Orbinho
@orbinho
Arsenal facts. Former Opta stalwart. Creator of @OptaJoe.com Trying to convince people to use data better.
One thing I won't miss is calling people up when they get the Arsenal formation wrong.
You've got to feel sorry for Eddie Howe's wife with Jason Tindall permanently hanging out in her house until they get a new job.
Players with Z in their "known" name to play in the Premier League for Arsenal: Ozil, Lacazette, Szczesny, Cazorla, Alexis Sanchez, Luzhny, Havertz, Zinchenko, Guendouzi, David Luiz, Zubimendi, Schwarz, Lukasz Fabianski, Eze, Emi Martinez, Lucas Perez, Malz, Vernazza, Mendez, Suarez, Arrizabalaga.
Bukayo Saka has scored more goals for England while an Arsenal player than any other Gunner (15).
If he signs, Christos Tzolis would be the 4th Greek player to play for Arsenal after Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Konstantinos Mavropanos & Stathis Tavlaridis. He scored 17 goals (three penalties) & assisted 23 in last season's Belgian league, netting two & assisting one in the UCL last season.
Eight years ago I was in Pula, Croatia watching the World Cup final in a Roman amphitheatre along with some very excited locals.
Fewer people voted for Nigel Farage in Clacton in 2024 than the combined votes for all the other parties. If all the other major parties don't field candidates in his by-election, it might be hilarious for everyone to vote for Count Binface.
Mikel Arteta is the current longest serving manager in English league football.
Arsenal have lost more European finals on penalties than any other team. 3 Arsenal 2 Benfica 2 Espanyol 2 Roma
I'm in Peru & yesterday visited Machu Picchu which completed the set of all seven wonders of the world & the one ancient wonder. Very lucky to have travelled to so many amazing places with family & friends, but I didn't plan it so well given the last one means I'll miss the Champions League final!
Arsenal have gone 1-0 up with a goal scored from a corner on 11 occasions this season (a Premier League record) and won all 11 of those matches.
David Raya has won the Golden Glove for the third season in a row. Only two goalkeepers have won the Golden Glove more often in Premier League history.
David Raya has won the Golden Glove for keeping the most Premier League clean sheets this season (17). It's the third season in a row he's won it. And he has conceded around 10 fewer goals than expected in the Champions League since the start of last season, conceding 13 goals from 22.9 xGOT.
Anyone fancy doing a piece on whether Arsenal seem to have lost their set piece mojo? Have they been found out? Is it just variance? Are we due a couple? Whatever is going on, my eyes tell me we're not as effective as before.