"Arsenal's" opponents help with own goals: The team also scores more goals from set pieces

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

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

In total, "Arsenal" has scored 42 goals in the English Premier League this season, and the own goal ratio is 9.5%, which is higher than that of 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 "manikunians" 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 also 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 table with 50 points. "Manchester City" and "Aston Villa" are four points behind.