Arsenal haven't won any of the 1st games played in a month following Mikel Arteta winning Manager of the Month.
Sep 21
0-0 v Brighton 2/10/21
Mar 22
0-3 v Palace 4/4/22
Aug 22
1-3 v Man U 4/9/22
Nov/Dec 22
0-0 v Newcastle 3/1/2023
Jan 23
0-1 v Everton 4/2/2023
Mar 26
1-2 v Southampton 4/4/2026
Arsenal's 70 points is their 8th highest total after 33 matches of a Premier League campaign:
2003-04 - 81pts 1st
2022-23 - 75pts 2nd
2023-24 - 74pts 2nd
2001-02 - 72pts 1st
2009-10 - 71pts 3rd
2004-05 - 71pts 2nd
2007-08 - 71pts 3rd
70 points after 33 matches would be the lowest points tally that any team has gone on to win a Premier League title since 1997-98 (Arsenal had 69 that season).
2002-03 and 2010-11 also saw Man Utd with 70 points after 33 matches.
Whatever happens, improvement needed next season.
Just fewer goals in general. 2.74 per game this season compared to 2.93 last season and 3.28 per match the season before.
Palace v West Ham makes it 26.
Kai Havertz’s five shots against Manchester City is as many as Gyokeres has managed in 558 league minutes against the division's top six.
Two clubs in similar form
Eberechi Eze has scored in just three Premier League matches this season and yet he is Arsenal's joint-second top scorer.
Set pieces have dried up and it's laid our attacking travails bare.
- Trossard hasn’t scored in his last 22 games in all competitions
- Saka has two goals in his last 24 in all competitions
- Martinelli hasn’t scored in his last 23 Premier League games
- Madueke has two goals in 22 Premier League appearances
- Odegaard has one goal in his last 21 PL appearances
Alexander Isak has more Premier League starts, appearances and minutes this season than Kai Havertz.
Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.
The Bookies know.
Man City now favourites to win the league at 4/6. Arsenal second favourites at 6/5.
Points in the head to heads between the top 5
Man City Pld 7 Pts 13
Man Utd Pld 7 Pts 12
Aston Villa Pld 6 Pts 9
Arsenal Pld 8 Pts 8
Liverpool Pld 6 Pts 7
Only two wins. They lost to Villa away.
I mean it's a foul by Haaland on Gabriel for the goal. He pulls him backwards and still has his shirt in his hand when he's shooting.
Mikel Arteta falls to his knees watching his Arsenal side lose to Man City.
4 - Arsenal have lost four consecutive games in domestic league/cup competitions for the very first time under Mikel Arteta, and first time overall since March 2018 - a run which also included two defeats to Manchester City. Stumbling.
Watch Odegaard's reaction at the start of this clip when he tells Martinelli to track O'Reilly and he ignores him
Arsenal's 2025-26 Premier League record:
First 20 games W15 D3 L2 W% 75%
Last 13 games W6 D4 L3 W% 46%
Arsenal are 11 points better off vs equivalent 2024-25 fixtures. If results match last season's for the rest of 25/26, final totals:
85 Arsenal (+11)
82 Man City (+11)
67 Man Utd (+25)
66 Liverpool (-18)
65 Villa (-1)
55 Chelsea (-14)
46 Newcastle (-20)
34 Spurs (-4)
Erling Haaland has scored in six of his eight Premier League games against Arsenal.
#MCIARS
Arsenal have won one and lost four of their last six matches in all competitions. Trying to go far in all four competitions has cost the team once again.
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League was blown at Bournemouth last week. Even a draw would have meant that City would have to rely on other teams to overtake us even with a win today.
And Haaland scoring the winner shows the difference between a striker that can finish and the ones we have. Really disappointing.
We're not allowed nice things. From going from Quadruple to watching City win the treble is just typical Arsenal.
Arsenal pretty much went down to 10 men when they brought on Martinelli.
Apt that Man City scored in the 1+15 th minute.
Kai Havertz has scored his first Premier League goal since he netted against Man City in February 2025.
#MCIARS
Man City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, O'Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo (C), Semenyo, Cherki, Doku, Haaland
Substitutes: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Foden
Arsenal team to play City
