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Arsenal 5-0 Leeds Stats: Gyökeres Grabs a Brace as Gunners Blow Leeds Away

Arsenal enjoyed a fantastic 5-0 win over Leeds United, with Viktor Gyökeres scoring his first two competitive goals for his new club and 15-year-old Max Dowman making his Premier League debut.

Jurriën Timber, Bukayo Saka and Viktor Gyökeres all scored for Arsenal as they blew away newly promoted Leeds United 5-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday evening.

However, despite being able to parade new signing Eberechi Eze in front of their fans before kick-off, there were also some negatives for Mikel Arteta, as the influential duo of Saka and captain Martin Ødegaard were both forced off injured. That’ll be a worry ahead of next weekend’s trip to Anfield to face reigning champions Liverpool.

While their 1-0 victory on the opening matchday against Manchester United was unconvincing to some, they looked nowhere near as heavy-legged in this rout, with another two of their goals coming following corner kicks.

Arsenal opened the scoring with one of those. Declan Rice swung in his corner and Timber headed the ball into the back of the net from inside the six-yard box. Funnily enough, all three of Timber’s goals for Arsenal have been headers assisted by Rice.

Saka doubled their lead in first half added time, with his powerful strike from an angle proving too fast for Leeds’ goalkeeper Lucas Perri to react quickly enough to save. That goal meant that the England forward has scored in Arsenal’s opening home league game in each of the last three seasons (against Nottingham Forest in 2023-24, versus Wolves in 2024-25).

It was also the 99th Premier League goal that Saka has been involved in (54 goals, 45 assists), needing just one more to become the seventh youngest to reach the landmark in the competition. Following his injury in the second half, however, he may have to wait a while for a chance to hit the century.

The fact that Arsenal had won each of their previous 38 league games after leading by two or more goals at half-time meant that a Leeds United comeback was unlikely, but that became near impossible when Gyökeres opened his Premier League account three minutes into the second half.

The Swedish striker, who netted 97 goals in 102 games for previous club Sporting CP before his summer move to the London club, endured a difficult debut at Old Trafford versus Manchester United last weekend. His goal in this match came following a trademark dribble in from the left flank, before he placed a strike inside the near post with what was only his second shot in the competition.

Timber doubled his goal tally in the game in the 56th minute, with yet another goal coming from an Arsenal corner.

The Gunners have now scored 33 goals from corners in the Premier League since the beginning of the 2023-24 campaign, at least 13 more than any other team (Liverpool – 20).

Already 4-0 up and having the chance to rest some players, Arteta introduced 15-year-old Max Dowman in the 64th minute for his Premier League debut, who became the second youngest player to appear in the competition. Only teammate Ethan Nwaneri (15y 181d) debuted at a younger age, while he and Dowman are two of only three players to play in the Premier League aged under 16, along with Leicester City’s Jeremy Monga (15y 271d).

Dowman made an impact in his cameo, winning a penalty in added time, which was converted by Gyökeres for his second goal of the evening to complete the scoring, and a miserable day for Leeds United.

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Arsenal vs Leeds stats from their Premier League meeting at the Emirates Stadium, London.

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Arsenal 5-0 Leeds Utd: Post-Match Opta Facts

Jurriën Timber became only the second Arsenal defender to register 3+ goal involvements in a Premier League match (2 goals, 1 assists) with Nacho Monreal the other, whilst he is the first defender to both score and assist in the same Premier League match for the Gunners since Cédric Soares against Everton in May 2022.

Arsenal’s Max Dowman (15y 235d) became just the third player to appear in a Premier League game before turning 16 years old after teammate Ethan Nwaneri v Brentford in September 2022 (15y 181d) and Jeremy Monga for Leicester City v Newcastle United in April (15y 271d).

Leeds United have now lost each of their last six away matches in the Premier League, their longest losing run on the road in the top-flight since a run of nine between October 1992 and February 1993 under Howard Wilkinson.

Arsenal are now unbeaten in their last 43 Premier League home games against newly promoted sides equalling the competition’s record set by Chelsea (also 43 games between November 2001-November 2015).

Viktor Gyökeres scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal with what was just his second shot in the competition, whilst his opener was his first goal in English football since netting for Coventry City against Birmingham City in the Championship in April 2023.

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