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Arsenal have a huge opportunity to go 11 points clear of Man City in the Premier League this weekend as the Gunners host the Whites at the Emirates.
League leaders Arsenal will hope to take another huge step in the 2022-23 Premier League title race when they hosts Leeds United at the Emirates on Saturday afternoon, April 1, 2023.
Prior to the international break last week, the Gunners cruised to an emphatic 4-1 victory against Crystal Palace.
Mikel Arteta’s men will hope to continue from where they left off when they face Javi Garcia’s Leeds United who are 14th on the summit.
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A win for Arsenal could see them go 11 points of the defending champions and second-place Man City who play Liverpool earlier in the day.
Javi Garcia and his side will be looking to give the league leaders and title favourites a serious test on Saturday afternoon.
As Pulse Sports continues to build up to April Fool's day fixtures in the Premier League this weekend, here are 10 facts you should know ahead of Arsenal vs Leeds United.
10 Key facts you should know ahead of Arsenal vs Leeds United
1, Arsenal are UNBEATEN in their last 13 meetings with Leeds in all competitions (W11 D2), since a 3-2 home defeat in May 2003 that ended the Gunners' title bid that season.
2, Since a 0-0 draw in their first Premier League away game against Arsenal in February 1993, Leeds have NOT drawn or kept a clean sheet in any of their subsequent 13 league visits to the Gunners (W3 L10), conceding 31 goals in total.
3, Leeds have won just TWO of their 23 Premier League games against the league leaders (D9 L12), though both victories came away from home (v Middlesbrough in August 2000 and Man City in April 2021).
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They have lost all four such games against Arsenal by an aggregate score of 14-2.
4, Arsenal have WON their last SIX Premier League games, their joint-longest such run under Mikel Arteta. They last won SEVEN in a row between August and October 2018 under Unai Emery.
5, Leeds won their second away league game of the season at Wolves last time out, netting more goals in that 4-2 victory than they had in their previous six on the road combined (3).
6, Arsenal have scored 66 Premier League goals this season and have an expected goals tally of 54.9 – their difference of netting 11 more goals than their xG suggests is the highest in the division this term.
7, Both Arsenal and Leeds have had a joint-high 14 different goalscorers in the Premier League this season (excluding own goals, Chelsea also 14).
In Leeds' case, only in 1992-93 (15) have they had more different players find the net in a single campaign.
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8, Arsenal’s top scorer in the Premier League this season is Gabriel Martinelli with 13 goals; the last player to score more while aged 21 or under in a single campaign in the division was Dele Alli in 2016-17 (18), while the last non-English player to do so was Saido Berahino in 2014-15 (14).
9, Only Erling Haaland (33) and Harry Kane (23) have been involved in more Premier League goals than Arsenal's Bukayo Saka this season (22), with Saka the only player so far this campaign to reach double figures for both goals (12) and assists (10).
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10, Jack Harrison has scored in his last two Premier League games for Leeds, as many as he had in his previous 29 appearances.
Harrison has made more assists (6) and created more chances (41) than any other Leeds player in the Premier League this term.
Stats and Data provided by Opta.
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