Yet, back at a sold - out Otkytiye Arena for their first champions
league home game since 2013, the fans will be up for it and create a raucous atmosphere — just hopefully not one that saw a flare shoot out of the away end towards referee in the last group game against Maribor.
Not exact matches
The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the
game at
home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the
game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football
League over the course of the last four seasons
since Zimmer's arrival.
Since then the Gunners have scored 39 times in 16
home league games against their rivals.
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.
0 — Arsenal failed to score in a European
home game for the first time
since February 2016 (0 - 2 v Barcelona in the Champions
League).
The Dodgers took a few uppercuts to the chin in
Game 2, in the form of four
home runs from an Astros offense that was mostly dormant
since the start of the American
League Championship Series.
The Blues have won all five of their
home league games this year, while the Baggies have not been victorious at Stamford Bridge
since 1984.
It's like 39
games since PSG last lost at
home in the champions
league and that lost was against a very ripe Barcelona.
The defending English Premier
League champions started their season off with a disastrous result in a 3 - 2 loss at
home to Burnley FC, but have returned to form
since then with an 4 -0-1 record over their last five
games.
But Alan Pardew has brought about some improvement to the Palace team, and they have lost just once in the five
League games since his arrival, although they have definitely performed better away from
home.
Since the Monaco debacle at
home Giroud has scored in all three
League games for the gunners, and I hope the Monaco players have been watching and quaking in their boots.
Whilst we seem to be in a cycle where both teams generally dominate in their respective
home league games in these fixtures, it's not that long
since Arsenal won at The Lane.
The two team's records on the 1st January are poles apart, as while Arsenal haven't lost a
home league game on this date
since 1985, the Eagles have won just one of their last seven
league games away from
home on New Year's Day which came in 1996 at Portsmouth.
Arsenal have lost just one of 18 Barclays Premier
League home games against City (W11 D6 L1) and we've lost 22 times to them
since 1992, our joint-most defeats to any opponent (along with Chelsea).
West Ham are especially strong at
home, where they have not lost a
league game since the end of August.
In fact their record both
home and away has been awful
since the turn of the new year having won just two of their last 15
league games — I'll be surprised If Heckingbottom is still in charge at Elland Road this time next year.
0 — Everton failed to have a shot on target in a Premier
League home game for the first time
since December 4th 2011 vs Stoke (2211 days ago).
After the shock defeat at
home to Burnley in their opening EPL
game Chelsea have bounced back strongly and won all four
since, including an away victory at Tottenham and Leicester and at
home to Everton, so you have to say they are doing well and for that reason the Gunners must approach Sunday's
league meeting with caution.
That's 5 for 10 in late
games, also it's interesting that the
league has had the teams swap who plays at
home first for the last several years, and that the Vikings haven't played at Lambeau in September
since 2008
Burnley have won nine of their 13
home games since returning to the Premier
League and should feel under no pressure, starting the weekend nine points clear of the drop zone.
It is the 11th time that the
league's top seeds will be matched up in the big
game since 1975 (when the NFL's playoff format began basing
home field advantage on teams» regular season records), and recent trends favor a Seattle victory: the NFC has won the last six Super Bowls between No. 1 seeds.
Albion's defence will need to put an end to Lacazette's impressive form at the Emirates Stadium, as he became the first Arsenal player to score in his first three
home league games since 1988.
It is a scary thought that they have lost only one
game at
home in the
League since 2013, and that was on the last day of last season when they had already been crowned as the runaway Champions!
Arsenal have now won 11
home League games in a row, which is our best run
since the Invincibles era, but we are 12 points behind Man City because our away form has been dire, but Wenger insists that his team has not performed badly away from
home either.
Southampton have won just one
league game since beating Everton at
home on November 26 with only bottom side West Brom winning fewer
games than the South Coast club this season.
Since the match is set to be played at Napoli
home ground, they will be slightly favourite going into the match because Roma has been woeful away from
home so far failing to win a single
game away while Napoli has won all three
home league games so far.
They won five of their first six
home games in the Premier
League (W5 L1) but
since then have won just five of the last 27 (W5 D10 L12).
The last time that Burnley beaten Liverpool in the
league was back in September 1974 (D2 L5
since) and they haven't scored in their last six
home games against the Reds either.
It has been a long time
since they won at
home in the Premier
League which is a huge concern for them as they are D2 L5 in their last seven at St James» Park, scoring just the three goals in that sequence of
home games.
