Arsenal Set New Premier League Record With Boxing Day Victory Over West Bromwich Albion

Published on: 26 December 2016

Arsenal supporters will probably be feeling slightly aggrieved as they cast envious glances across the capital to fellow London club Chelsea.


The Blues are not only sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League, seven points better off than second placed Manchester City, but set a new record for consecutive victories with the Boxing Day win over Bournemouth - a triumph that saw them notch a 12th league win in a row.


Gunners fans, though, do have a new record of their own that they can boast about if it's, well, something you'd like to boast about.


Arsene Wenger's men snatched a late 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on Monday, and Olivier Giroud's strike was more than just the winning goal on the day:

21 - Arsenal have scored in all 21 of their Premier League games against WBA, the best 100% record in the competition. Bagged.

That's a pretty incredible statistic, is it not? For any team to register at least one goal, against the same opponent, in 21 successive matches is mightily impressive.


The Arsenal faithful would likely want a first Premier League title in 14 seasons over a perhaps meaningless stat such as this but, hey, it'll take a hell of an effort to overthrow this particular record anytime soon.

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