3 recent poor Arsenal results against Burnley don’t hide the general trend

by Bulldog Drummond Burnley’s results are slightly worse than Arsenal’s this season in the sense that they knocked up a 1-1 draw with Leeds and haven’t won any games in the league.  Like Arsenal they got through the League Cup away from home although only on penalties, and otherwise the two clubs have both been …

Arsenal are 44% more likely to have a tackle get a yellow card than Burnley! 

By Bulldog Drummond Arsenal are 44% more likely to have a tackle called as a yellow card offence than Burnley Now before we begin we have to go over something that has cropped up before.  That one cannot compare the effect of tackles between clubs and claim that is because of the referees, because some …

Arsenal v Burnley: injuries, home/away stats and crowd influence on refs

By Bulldog Drummond Taking our figures from the Premier League Injuries table  the Arsenal situation looks to be improving in terms of the number of injuries sustained.  And although I’m sure we would all have preferred to have Arsenal in a Euro competition than out, the bonus for us is that without the midweek travel …