We get our Emirates Stadium Premier League campaign underway against a Leeds United side back in the top-flight again after a two-year absence, when a result could see us claim a share of a Premier League record.
That’s because when it comes to hosting some of the division’s new boys on our turf, we are currently on a near 15-year run since we last tasted a home defeat against a promoted side.
You have to go back to November 2010 for our last loss against a side previously in the Championship, when Andy Carroll’s goal snatched a smash-and-grab 1-0 win for Newcastle United, in their only league triumph at Emirates Stadium.
Since then we have gone on a run of 42 games without being beaten in N5 by a promoted side, during which we have won 37 and drawn five. Therefore, should we avoid defeat on Saturday, we would equal the Premier League’s longest such run, with Chelsea racking up 43 between 2001 and 2015.
**Longest PL home unbeaten runs vs newly promoted sides**
**Team**
Games
**Start of Run**
**End of Run**
Chelsea
43
Nov 2001
Nov 2015
**Arsenal**
**42**
**Sep 2011**
**Ongoing**
Manchester City
41
Aug 2007
Dec 2020
Manchester United
40
Jan 2002
Feb 2015
Arsenal
32
Feb 1995
Nov 2005
Liverpool
30
May 2011
Dec 2020
When you also factor in away games, we have won 22 of our last 23 league games against newly promoted sides, including each of the last 12 since a 1-0 loss at Nottingham Forest in May 2023.
Those are two runs we will hope to extend against the Whites this weekend, and the history books also indicate that it could be a tough afternoon for Daniel Farke’s side, as only against Portsmouth (22) and Cardiff City (15) are we currently enjoying a longer unbeaten streak against an opponent.
**Our longest ongoing unbeaten runs (all comps)**
**Opponent**
**Games**
**Start of Run**
**Most Recent Meeting**
Portsmouth
22
Dec 1958
Mar 2020
Cardiff City
15
Oct 1961
Jan 2019
**Leeds United**
**14**
**Nov 2003**
**Apr 2023**
Hull City
14
Jan 2009
Feb 2017
Reading
14
Feb 1935
Oct 2016
Derby County
13
Apr 1998
Apr 2008
Glossop North End
13
Feb 1899
Sep 1914
You have to go back 14 meetings with Leeds in all competitions for the last time the Yorkshire club were victorious, which stretches back to a 3-2 loss at Highbury back in May 2003 when a late winner from Mark Viduka helped the Whites avoid the drop.
We have won 12 of the subsequent fixtures, including all of the last six. Our last encounters came back in the 2022/23 season, with a Bukayo Saka strike clinching the points at Elland Road before we ran out 4-1 victors in north London - the 14th consecutive game that Leeds have failed to keep a clean sheet on our patch.
Emirates Stadium is not a happy hunting ground for Leeds, as we have only faced Fulham (13), Sunderland (12), Stoke (10) and Bolton (9) more often in all competitions at our home without ever losing than we have against this weekend’s opponents, and should history repeat itself then we’ll have earned ourselves another niche slice of division’s record books.
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