankyou sir.
Laurent Koscielny of Arsenal levels the score on the second half at the penalty area. Since then, both of the two sides missed several good opportunities. Manchester City 1-1 Arsenal http://www.footballgoalvideo.com/highlights/view/710958/Manchester-City-vs-Arsenal