Three games later they have no more points on the board and twice the amount of Premier
League goals conceded.
Stats are all per 90 minutes played in premier
league Goals conceded Player A 0.91, Player B 0.61 Saves per goal conceded Player A 2.68, player B 3.18 Clean sheets Player A 0.47, player B 0.44
Because the spuds actually have the meanest defence statistically with just five
league goals conceded?
Not exact matches
Cech has given away 11
goals from outside the box, which is more long - range
goals conceded than any other team in the premier
league besides Stoke.
We did not sign an impact player in Perez (52
goals his entire career), the manager is the same, and even if Mustafi helps us imporve our defense, last season we only
conceded one more
goal than the best defense in the
league.
The Magpies head into the international break in third place in the Premier
League table after an 11 - game undefeated opening to the campaign which has seen them
concede just eight
goals.
In those games they've
conceded 11 in six games in the
league and three goals in two Champions League games, with their defence continuing to attract criticism dating back to last s
league and three
goals in two Champions
League games, with their defence continuing to attract criticism dating back to last s
League games, with their defence continuing to attract criticism dating back to last season.
Arsenal have gone seven home
league matches in a row without
conceding a
goal from open play — all four
goals against them in that period have been penalties.
The Gunners have
conceded at least three
goals in four of their last six first leg matches in the last - 16 of the Champions
League.
Liverpool have
conceded eleven
goals in six
league games — thats one more than the top three combined.
Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire
league with good defensive stats, but this good news was smashed by the
conceding 22 horrible
goals against the teams in the top five, 20 of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).
It is pretty amazing to consider that Arsenal have not
conceded a single first half
goal in the last 14 Premier
League games and only six from our last 11 complete games, so it is clear that teams are finding it a real problem to cope with our fast starts.
The worry has to be that our next game however is a trip to Stamford Bridge, where we have
conceded 10
goals without reply in recent years, and we now have to go there and target all three points, otherwise any hopes of winning that illustrious fourth Premier
League title will be gone for another season.
Heurelho Gomes has
conceded 23
goals in eight Premier
League games against Arsenal, nine more than any other team he has faced.
New Wolves boss Stale Solbakken will be keen to tighten things at the back having seen his Molineux side
conceded 82
goals in Premier
League action last term, the highest total in the division.
Tottenham are the only unbeaten team left in the Premier
League this season and, although nobody is tipping them to lose at Bournemouth, Merson thinks they will
concede two
goals — something Spurs are yet to do in a domestic match this term.
Conceded 9
league goals as opposed to 23..
Arsenal could not have picked a worse time to face Antonio Conte's side, who easily beat Swansea 5 - 0 two days ago while resting Eden Hazard, and who have only
conceded one
goal in their last 5
League games as they moved up to be Man City's closest challengers, albeit 14 points behind Pep Guardiola's side.
Jose Giminez at Athletico Madrid, one half of this season's best central defensive pairing in Europe - hardly
conceded any
goals in La Liga or the Champions
League this season.
Wenger and the Gunners will be expecting a spirited showing from Swansea in their first match under new manager Bob Bradley, but they are still on a terrible run of six Premier
League games without a win and in none of those games have they kept a clean sheet,
conceding 12
goals while Arsenal have scored 14 in our last five.
Man United have
conceded 10
goals in seven Premier
League games and the loss of veteran defender Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand has definitely been a factor and youngsters Paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett have been thrown in at the deep end to say the least.
There was no repeat of the 2 last minute
goals conceded during the
league match.
As a result, it would surely require a player to head out first to make space for Werner, but having spent so heavily on their attack, it's only logical that they address their issues at the other end of the pitch given that they possess the worst defensive record of the top seven Premier
League sides this season having
conceded 36
goals in 27 games.
The Catalan giants have
conceded just 13
goals in 29 La Liga games this season, giving them the best defensive record in the
league.
