Newcastle 1-22 Arsenal: by the numbers
You're probably wondering why the odd scoreline in the title. It's not a score, its the number of shots each team took. Newcastle got...
Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool: tackles, recoveries, and saves, By the Numbers
Tackles versus Ball Recoveries
Today's match was a fantastic example of the importance of ball recoveries in understanding the role of the defensive midfielder in...
Cry Pal 1-2 Arsenal: By the Numbers
Arsenal eeked out a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace to bounce back from the dreadful loss to West Ham on opening day. If it's...
Arsenal 0-2 West Ham: By the Numbers
Errors
Let's get this out of the way: Arsenal made two errors which led to two goals today but interestingly, WhoScored.com is assigning one error...
FA Community Shield — Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea: By the Numbers
1 - Goals scored by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
117 - Appearances by AOC for Arsenal
13 - Career goals for Arsenal by AOC
12 - Number of those career goals...
Arsenal 4-0 Villa: By the Numbers
Just a quick post because I know you're all celebrating like mad but I wanted to highlight a few stats from today's game.
Cazirlo
Playing the...
Ozil, the Core, Keeper Capers, and Headers: Arsenal 4-1 WBA, by the numbers
We've got Mesut Özil!
Mesut Özil led Arsenal with 3/5 tackles today! That brought his total tackles attempted this season to 43 and his total...
Profligate Arsenal Save Sunderland: by the numbers
Key stat: 982
Arsenal had 982 touches to Sunderland's 445. Of those 982 touches Arsenal lost possession just 18 times and only had 80 misplaced...
By the Numbers: Man U out hustle Arsenal to a 1-1 draw
Tale of Two Halves
Arsenal took zero shots in the first half. The last time they had zero shots in a League game was against...
Efficient Swansea steal three points at Arsenal: By the Numbers
Your key stat, 58.
Arsenal ended the game with 23 shots and 9 on target but It took Arsenal 58 minutes to register their first...
Hull 1-3 Arsenal: By the Numbers
I used to do this column in the style of Harper's Index and since Arsenal seem to be going back in time by trying...
By the Numbers: Arsenal’s improvement incremental but real
How do you know if your team has gotten better? I mean overall, not just in terms of one thing. For example, Arsenal take...
Player of the Year, Alexis v. Hazard: By The Numbers
Those of you who follow my column know that I'm not a fan of comparing two players' stats from two different teams. And you...
Arsenal feature in consecutive FA Cup finals for the first time since 2003: by the numbers
One of the frustrating things about collecting stats is that no one will collect them for you.
I'm half joking and half being serious.
The service...