I realise this is a crude numerical perspective and the figures can be misconstrued but my instincts are to conclude that a decline in performance this season is down to our away performances and the most bleedin obvious explanation for this is the decline in our inability to score goals away from home — with the exception of the 5 away games played so far this year — where we see it is the number
of goals conceded away from home that is the main problem.
Not exact matches
The Gunner succumbed to their fourth successive
away defeat in a row on Monday, whilst
conceding three
goals in each
of those losses, and pressure is mounting on the manager.
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).
We can't sacrifice the club's ambitions and wellbeing on the altar
of a player's personal glory, it's the business end
of the competition and Cech has the experience
of having won it, Ospina
conceded three
goals [home and
away] against PSG, the only opposition on the level
of those we'll be meeting from now on, three
goals against in the knockout stages is bordering on disastrous as we all know how tight these affairs are.
Don't wan na
concede a tonne
of away goals heading to the second leg.
The 3 (or 4)
goals Martinez
conceded in the
away fixture
of this game, certainly made Wenger's job
of dropping him for Szczesny easier.
Since Mathieu Flamini took over from Arteta as our cover for Coquelin, the Gunners have not lost a game, winning three
of the four and only
conceding two
goals, which is even better when you remebre that three
of them were
away from home and Arsenal were under serious pressure.
In fact if you take
away the four
goals conceded to Liverpool on the opening day, when neither
of the first choice center backs were available, our defence looks as strong if not stronger than Chelsea's.
The Gunners have won only 3
away games this campaign, and would you believe that only 5 teams in the whole division have
conceded more
away goals than us, and one
of those is Liverpool!
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.
Although Arsenal responded well to a poor first half to get a deserved equalising
goal through Theo Walcott, I think the main reason we came
away from Old Trafford with a point was that we only
conceded once while Man United were all over us, so I am giving the Man
of the Match to Laurent Koscielny who just shaded Mertesacker.
The Swans come into the match on the back
of four losses from their last five in all competitions, but at the same time, they have only
conceded one Premier League
goal away from home this term, including 0 - 0 draws at Southampton and Tottenham.
The
goal, which is the fourth Arsenal have
conceded at home in all competitions, came after a poor clearance from Ospina eventually found its way to Cordoba, who's saw his 45 - yard screamer fly in over the head
of the backtracking Gunners «keeper to give the
away side the lead.
I could also argue that if Arsenal had not
conceded one
goal more
goal against Hull City, One at home against Tottenham, one
away to Leisceter, one
away to man united, one more at home against Man City, and two
away to Swansea (a total
of seven
goals), Arsenal could have become champions last season.
last minute
conceding of goal at anfield norwich
away who would be top?
But our first obstacle is to get past Monaco, who were considered one
of the easiest draws in the competition at the time, but, like Arsenal, they have improved rapidly recently, and are currently on an unbeaten run
of 14 games in row in which they have only
conceded ONE
goal in regulation time (in a 1 - 1 draw
away at Ligue 1 leaders Lyon in the middle
of December).
Gennaro Gattuso's Milan side team are unbeaten since Christmas in a run
of twelve games, and have won their last five without
conceding a
goal, the last victory being a 2 - 0 win
away at third - placed Roma.
Rodgers praised the performance
of the 32 - year - old Jones despite
conceding three
goals to the Red Devils on Sunday, and he is now hoping that Mignolet can rediscover his best form
away from the spotlight.
1) Do not
concede early on We've
conceding too many early
goals in our woeful
away performances
of recent.
pretty please, its true stats don't lie but it could be manipulated to tell different stories, the simple fact and bottoml line is Ozil created over 190 chances and ONLY 19 was put
away by our misfiring duo
of Giroud and Walcott, and the fact he had half
of the season to match and eclipse the assist record and failed says more about Giroud's and Walcott woeful woeful finishing abilities and nought whatsoever to do with Ozil, am can only do so much, what's next, blame him for number
of goals we
conceded?
After
conceding the fewest
goals in the group stages
of the World Cup finals last summer, the 26 - year has
conceded no
goals in his three Premier League games, no
goals from his one FA cup game, one penalty given
away by Szczesny in the Champions League and the two in his debut against Southampton in the League cup.
17
of the 41 league
goals (41 %)
conceded by Arsenal last season came in defeats
away to the three sides that finished above them — at Manchester City (6 - 3), Liverpool (5 - 1) and Chelsea (6 - 0).
