"Arsenal": High Rates of Opponents' Own Goals and Goals from Set Pieces

Opponents have scored four own goals in games against Arsenal in the current Premier League season.

Idman.Biz reports that Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez scored an own goal against the "Gunners" in yesterday's 3-2 victory. Previous own goals were scored by Sam Johnston and Erson Moskera from Wolverhampton, and Jorginho Rutter from Brighton.

Overall, Arsenal have scored 42 goals in the English Premier League this season, with an own goal ratio of 9.5%, which is higher than other Premier League winners.

It should be noted that in the 1996/97 and 2012/13 seasons, Manchester United's opponents scored six own goals - in the same seasons that the "Mancunians" won the English championship. In the first season, the own goal ratio was 7.89%, and in the second season it was 6.98%.

Arsenal's second goal in yesterday's game was scored from a corner kick. This is the 15th goal scored by the Londoners from set pieces in the current Premier League season, accounting for 35.7% of all goals scored by the "Gunners" in the competition. As with their own goals, this indicator is higher than that of previous Premier League winners. The record was set by Manchester United in the 2007/08 season, when they scored 27.5% of their goals from set pieces.

Currently, Arsenal is in first place in the league standings with 50 points. Manchester City and Aston Villa are four points behind.