Fulham vs Arsenal Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics ⚽️🎉
⚽️️Fulham have lost each of their last five Premier League matches against Arsenal, conceding nine goals in their two defeats against the Gunners the last time they were in the top-flight in 2018-19 (1-5 home, 1-4 away).
⚽️️Arsenal have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League matches against Fulham (W8 D4), going down 1-2 at Craven Cottage in January 2012.
⚽️️Arsenal and Fulham have only met on the opening day once previously in the top-flight, with the Gunners coming from behind to beat the Cottagers 2-1 on MD1 in 2007-08.
⚽️️Arsenal are looking to win on MD1 in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2009-10 (three in a row), while Fulham have lost their opening day game in each of their last two seasons, 0-2 to Crystal Palace in 2018-19 and 0-1 to Barnsley last term.
️⚽️Arsenal are facing a newly-promoted side on MD1 of a Premier League season for a fifth time, losing none of their previous four (W3 D1). Their last league defeat against a promoted side on opening day was back in 1976-77, losing 0-1 at Highbury to Bristol City.
️⚽️Fulham have lost their last 10 top-flight London derbies losing all 10 in the 2018/19 season the longest ever run by a club in top-flight history. Arsenal's 28 MD1 games in the Premier League have seen a total of 11 red cards, more than any other side in the competition.
️⚽️The Gunners have had six players sent off in the opening game (most recently Laurent Koscielny in 2013-14), while their opponents have been shown five red cards (most recently Jason Puncheon in 2014-15).
️⚽️Arsenal haven't lost any of their last 24 matches in the month of September in all competitions (W19 D5), since a 2-3 home defeat to Olympiakos in the Champions League in 2015.
️⚽️Since making his Fulham debut in February 2018, only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (54), Mo Salah (54) and Jamie Vardy (50) have scored more league goals in England's top four tiers than Aleksandar Mitrovic (49), with 11 of those coming in the Premier League in 2018-19.
️⚽️Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been directly involved in 16 goals in 13 Premier League appearances against newly-promoted opponents (12 goals, 4 assists), scoring three goals and assisting one in two games against Fulham in 2018-19.
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