⚽️ Premier League 2021/22 Matchweek 2- Previews, Stats, Live Updates: Arsenal vs Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool and More

Arsenal have lost their opening two games of a league season for only the third time in the Premier League era:

:x: 1992/93
:x: 2018/19
:x: 2020/21

A worrying start to the season.

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Chelsea have now won each of their last five London derbies away from home in the Premier League:

:white_check_mark: vs Fulham
:white_check_mark: vs Spurs
:white_check_mark: vs Palace
:white_check_mark: vs West Ham
:white_check_mark: vs Arsenal

Kings of the capital. :crown:

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0 - In what is their 118th campaign in England’s top four tiers, Arsenal have opened a league season with two defeats and no goals after two matches for the first time in their history. Damaged.

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Reece James vs Arsenal:

:ok_hand: 91 touches
:soccer: 1 goal
:a: 1 assist
:key: 4 key passes
:telescope: 4/4 acc. long balls (most)
:athletic_shoe: 51/55 acc. passes
:crossed_swords: 6/9 duels won
:x: 3 tackles
:chart_with_upwards_trend: 9.0 SofaScore rating

An outstanding performance in the London derby by the 21-year-old. :star2:

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20 - Mikel Arteta suffered his 20th defeat as Arsenal manager in the Premier League, in what was his 60th game - while Arsène Wenger didn’t register his 20th defeat with the Gunners in the competition until his 116th game. Gulf.

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This is the first time in Arsenal’s history they’ve opened a league season with two defeats and zero goals scored after two matches…

This is their 118th campaign in England’s top four tiers :flushed:

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Didier Drogba enjoyed today’s result :sweat_smile:

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  • 2 games
  • 4 goals conceded
  • 0 goals scored
  • 19th place

Man City away next week.

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None of these players started for Chelsea today:

  • N’Golo Kanté
  • Thiago Silva
  • Christian Pulisic
  • Timo Werner
  • Hakim Ziyech
  • Trevoh Chalobah
  • Ben Chilwell
  • Callum Hudson-Odoi
  • Kurt Zouma

DEPTH :flushed:

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1.41 - Romelu Lukaku posted a non-penalty expected goals figure of 1.41 against Arsenal, the highest return of any player in the Premier League so far this season. He has put up a higher figure only eight times in 325 games in Europe’s top five leagues.

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Romelu Lukaku says his opener for Chelsea against Arsenal on Sunday is the most special Premier League goal he’s ever scored.

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He was unplayable, INCREDIBLE’: Lukaku hailed by Campbell.
Romelu Lukaku is back and he means business at Chelsea, with pundits already blown away by the Belgian’s improvement since leaving England two years ago.

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Roy Keane insists Chelsea could have put seven past Arsenal as Sol Campbell and Graeme Souness lay into Mikel Arteta’s men after their 2-0 defeat on Sunday.

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Sol Campbell has claimed Chelsea have the quality to challenge for the Premier League title after a dominant performance in a 2-0 win against Arsenal on Sunday.

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A second consecutive Premier League defeat has condemned Arsenal to their worst-ever start to a season in their 118 seasons of league competition.

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:bar_chart: Only two Manchester United players registered more than 5 assists in the Premier League in 2020/21

:sweat_smile: Paul Pogba has registered 5 assists in the first two matches of 2021/22

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Played :two:
Won :two:

:100: WestHam start the season in perfect fashion

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:soccer::a: vs. Newcastle
:soccer::a: vs. Leicester

What a start to the season for Said Benrahma!

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Michail Antonio has now scored more Premier League goals for West Ham (48) than any other player in the competition’s history.

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West Ham ended the day top of the Premier League for only the second time ever, after also doing so on August 22nd, 2006. Summit.

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