Despite Guardiola's worries over his side's defence, they seem to be coping pretty well so far, as City currently have the joint best defence in the whole of the Premier
League, with the Spaniard's side only
conceding 11
goals in just 16 games so far.
One of those «same mistakes» that Barton is likely to be referring to is in defence, as Liverpool still haven't managed to establish themselves as a consistent defensively - sound side,
conceding 18
goals in 13
league games, which is the worst record of the top seven sides.
Imagine the situation; you play brilliantly for a French club that never gets close to a trophy and then
concede the fewest
goals of any keeper in the World Cup finals and this gets you a dream transfer to the Premier
League and Arsenal.
We played Cambridge 2s in a BUCS
league match in the second week of term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them in the second round of the BUCS cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them at 1 - 1 for much of the game before
conceding two late
goals — I think the contrast between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next term.
Pep brought some of that basic team defending discipline to Man City and they
conceded basically half the
goals we did (19 vs 10) and only 1 more than
league - best Man U (9).
This was the first time Arsenal
conceded three
goals in the first half of a home Premier
League game and the first time they have done so in a home league game since March 1989 against Nottingham F
League game and the first time they have done so in a home
league game since March 1989 against Nottingham F
league game since March 1989 against Nottingham Forest.
Reading have won their only two previous Premier
League home matches against Manchester City without
conceding a
goal: 1 - 0 in September 2006, and 2 - 0 in March 2008.
The Canaries have
conceded more
goals (13) from outside the area than any other team in the Premier
League this term.
A flurry of late
goals in their 4 - 0 win over Swansea concluded United's first away game perfectly as they now boast a record of eight
goals scored and none
conceded, topping the Premier
League.
Though Hughes saw his defence hold up manfully during their goalless draw with local rivals Chelsea, QPR have on the whole looked suspect at the back,
conceding 19
goals in ten Premier
League matches this term.
However,
conceding twelve
goals is the number that will worry Liverpool fans the most, especially when they see
league leaders Manchester United and Manchester City have only
conceded two in the same period of time.
We also
conceded the least
goals from set pieces last season with the
leagues shortest and lightest team.
They kept eleven clean sheets and in terms of
goals conceded were eighth in the
league.
United have
conceded just five
goals in 11 Premier
League games so far this season, and Jones has been a crucial part of that impressive record as he has been an ever - present for the Red Devils.
Allardyce would have been furious that his side could not hold their advantage until half time, although the visitors were slightly unfortunate to
concede to Eriksen's first
league goal since October.
Liverpool have
conceded 15 away
goals in the Premier
League — more than any other team pic.twitter.com/OLmeDU 1bur
The Hornets have also lost four Premier
League matches this season by
goals conceded in the 90th minute or later, including their last match against Huddersfield Town.
Only four clubs (Stoke, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal) have
conceded fewer
goals than West Ham (22) in this season's Premier
League.
There have only been 10 occasions when a Premier
League team has won six back to back games without
conceding a
goal — Chelsea are now responsible for half of them.
However, Slaven Bilic's side have
conceded 11
goals in their last three games and were eliminated from the Europa
League by Astra Giurgiu.
The leaky Toffees have
conceded three or more
goals in five of the Argentine's 23 Premier
League appearances this season.
Also looking at the
league we aren't that far off competing with chelsea in
goals scored and
conceded!!!
Chelsea have
conceded 17
goals in Premier
League action this season, only Sunderland have let in more, with Jose Mourinho opting more recently to use Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma as his central defensive partnership, with captain John Terry having been dropped on a number of occasions.
A run of six wins with 17
goals scored and none
conceded has propelled the London based outfit into first place in the Premier
League.
Kenedy had earlier taken only 40 seconds to breach the Premier
League's worst defence — Norwich have
conceded 53
goals this season — to send the hosts towards a seventh loss in eight games.
Mourinho will hope his usually reliable defence can once again keep things tight at the back following a nightmare start to the season that has seen Chelsea
concede nine
goals in four Premier
League fixtures.