Brentford vs Arsenal Pre-Match Stats
● After beating Arsenal 2-0 in their first ever Premier League game against them in August 2021, Brentford are winless in their last three against the Gunners (D1 L2).
● Arsenal have won their last two away games against Brentford in all competitions, beating them 3-0 in this exact fixture last season. The Gunners had won just one of their first seven visits to the Bees between 1902 and 2021 (D1 L5).
● Arsenal have already won away at Brentford this season, beating them 1-0 in the EFL Cup third round. The last time they won two away games to a fellow London side in the same season was against Crystal Palace in 1992-93 (2-1 Premier League, 3-1 League Cup).
● Since losing 3-0 to Arsenal in this exact fixture last season, Brentford have gone unbeaten in their last 14 Premier League London derby matches (W8 D6). However, only Arsenal (16) are on a longer current such run without defeat (W11 D5).
● Brentford have lost just one of their last 10 home league games (W5 D4), going down 3-1 against Everton in September. They’ve beaten Burnley 3-0 and West Ham 3-2 in their last two at home, last winning three consecutively while scoring 3+ goals each time in March 2015.
● Having won their first three Premier League away games to nil this season, Arsenal are winless in their last two on the road (2-2 v Chelsea, 0-1 v Newcastle). Both of these games have also been in the 5.30pm (GMT) Saturday kick-off slot.
● This will be Mikel Arteta’s 200th match as Arsenal manager in all competitions (W115 D34 L50). Whatever the result on Saturday, he’s won more games in his first 200 in charge of the Gunners than any of the other nine managers to reach that milestone with the club.
● Since the start of last season, Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka has been involved in more goals in Premier League London derbies than any other player (13 – 5 goals, 8 assists). However, Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo (8) has scored the most goals in such games over the same period.
● Only against Liverpool (5) has Leandro Trossard scored more Premier League goals than he has against Brentford (3). The Belgian’s first goal for Arsenal came in their 1-1 draw with the Bees last season.
● James Ward-Prowse (9) is the only Premier League player with more assists in all competitions this season than Saka (8). Across his whole Arsenal career, the winger has 45 assists in all competitions for the Gunners, with only four Premier League players recording more since the start of 2019-20.
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