Their last home defeat is also a distant memory — a 2 — 1 loss to City back in September 2016.
Their last home defeat in Europe was a 1 - 0 loss to Athletic Club in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League round of 16.
And finally, after yet more digging, it has been revealed — Juventus»
last home defeat came almost two years ago on 13th of April 2013, in Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munchen.
In fact before the United game you would have to go back to January to see
our last home defeat so we should be definitely confident of getting back to winning ways, Wenger is looking at the positives.
If you are looking for
their last home defeat you have to go all the way back to August last year, so that gives you a clear idea of the task facing Arsenal tomorrow.
Not exact matches
Then in a month we went out to Watford at
home in the FA Cup out in the
last 16 of the ECL and have now snatched
defeat from the jaws of victory in the league.
Last year, Nick Saban's team sneaked in despite a
defeat at the hands of Texas A&M, again at
home.
There is little doubt that Arsene Wenger will have been working hard with the Arsenal squad in training this week, with the aim of getting the Gunners to put right the problems that led to our shock
home defeat to West Ham
last Sunday.
History is on Arsenal's side though with only one
defeat to the Scousers in the
last 15
home matches, but Rodgers believes he knows how to counter Arsenal's game.
Aston Villa forward Darren Bent
last night tweeted an apology after he was spotted Christmas shopping during his team's
defeat at
home to Liverpool on Sunday.
We also had a great boost
last night seeing Man United (and Alexis) get beaten by Tottenham, and Chelsea's crazy 3 - 0
home defeat to Bournemouth, giving Arsenal a chance to close the gap in the coming weeks.
The Potters have yet to win in the league this season, while it's been 40 years since they
defeated United on the road as their rivals have won 15 of their
last 16
home league meetings in all competitions.
White Hart Lane chairman Daniel Levy has ramped up his push to bring in a full time successor to Villas - Boas, with interim boss Tim Sherwood seemingly unlikely to fill the role on a permanent basis following the North London club's
home defeat to West Ham in the Capital One Cup
last night.
Man United's form has been in - and - out all season, and when they lost to lowly West Brom in their
last home game to make three
defeats in a row their season looked finished, but they struggled through to victory over Crystal Palace
last week to hold on to their hopes of a Top Three finish.
The Reds have an away record that is quite similar to clubs fighting against relegation and the supporters have been forced to watch some pitiful football over the
last few months, especially away from Anfield while they have also suffered some embarrassing losses like the
defeats to Blackpool and Wolves at
home.
Hopefully the fact that we suffered a surprise
defeat at
home to Swansea City
last season, a match that Wenger has suggested ended our hopes of winning the title, will ensure that the players do not take this match for granted, even though the Welsh club have only taken a single point since the opening day.
I know I am jumping the gun a bit here by assuming that Arsenal will continue to be more like the side we saw win away to Crystal Palace
last week, rather than the one that slumped to a dismal
defeat at
home to West Ham, but the end of
last season and the way we were playing in pre-season has given us good reason to think that will be the case.
After the
last defeat at
home especially, it was tough for us.
It's only Chelsea who look better than
last year, if we can finally beat these sides at
home and avoid
defeat away than yea we can win the league!
The Gunners currently sit fourth in the table, five points behind leaders Manchester City after beginning the campaign with a shock
home defeat against West Ham United, however, they have recovered well since to win three of their
last four games.
Man U game was only the second
home EPL
defeat since the start of
last season (first game vs Villa) so Arsenal should be favourites.
The fact that the Gunners also won every match of our
last pre-season preparations and then beat Chelsea in the Community Shield before suffering a shock
home defeat to West Ham in the first EPL game has certainly taught us caution.
The only concern in terms of ability is that he occasionally mistime his interception of high balls (remember Southampton 0 - 2
defeat away
last year)... lost the player he is suppose to mark (West Ham first goal 0 - 2
defeat at
home this year).
Arsene Wenger was more than happy with our response after
last weeks
home defeat.
The Pacers have won their
last four at
home and
defeated the Warriors, 126 - 106, in their most recent
home game
last Thursday.
This will be Pardew's 4th
home game, and he has had two draws and a narrow
defeat to Man United so far, and he thinks that the Baggies were unlucky not to win their
last one at
home to Everton.
As for Huddersfield, David Wagner's men have taken just one point from their
last five games and the 4 - 0
defeat to Tottenham at
home will be a reminder of how they can't afford to play so open against the top teams.
