"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger ...

Although when we come to look at shots on target, Bournemouth are in front of Arsenal just – with 98 to 97. Now that might make Arsenal seem wasteful, but in fact shooting more often does make the ...

In fact, Premier Injuries, the site I turn to for the data prior to each game, does not put clubs in order of the number of players injured, but if they did, it would read… ...

The one thing Bournemouth have in their favour is the ability to score goals – they have scored 29 in the league, making them the seventh highest scoring team. But countering that they have the 17th ...

Chelsea’s problem is thus the opposite of Bournemouth’s – one has a surfeit of money, one doesn’t, but the difficulty is the same for both of them. How to convince players to come to a club and ...

He is one of just three referees who have been given 15 games in the Premier League so far this season. Last season he was the third most used referee in the league, overseeing 25 games. Anthony ...

“A blip. A wobble. A mini-crisis. Call it what you want, Arsenal went into Tuesday night’s top-of-the-table battle with Aston Villa after a shaky few weeks.” ...

One of the interesting things that has emerged in the last month is a small number of articles on social media focusing on Arteta’s “illegal” tactics and referees’ errors that favour Arsenal. One of ...

It is generally accepted that footballers and managers do not criticise the media because they (the clubs) use the media to put out false stories, acting as cover for their real activities – ...

This was going to be the BIG TEST, the time that Arsenal were likely to be found out (at least so the media kept saying), and they would thus make way for the teams that really know how to do it.

It is generally thought that Havertz will be in the squad and could come on as a sub.