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Arsenal: Six super stats underlining their recent progress
Arsenal has surprised a lot of neutral observers with four wins from their first four Premier League games this season. What do the stats say?
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Arsenal’s 100% start to the new Premier League season has surprised a lot of neutral observers.
Their come-from-behind 2-1 win against Fulham produced an array of eye-catching facts & figures via arsenal.com.
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Arsenal 2-1 Fulham: Best stats
- Bukayo Saka registered his 16th Premier League assist, with only three players in the history of the competition managing more before turning 21 (Fabregas 38, Rooney 22, Owen 18).
- Martin Odegaard has scored three goals in his last two Premier League games, as many as he netted in his previous 24 in the competition.
- Since the start of 2020/21, Gabriel has scored eight goals in the Premier League, more than any other central defender in that time.
- Arsenal has won each of their first four games of a Premier League season for only the third time, after 2003/04 and 2004/05.
- This was the first Arsenal has conceded the first goal in a Premier League match in the second half and managed to come back and win since Boxing Day 2013 against West Ham.
- Mikel Arteta oversaw his 100th Premier League game, picking up 100 points in his second 50 (W32 D4 L14) after accruing 75 in his first 50 (W21 D12 L17).
Next up for the Gunners is a home match against Aston Villa, which forms part of a busy midweek Premier League schedule.
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