Arsenal is looking to win at home to Leicester City, tomorrow evening, Saturday, in the 25th round of the Premier League, to tighten its grip on the lead.
Below we review the most prominent figures and statistics before this site:
- Leicester City have lost in their last 4 Premier League games against Arsenal.
The Foxes last lost to the Gunners was five consecutive Premier League encounters, between September 1930 and October 1932.
- Arsenal are looking to win three consecutive away league games against Leicester, for only the second time.
The first time was between December 1913 and September 1925.
Leicester have not won 18 Premier League games against teams starting at the top of the table today (16 losses and two draws) since their 1-0 win over Manchester United in January 1998.
This is only the second such match against Arsenal, and the first in which the Londoners won 2-1, in the final round of the 2003-04 season.
- Leicester have won just 3 of their 11 home games this season (5 defeats and 3 draws), despite beating Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 in their last game at the King Power Stadium.
- Arsenal have won 9 of their 12 away games in the Premier League this season (with two defeats and one draw).
That's the same number as in 19 away games last season, having picked up 10 or more away wins once in the last 8 seasons (10 in 2020/21).
- Leicester have lost league games after leading in the score, more than any other team this season (5).
Meanwhile, no team has won more games after falling behind this season than Arsenal (4).
- Only Newcastle (6) have conceded fewer first-half goals than the Gunners (8), in the Premier League this season.
However, Arsenal have conceded 3 goals before half-time in their last two games, more than they have conceded in the previous 12 meetings combined (2).
Vardy's retreat
- Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has scored more Premier League goals against Arsenal than against any other opponent (11).
However, he has scored just one goal in 23 Premier League games this season and has failed to find the net in his last three games against the Londoners.
Bukayo Saka has contributed to 49 goals throughout his Premier League career with Arsenal (26 goals, 23 assists).
If he scores or assists against Leicester, he will become the youngest player (21 years and 173 days on the day of this game) to contribute to 50 Premier League goals since Cesc Fabregas in April 2008 (20 years and 337 days) and the sixth youngest player in the club's history to achieve the feat.
Bukayo Saka has contributed more shots after taking the ball forward than any other player in the Premier League this season (38-18 shots, 20 chances), and he has the most dribbling attempts (96) and success (46).