Arsenal temporarily takes the lead in the English Premier League
Sudan Events – Agencies
Arsenal won against Luton Town 2-0 during the match that brought them together yesterday evening, Wednesday, at the Emirates Stadium, in the 31st round of the English Premier League competition.
Arsenal’s goals came from Martin Odegaard and Daiki Hashioka in the 24th and 44th minutes for the Gunners.
According to Opta, the global network specializing in football statistics and figures, each of Martin Odegaard’s last three goals in the English Premier League put Arsenal 1-0 ahead against one of the promoted teams this season (also against Burnley in February and Sheffield United in March), with Arsenal still in winning the previous two matches 5-0, and 6-0 respectively.
The network added: Reiss Nelson played his first starting match in the English Premier League since July 2020 against Liverpool, 1,358 days ago (3 years and 263 days). Only Mathieu Flamini (5 years 162 days) and Sol Campbell (3 years 296 days) have longer gaps between Arsenal starts in the competition.
English league standings
With this result, Arsenal leads the English Premier League table with 68 points, one point ahead of Liverpool, which meets Sheffield United today. Arsenal’s points came from winning 21 matches, drawing 5, losing 4 matches, scoring 72 goals and conceding 24.
While the Luton Town team is in 18th place in the English Premier League table with 22 points collected from winning 5 matches, drawing 7, losing 19 matches, scoring 43 goals and conceding 64.