Liverpool had displayed excellent
away form this season, and hadn't
conceded a
goal on the road for 596 minuted before their battering at the hands
of the Gunners last weekend.
We have a special group
of players that are doing special things on the pitch, but the media wont tell u that we have lost just one
away match this year, and have the best defense in the league, infact i heard a documentary that says «Liverpool have the best defence in the league
conceding only 9
goals only equalled by Arsenal» such reporting is typical in putting pressure on Arsenal.
«If you want to win a game
away of home in the best league in the world your GK can't
concede 2
goals like I did today,» he tweeted.
Monaco missed a penalty, Hugo Lloris had to scramble to keep the scoreline respectable, and just a few short seconds separated Spurs being thrown an unlikely lifeline in the form
of an equalising penalty, and Spurs throwing it
away, preferring instead to
concede a second
goal and drown.
Arsenal may be feeling nervous after losing 2
of their first 3 games and
conceding zillions
of goals, but at least tomorrow we have a chance to get back on track against a team that has lost all three
of their matches this season and have only one
away game since Christmas, beating relegated Sunderland.
After our brilliant run
of recent form it was a great shock to see Arsenal throw
away a 1 - 0 lead against our great rivals Tottenham yesterday, especially as we hadn't previously
conceded a
goal since New Years Day.
Against Real Madrid in 2014, against Barcelona in 2015, against Monaco last season and now against Liverpool, Guardiola sides have seen the tie slip
away in relatively brief periods in which it has lost defensive discipline and
conceded two or three
goals in a matter
of minutes.
He
conceded three
goals in the
away defeat against Manchester City but, incredibly, in just short
of eight more games he's
conceded only two more, one at Liverpool and the other in the home game against West Ham, both games ending in 1 - 1 draws.
And although they have only lost two
away games so far, they are weaker on the road and have
conceded most
of their
goals away from St. Mary's.
And knowing that they can not escape from buying the Gunners Ucl playing game that has so many
away scored
goals to the opposition in it, the Olympiakos reluctantly paid the Gunners their price
of conceding 3
goals to Arsenal» Gunners.
Burnley have scored 67 %
of their home
goals in the first half
of away games and have
conceded 71 %
of their
away goals after the half time break.
Two - thirds
of the
goals they have
conceded away from home have come in the second half
of matches.
West Ham have
conceded an average
of two
goals per game
away from home this season and 60 %
of their road games have seen at least four
goals.
61 %
of the
goals they have
conceded away from home have been in the second half
of matches.
Overall they have
conceded at an average
of 2.2
goals per
away game this season and 53 %
of their road games have gone over 3.5
goals this season.
They have
conceded at an average rate
of 1.75 per game and four
of their seven
away defeats
away from home have been by a margin
of at least three
goals.
The Potters have just twelve
away goals all season and have
conceded an average
of 2.25
goals per
away game.
Reading have
conceded three
goals in 75 percent
of their
away games since March and they had a similar experience during their recent Cup outing at Wednesday.
Burnley have returned just the eleven
goals this season on their travels while they have
conceded at an average
of one
goal exactly per
away game.
They have
conceded 62 %
of their
away goals in the second half
of matches this season and are just averaging over a
goal per game on their travels.
The Baggies have scored just seven times this season
away from home and they have
conceded an average
of 1.6
goals per game
away from home.
They've now also
conceded three
goals in four
of those
away games.
They have
conceded twelve
goals in their six
away games and both teams to score at bet365 is a decent price
of 4/5.
They have managed just the three
goals out on the road all term as well and have
conceded at a rate
of over 2
goals per game
away from home.
Their
away form doesn't make good reading having lost three
of their last four outside
of Anfield,
conceding an average
of two
goals per game in those four matches.
The Clarets have picked up just nine points from a possible 81 available
away from home in their two stints in the Premier League and have kept just one clean sheet in 27 Premier League
away games,
conceding at least two
goals in 21
of those matches.
And on the other hand Villarreal scored 8
goals as well on their 9 points
away, where they
concede only 3
goals, lowest
of group E. Out
of their 4 Europa League group stage match 3 victory for Villarreal and 1 defats which comes against Rapid Vienna.
71 %
of their
away games have gone over 2.5
goals this season and 60 %
of their
away goals have cropped up in the second half
of matches and 70 %
of the
goals they have
conceded on the road have all been in the second half
of games.