Mikel Arteta’s side run riot at Bramall Lane as they move within two points of Liverpool at the top of the table. We look back at all the key Sheffield United vs Arsenal stats.
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal Post-Match Facts
- Arsenal went five goals ahead of Sheffield United by the 39th minute, which is the earliest an away side has had a five-goal margin in Premier League history.
- Arsenal are just the second side in top-flight history to score 5+ goals in three successive away league games after Burnley in September 1961, while they’re the first side in English league football to win three successive away games by 5+ goals.
- Sheffield United are the first side in English football (top four tiers) to concede 5+ goals in four successive home games in all competitions and the first side in English league football to lose three consecutive home league games by at least a 5+ goal margin.
- This is the fourth time this season that Sheffield United have lost a home league game by at least five goals, becoming the first side in a top-flight season to do so.
- Bukayo Saka registered his 50th assist for Arsenal in all competitions – since his debut for the Gunners in November 2018, he’s just the sixth different Premier League player to register at least 50 goals (54) and 50 assists in all competitions after Mohamed Salah, Son Heung-min, Bruno Fernandes, Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne.
- Martin Ødegaard has scored 17 Premier League away goals for Arsenal since the start of 2021-22, with the only midfielder netting more such goals in the competition during that time being James Ward-Prowse.
- Gabriel Martinelli both scored and assisted in a Premier League game for the fourth time, with this the second time he’s done so in an away game after April 2023 against Liverpool at Anfield.
- Kai Havertz has both scored and assisted in each of his last two Premier League games for Arsenal, becoming the first player for the Gunners to do so in successive matches in the competition since Henrikh Mkhitaryan in February 2019.
- Kai Havertz’s 25th-minute strike, and Arsenal’s fourth goal of the game – was the 150,000th scored in English top-flight league history.
- Jayden Bogle’s own goal was the fifth time Sheffield United have put the ball through their own net in the Premier League this season, more than any other side in the competition in 2023-24.
- Sheffield United have conceded 72 goals this season at a rate of 2.67 per game – the highest average ever seen in a Premier League season.
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Sheffield United vs Arsenal Stats Centre
Our Opta match centre delivers you all of the Sheffield United vs Arsenal stats from Monday’s Premier League derby match at Bramall Lane.
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