Since beating Arsenal 2-0 in their first Premier League game in August 2021, Brentford are winless in their last five games against the Gunners (D1 L4).

Arsenal have won their last three away games against Brentford in all competitions without conceding a single goal. They last won four consecutive away games against opponents between 2003 and 2008, keeping a clean sheet against Sunderland each time.

This is Arsenal’s ninth consecutive league game played in London (5 home, 4 away), following a 1-1 draw at Chelsea in November. For the Gunners, it is the longest series of league games of this kind exclusively in the capital in their league history.

Brentford have won their first league game in each of the last five calendar years. They are also unbeaten in their last six New Year’s Day games (W4 D2) since a 2-0 defeat at Swansea in 2007.

Arsenal have lost just their first league game in the last nine calendar years (W6 D2), losing 2-1 at home to Man City on New Year’s Day 2022.

Arsenal remained unbeaten in all 10 Premier League London derby games in 2024 (W8 D2). In five of these ten games they scored more than 5 goals, as many times as in the previous 117 games of this type.

Having been unbeaten in 14 Premier League London derbies between October 2022 and November 2023 (W8 D6), Brentford have now won just one of their last 12 in the competition (D3 L8).

Ahead of this round, Brentford join Ipswich as one of two teams yet to keep a clean sheet at home in the Premier League this season. The 2-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest in their last game was both their first defeat and the first time they failed to score at the Gtech Community Stadium this season.

Arsenal have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last seven away games in the Premier League and have recorded nine shutouts in their last ten away games.

Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo has been involved in 14 goals in his last 15 Premier League London derby games (12 goals, 2 assists), while Arsenal’s Kai Havertz has been involved in eight goals in his last eight such games in the competition (6 goals, 2 assists ). 2 assists).