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.

So we know that Aston Villa have won each of their last nine games by just one goal – which is, I suspect, an all-time record: I can’t find details of any team winning ten games in a row all by just ...

As you can see, the range in the number of fouls is 21.88%, meaning the referee who sees the most fouls sees getting on for 22% more fouls than the ref who sees the fewest fouls. And do remember this ...

Taken on straight results Villa are indeed doing better than Arsenal but it is undoubtedly true that Arsenal have had some tougher fixtures. And Arsenal have included a number of wins of late by more ...

By Tony Attwood, with thanks to Untold-Referee.com ...

The VAR concentration crisis compounds main referee patterns: when the same official appears in multiple roles across a club’s matches, total influence becomes impossible to measure through assignment ...

It is also interesting that a recent article from ESPN produced a list of four of the five best players in the Premier League this season as Arsenal men: William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice, amd ...

Arsenal are not only six points better off at this stage than last season, but their goal difference is up by three, even though the club has scored fewer goals. And this includes a period when ...

So Arsenal are on half the number of yellow cards as Brighton, neither team has done a Tottenham and had even one plyaer sent off, and both Brighton and Arsenal like to have possession bu Arsenal have ...