Darren Ferguson's men were one of the early pacesetters, but the goals have dried up in recent weeks and a 2 - 1
home defeat to Swindon
last weekend saw a furious outburst from chairman Darragh MacAnthony on Twitter aimed at his management and players.
South was the
last team to
defeat Ashland two years before, at
home, when they blocked a punt in the waning moments of the game.
At 66, time is running out for me — I started attending in1958 and gave up coming
last season, having been a season ticket holder for 40 years plus, going
home and away for many years when I was younger — but I want our club in honourable hands again before I die and the cancerous elite that has us by the throat, cut out and
defeated by direct fan action.
Barcelona lost a 3 goal lead and crashed out; Madrid was rescued by a
last minute penalty at
home despite a comfortable 3 goal lead away; Lazio lost a 2 goal lead and got eliminated; the «Almighty Athletico» (according to Wenger haters) nearly got eliminated at Lisbon succombing to a
defeat; and another monster that would destroy Arsenal if we ever were unfortunate to meet them, Leipzig, was thrashed by Marseille yet it is Arsenal that secured a 2 - 2 draw and qualified for the next round that should be hanged.
Chile will be looking to fare better than when these sides met in qualifying for
last summer's World Cup, when they lost both
home and away with a combined aggregate
defeat of 6 - 2.
Once that was laughed out of the Anfield boardroom fans grew angry toward the Board as it became clear, despite a transfer window
lasting 3 months, there was no plan B.
Defeat to Aston Villa at
home left Arsene Wenger for the first time in his career pressured to make a marquee signing.
After
last year's
home defeats to Monaco and Olympiakos, Wenger will surely be wary of making too many changes, but there is also the wish that we don't have all our players burning out by playing twice a week.
Watford could be boosted by the return of Christian Kabasele after a hamstring problem while Craig Cathcart (hip) could also be involved after being an unused substitute in
last weekend's
home defeat by Burnley.
Olympique Lyonnais» title hopes were dealt a major blow
last weekend when they were
defeated 2 - 1 at
home by OGC Nice.
Although the Clarets lost 1 - 0 to Swansea on this season's opening day, that is actually there only
home defeat in the
last 17 League games, stretching back to before Xmas.
After Arsene Wenger and the players were jeered off the pitch by the Arsenal fans after the
home defeat by Liverpool
last weekend, the pressure is obviously on for the Gunners to bounce straight back and take all three points from our next Premier League match.
The manager has found his own position under scrutiny recently, with the Premier League champions five points adrift of pacesetters Chelsea and staring another
last 16 exit at the hands of Barcelona in the face, after a 2 - 1
defeat in the
home leg.
I certainly hope that Wenger doesn't send out a complete second team, as our Europa Cup side has looked decidedly listless in the their
last two fixtures, drawing 0 - 0 at
home to Red Star Belgrade and then our dismal 1 - 0
defeat to bottom - of - the - Bundesliga side Cologne, but he will have to rest at least half our First XI to prepare for the crucial visit of Jose Mourinho's United.
Following Saturday's 4 - 0
home defeat to Aston Villa, Sunderland are currently one point above the relegation zone and are without a win in their
last seven games.
Arsene Wenger might decide to keep faith with the Arsenal players who got beat in our
last Premier League match which ended with a 4 - 0
defeat away to Liverpool and could have been a lot worse if Petr Cech had played as badly as his outfield colleagues, but somehow I doubt it and expect the manager to make a few changes to the team for the
home game against Bournemouth tomorrow.
After
defeating the Indianapolis Colts in a high - scoring shootout
last week, the Detroit Lions opened as 5 - point
home favorites at the market - setting Bookmaker sportsbook.
The FA Cup is not high on Derby's list of priorities, but, after losing to Nottingham Forest
last weekend, Rams boss Steve McClaren will be determined to avoid another
home defeat to local opposition.
In the
last month of the regular season the San Antonio Spurs
defeated every other team in the western conference playoffs on their
home floor.
A
home defeat to Aston Villa and a draw with 10 - man Hull City was hardly an inspiring start for the Potteries, but it is what Hughes» men achieved in their
last outing that sees the Welshman on this list.
The Heat's previous biggest
home loss in the era was a 15 - point
defeat at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies
last April.
The San Antonio Spurs are the only team in the west that has
defeated every other team in the western conference playoffs in the
last month, and every one of those victories has come at
home.
The north London based club are without a win in their
last six games and were
defeated at
home by Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.
Arsenal have won nine of their
last 12, particularly due to the exploits of summer signing Alexis Sanchez, but both of their
defeats in that period have come away from
home to both Stoke and Southampton.