For those of you who read my ramblings you may of noticed I have taken great interest in the disparity between the quality of opponent both Liverpool and Arsenal have had to face away from home, and ...

So can we take any positives out of that game? One is that Arsenal are now unbeaten in 13 consecutive games in all competitions, with four of those games draws and nine of them wins. The downside is ...

Beyond any doubt the Brighton problem is goal scoring at home. They scored 21 goals at home in 2024, compared with 49 in 2023. And that suggests Arsenal should see this game through ok.

Much is being made of Arsenal’s high number of injuries, although in pure number terms, Arsenal are not that far away from most clubs. Arsenal are listed by the Premier League injury site has having ...

On the other hand, Brighton’s difference is so big that it looks as if either they have a deliberate policy of laying off the fouls that will bring a card, when playing at home, or else referees are ...

Put these figures together and we find that Mr Coote gives out 37% more cards than Mr Taylor which means how many cards a club gets depends on which referees that club sees. It also makes it worth ...

Brighton are going through an incredibly dodgy patch of late, having won none of their last seven Premier League games. Fives have been draws and two have been defeats. The goal tally is seven for ...

So, I thought I’d have a look back and see why they may have come to that conclusion. To make some sort of informed judgement I thought I’d look at a few parameters, going back over the last year. The ...

Arsenal are now back to within a point of where we were last season after 19 games, although still a considerable way off where the club was two seasons ago at the 19 game point. But then we haven’t ...

In a previous article I wrote How football journalists draw conclusions without information and why football loves it this way My point following on from that article note above is that it is not just ...

Is Brentford’s tiny stadium a benefit to them? Probably yes when we have, as we do on this occasion, a home-biased referee who has seen 80% of his matches end as home wins. As a result Arenal are ...

But rather curiously he is a bit of a penalty giver, having awarded four penalties in ten games. But when it comes to giving out yellow cards he is mid-range with four yellow cards per game and just ...