When and where to watch Barça vs Chelsea in the UEFA Champions
League round of 16 FC Barcelona It will have been 99 days
since the last time Barça played a Champions
League game at
home, and this one is exponentially more crucial.
Manchester United haven't lost a
home league game against Burnley
since September 1962 (2 - 5), winning eight and drawing five
since.
The Reds haven't lost a premier
League home game against a newly - promoted side
since back in the 2010/11 season when Blackpool turned up and surprised them.
An impressive debut against Arsenal over a year ago followed by a more difficult
game at
home to Leicester and he has only started one Premier
League game since.
The Basque outfit has not won
since Jan. 7, a 2 - 0 win at
home to Alaves, and have mustered three points, all from draws, in their last four
league games to drop 13th in La Liga.
Arsenal were top of the Premier
League at the turn of the year, but their title hopes have
since faded with their
home form a major contributing factor - they have collected 14 points from their last eight
games at the Emirates Stadium.
Since joining the Piedmontese outfit in January Puscas has scored 5 goals in 5
games, including a hat - trick against Cittadella in Domenico Di Carlo's first
game in charge as head coach (see the video below), and generally given them the penalty box presence that they were so desperately lacking during the first half of the season (Novara don't have the
league's worst
home record by chance).
However, the Foxes haven't lost any of their last nine
league matches against Burnley (W6 D3) and they haven't lost a home game in the Premier League against a newly promoted side since back in 2001 and are favourites
league matches against Burnley (W6 D3) and they haven't lost a
home game in the Premier
League against a newly promoted side since back in 2001 and are favourites
League against a newly promoted side
since back in 2001 and are favourites here.
Tottenham have have won their last 13 Premier
League home games against newly promoted sides,
since losing 1 - 2 against Norwich in April 2012.
It means Spurs are on the verge of achieving their best - ever haul at
home since the Premier
League's inception, needing just one point from their remaining three
games to better their 2009 - 10 tally of 44.
Benfica have picked up 13 victories from their last 15 European
home games, posting five in succession at the Estádio Sport Lisboa e Benfica
since their only
home loss in that sequence — 2 - 1 against FC Schalke 04 in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions
League group stage.
Manchester United haven't won a
home league match since September and Tottenham impressed in their final Champions League game on Wednesday night, when beating CSKA Moscow
league match
since September and Tottenham impressed in their final Champions
League game on Wednesday night, when beating CSKA Moscow
League game on Wednesday night, when beating CSKA Moscow 3 - 1.
It's not often you will find a referee taking charge of successive
home games at a club but it is almost fifteen weeks
since that promotion clincher and I certainly had no argument with his last act that afternoon, to blow that final whistle to signal that, once again, we are a Premier
League club.
Since then, Rovers have thrown away two priceless opportunities to enhance their stance in the top - flight further, losing away to Bolton 2 - 1, despite boasting a numerical advantage for most of the second half, as well as throwing two invaluable points away last weekend when drawing 1 - 1 with bottom of the
league West Ham, Kean's very first
game in charge and it was a
game where Blackburn produced one of their poorest performances of the season, certainly at
home, where Rovers were previously a force to be reckoned with under» Big Sam».
Arsenal have not lost a
home league game since the opening day of 2013/2014 season against Aston Villa.
The Red Devils have now drawn their last four
home games in the
league, first time that has happened
since 1980.
At
home, though, the Gunners remain a tough nut to crack — unbeaten
since November in the
league (11
games)-- and they proved a point or two to us all when dispatching of champions - elect Manchester United two weeks ago.
After failing to score a first half goal at Old Trafford in 11 attempts this season, United netted twice within the first half an hour, the first time they scored twice in the first 45 minutes of a Premier
League game on
home turf
since they beat Manchester City 4 - 2 last season.
The Gunners» defence hasn't conceded a single goal in any of its last four
home games, not
since Everton's Louis Saha scored a controversial goal on 1 February, which shouldn't have stood for offside, while in total Arsenal have kept 12 clean sheets in 16
league games at the Emirates in 2010/2011.
MATCH FACTS Arsenal have averaged 1.5 goals per
game scored at
home this season in the Barclays Premier
League, their lowest return
since 1994 - 95 (1.3).
They have only won once in the
league in nine
games since a 3 - 1 away victory over Anzhi in round six and that win was a widely expected 2 - 0
home victory against SKA Khabarovsk.