Arsenal vs Fulham Matchday Stats Preview
Arsenal have never lost in 31 home league games against Fulham, winning 24 and drawing seven. It’s the most home games one side has played against another without ever losing in English Football League history.
Fulham are unbeaten in their last three league games against Arsenal (W1 D2), only once having a longer such run without defeat against the Gunners (four between May 2011 and November 2012).
Arsenal have earned 20 points in Premier League London derbies this season, more than any other side. Fulham, meanwhile, have won four league London derbies this term; only in 1931-32, 1947-48, and 2000-01 (all 5) have they won more in a single campaign in their Football League history.
Arsenal have won all seven of their Premier League games on April 1st by an aggregate score of 25-3. No team has a better 100% win record on a specific date in the competition’s history (Chelsea also 7/7 on December 3rd).
Arsenal’s Premier League games this season are averaging 23.6 shots per match (13.9 for, 9.7 against), the lowest of any side in the competition this term. Meanwhile, Fulham rank fourth-lowest for this at 24.7 (13.7 for, 11.0 against).
Fulham have won five of their last eight Premier League games (L3), more than their previous 15 beforehand (W4 D7 L4). Away from home, the Cottagers have won three of their last four league matches (L1), having only won three of their first 10 on the road this season prior (D4 L3).
Fulham have had 13 goals scored by substitutes in the Premier League this season (excl. own goals); only four sides have ever had more in a single campaign in the competition: Newcastle in 2023-24 (14), Arsenal in 2009-10 (15), Man City in 2011-12 (15), and Liverpool in 2015-16 (15).
Arsenal have restricted their opponents to less than 0.50 xG in 11 of their 29 Premier League games this season – at least three more times than any other side has managed. Indeed, of the other 19 Premier League sides, seven have had their lowest xG in a match in the league this season come against Arsenal, including Fulham in this season’s reverse fixture in December (0.16).
No player has made more interceptions in the Premier League this season than Fulham’s Antonee Robinson (50, level with Ryan Gravenberch), while the left back has also made a league-high 344 off-the-ball runs into the final third in 2024-25.
Of Mikel Merino’s six Premier League goals (5 for Arsenal, 1 Newcastle), five have given his side the lead in a match, while he has scored the winning goal in four of the five Premier League games in which he has scored at least once, the only exception being Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool in October this season.
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