Man U’s excuse is that they need to cut hundreds of jobs and restructure, but that is their fault for allowing the club to wander into its current state. Indeed, it is not just why they allowed this ...

Put another way, the immediate expectation upon Arteta, generated by the media and supported by some pack-following supporters, is to prove he can be a Premier League winner. The immediate expectation ...

Overall, the figures above suggest that Manchester U were following a tactic at home of shooting whenever the chance arose, irrespective of the chance of that shot getting a goal. They were in fact ...

In the pre-season warm-up games, Manchester United won two (beating West Ham United 2-1 and Bournemouth 4-1, and drew three (with Leeds 0-0, Everton 2-2 and Fiorentina 1-1) Arsenal, however, only won ...

As for Simon Hooper, Manchester United will love him on Sunday as he is a home win man – as we can see. He does give away wins, but he has the lowest percentage of away wins of the mainstream PGMO ...

Well in each of the four seasons they committed the fewest fouls, they also received the fewest yellow cards and a below average number of red cards. In their one season committing the fewest fouls, ...

Arsenal, like most clubs has been making losses for most years, whereas in the regime before the current ownership, Arsenal made a profit most years. Swiss Ramble recknons that the net debt at the end ...

Yellow cards are very much at the whim of the referee too. John Brooks gave out 5.38 yellows a game, while Anthony Taylor gave out just 2.87 per game – fewer than half the number of fellow ref Brooks.

The fact is that very few clubs could cope with losing their entire forward line, along with several mid-field players and defenders, and still come second. And yet Arsenal did; they adjusted their ...

18 voters had Manchester City in the top four come the end of the season, all 20 had Liverpool in the top four, the same for Chelsea – these clubs squeezing in just above Arsenal.

While other clubs plan, Arsenal are always desperate. Perhaps because the Express tell us Zinchenko is going to Fulham.

There is a line in the Guardian’s preview of Arsenal for the season that says that “there remain concerns about a lack of creativity in the squad.” ...