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In the current Premier League season, opponents have scored four own goals in games against Arsenal.
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 Johnstone and Erson Mosquera from Wolverhampton, and Jorginho Rutter from Brighton.
In total, Arsenal has scored 42 goals in the English Premier League this season, with own goals accounting for 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 "Man United" won the English championship. The own goal ratio was 7.89% in the first season and 6.98% in the second season.
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 and accounts for 35.7% of all the 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 table with 50 points. Manchester City and Aston Villa are four points behind.
