New Cannon Stats Podcast: Arsenal Drop Points but Give Us Reasons for Optimism A nice chat about the Sunderland match, both of us feel more positive about Arsenal after that match even though it wasn't the result we wanted or really deserved. www.cannonstats.com/p/arsenal-dr...

The last time each "Big 6" team has lost by 3 goals or more in the Premier League Liverpool: 2025-11-09 | 0-3 @ Manchester City Manchester United: 2025-09-14 | 0-3 @ Manchester City Spurs: 2025-05-25 |1-4 vs Brighton

This is Liverpool's first loss by 3 goals in the Premier League since 2023-04-01. They lost that one 4-1 also against Manchester City.

This was asked in the CannonStats discord, here is how things stand now based on how the result of this City vs Liverpool match goes. Either team winning isn't something that changes really for Arsenal (obviously changes for that team). A draw the best for Arsenal but that doesn't look likely.

For the first half yesterday by my calculations the ball in play time was just 23 minutes. A very start stop match and it was very much the type of disruption that Sunderland wanted. Arsenal were much better in the second half to impose their style on the match.

Granit Xhaka, Performance Arsenal did a good job to not let the ex-Arsenal man do much or really impact the game here. His only "highlight" was yelling at Merino after he fouled him and bringing back that even though his reputation was rehabbed after leaving, why I often disliked him at Arsenal

Average touch locations and passing networks broken out by quarter of the match. Got a bit too deep late for my taste.

Arsenal vs Sunderland ball progression

Reupping my thoughts at full time. First Thoughts: Sunderland vs Arsenal - Main takeaway: Sometimes you get footballed , plus some positives, and a negative

If Arsenal were chasing the game late I’d be more open to the bench was light stuff. Arsenal had plenty of midfield and defensive depth there with White, Lewis-Skelly, Hincapie, Mosquera, Norgaard available. Only 1 got one.

Saka had looked like he was playing within himself quite a bit since coming back from injury. Here he looked much more like THE GUY we want and know he can be. He put the team on his back in the second half.

My raw reaction here. Arsenal should have had more, but that is the game sometimes. www.cannonstats.com/p/first-thou...

Sunderland vs Arsenal Deserve to win-o-meter

Sunderland 2 (0.9)-(2.0) 2 Arsenal A very annoying game. A couple of mistakes from Arsenal and not enough energy to see it out after a great fight back.

This is the first time since May 11 last season that Arsenal have conceded 2 goals in a match

DAVID RAYA what a game from him.

You’ll never guess who was judged to have committed the foul here.

Trossard has the clutch gene

LOL United (also lol me for betting on them)

This Spurs vs United match could maybe use some long throws to change it up a bit for how this is ruining the sport. At least that would give a bit more penalty box action.

This is a good bit of reading to get ready for Arsenal's trip to the Stadium of Light. Sunderland are 4th in the table and have blown away expectations. Are Sunderland Actually Good? www.cannonstats.com/p/is-sunderl...

PLAYER RANKINGS ARE BACK!!! Adam starts with the defensive midfielders www.cannonstats.com/p/adam-final...

Open Play Shots, Shots Allowed, and Shot Difference - Arsenal Compared to Premier League

Points Per Match - Arsenal Compared to Premier League

Goals, Goals Allowed, and Goal Difference - Arsenal Compared to Premier League

Playing around with something new here. This is looking at how teams' Goals for and against compare to their xG. I went with the highlighting of teams to try and make it a bit easier to see

Premier League 2025/26 - Round 11 Odds Analysis I have three bets this weekend: - Manchester United to win. - Fulahm +0.5 - Brentford +0.5 www.cannonstats.com/p/premier-le...

The player ratings are back for 25/26 and they should be better than ever after an extensive back testing over the summer. First we start with DMs www.cannonstats.com/p/adam-final...

Team Performance Compared to Schedule Difficulty - Through 2025-11-07

Premier League Injury Situation heading into round 11 Arsenal are in the midst of one of the tougher injury situations right now. Hopefully, after this round, players will start returning and they can try and keep this from repeating.

Change in Team Rating - 2025-11-07

CannonStats Very ordinary computer Premier League Simulation is updated - 2025-11-07 This is a big weekend for Manchester City and Liverpool. An Arsenal win at Sunderland with dropped points from one/both has the potential to really open up the gap.

Arsenal compared to expectations: KPI Update for November 2025/26 www.cannonstats.com/p/arsenal-co...

An early look at Eze in the '10' role - He's not Odegaard but he's doing it in his own way. There is room for improvement and as he adapts I am sure we will see it. Let's dig into the stats here. www.cannonstats.com/p/an-early-l...

An early look at Eze in the '10' role www.cannonstats.com/p/an-early-l...

Premier League Strength of Schedule Adjusted numbers. Manchester City's numbers take the biggest hit here, adjusting for the strength of opposition. West Ham would get the biggest boost.

Here’s Xhaka so far this season

Here's a fun stat: Sunderland have spent just 15th most minutes winning this season but have the 4th most wins They have the highest share of minutes drawing and have excelled in the close matches. With the game tied, they don't create much but they give away very little as well.

No team in the Premier League has won more points after falling behind than Sunderland. They have seen their opponents take a lead 6 times and have turned that into an impressive 2-2-2 record. They are tied (with Arsenal) for points per time falling behind with 1.33

Premier League, Defensive Action Height 2025-26

Arsenal, Defensive Actions Heat Map 2025-26, both those done by Arsenal and those against Arsenal.

Premier League - Performance compared to Corresponding Fixtures last Season

Arsenal Compared to Corresponding Fixtures Last Season Points: +9 (25 vs 16) xG: -1.4 (17.1 vs 18.5) G: -4 (18 vs 22) xGA: -3.4 (5.6 vs 9) GA: -8.0 (3 vs 11) xG Dif: +2.0 (11.5 vs 9.5) G Dif: +4 (15 vs 11)

One big thing for this weekend, Sunderland are one of the teams that are 'ruining' the game with long throws

Went deep on Sunderland here. I am still not fully convinced that they are good but that might depend on what ‘good’ means Is Sunderland Actually Good? www.cannonstats.com/p/is-sunderl...

It took 16 points to finish in the top 8 last year. 18 points was good enough for 5th. Arsenal’s 19 was good enough for 3rd. Arsenal are at 12 here after today’s win. This win went a long way to securing the bye.

Two more set play goals for Arsenal today. That’s 16 of 33 total goals scored in all competitions

Slavia Prague 0 (0.4)-(1.8) 3 Arsenal Survived another match with the injury crisis and got an important CL win

776 minutes straight without a goal allowed by Arsenal. That’s just shy of 13 hours (and would be with added time)

I think that this is probably as close to the happy medium of rotation and going strong. Not that many choices in attack so that’s something that basically picks itself. This changes 2/3 of the midfield and that’s a lot. 1 change at the back is fine. I’m excited to see Hincape at LB