Leeds are winless in their last six home league games against Arsenal (D2 L4) since a 1-0 victory in November 2000. Three of those four defeats have been by a 4-1 scoreline.
Arsenal have won their last six league games against Leeds by an aggregate score of 20-5. It’s their longest ever winning run against the Whites.
Arsenal have scored 4+ goals in eight different Premier League games against Leeds, beating them 5-0 in August’s reverse fixture. Only against Everton (12) have they done so more in the competition.
Leeds have never won a Premier League home game against the side starting the day top of the table (D7 L7). They’ve lost all three against Arsenal, going down 4-1 in September 2002, 4-1 in November 2003 and 1-0 in October 2022.
Leeds are unbeaten in their last five Premier League home games (W3 D2), last having a longer run in the same top-flight campaign between March and May 2021 (6 – W3 D3).
Arsenal are winless in their last three Premier League games (D2 L1), losing 3-2 against Manchester United last time out. The Gunners haven’t lost consecutive league games since December 2023.
Leeds have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games (W3 D6), with that defeat coming at Newcastle courtesy of two stoppage time goals. No side has lost fewer games than the Whites since the start of December (1).
Arsenal have benefitted from more own goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (4). Only twice have the Gunners benefitted from more in a single campaign (6 in 2009-10, 5 in 2023-24).
10 different Arsenal players have scored 2+ goals in a Premier League match against Leeds, with both Jurriën Timber and Viktor Gyökeres netting a brace in August’s 5-0 win. Only against Everton (11) and Southampton (12) have the Gunners had more different players net at least twice in a match.
Declan Rice could make his 300th Premier League appearance in this match (204 for West Ham, 95 for Arsenal currently). Aged 27 years and 17 days on the day, he would be the fifth youngest to reach the milestone after Wayne Rooney (26y 58d), James Milner (26y 117d), Gareth Barry (26y 247d) and Raheem Sterling (26y 348d).