Brentford vs Arsenal

Arsenal have picked up more points in Premier League London derbies this season (14) than any other side, while no side has fewer points in such matches this term than Brentford (4, level with Crystal Palace).

Since the start of last season, Brentford have lost 47 points from winning positions in the Premier League (30 last season, 17 this), at least 10 more than any other side.

Brentford are the only side yet to keep a clean sheet at home in the Premier League this season. Indeed, the Bees have gone 11 successive home league matches without a shutout for the first time since October 2007 (13).

Since winning 2-0 against Arsenal in their first ever Premier League game in August 2021, Brentford are winless in their last five against the Gunners (D1 L4).

Arsenal have won their last three away games against Brentford in all competitions without conceding a single goal. They last won four consecutive away games against an opponent while keeping a clean sheet each time against Sunderland between 2003 and 2008.

In a run stretching back to a 1-1 draw at Chelsea in November, this is Arsenal’s ninth consecutive league game to be played in London (5 home, 4 away). It’s the Gunners’ longest such run of league games exclusively in the capital in their league history.

Brentford have won their first league game in each of the last five calendar years. They’re also unbeaten in their last six played on New Year’s Day (W4 D2) since a 2-0 loss at Swansea in 2007.

Arsenal have only lost their first league game in one of the last nine calendar years (W6 D2), going down 2-1 at home to Man City on New Year’s Day 2022.