Expected goals against like actual goals against do not tell anything like the whole story

By Tony Attwood I like statistics, and use them a lot.  But they have to be statistics that are realistically related to the real world.   Consider this for example from Statsbomb “Arsenal are conceding an eye popping 1.50 expected goals per match. The only five teams with worse defensive numbers than Emery’s team are Brighton, …

Arsenal training centre: the under 18s and 23, and the man who made it happen.

By Walter Broeckx This is the fourth and final part of our series on Arsenal’s training centre.  The earlier articles were: Untold Arsenal (and Arsenal Belgium) get the VIP treatment at London Colney Arsenal players exposed to temperatures of minus 160 degrees. London Colney Arsenal training centre: virtual reality and tales of past recoveries   …

Leicester 1 Arsenal 2: last night’s match at Holmes Park with Freddie Ljungberg

By Tony Attwood I don’t get to see that many under 23 games since every Arsenal first team home match involves a 175 mile round trip in the car, plus a train journey at the end, but when the game is not too far away and there’s someone else to go with then yes, I …