Opta Stats: Arsenal v Queens Park Rangers

Dan Fitch
24 December 2014

Will Arsene Wenger get three points for Christmas when Arsenal play QPR?

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It's a London derby as Arsenal play host to QPR. Opta are on hand with all the vital statistics.

"The Gunners have won the last seven Boxing Day matches where they have been at home and the first of those seven
wins was a 3-0 victory over QPR in 1995."

Arsenal are 1.84/5 to win half-time/full-time.

Arsenal have only ever lost one Barclays Premier League match on Boxing Day (W11 D5 L1). They are 1.292/7 to win.

QPR have won none of their three Premier League games played on Boxing Day (W0 D1 L2). The draw is 6.411/2.

The Gunners have won the last seven Boxing Day matches where they have been at home and the first of those seven
wins was a 3-0 victory over QPR in 1995. Arsenal are 1.84/5 to win half-time/full-time.

Arsenal have scored exactly one goal in eight of their last nine Premier League games against QPR, with the exception being the 3-0 win on Boxing Day 1995. They are 11.521/2 to win 1-0.

Queens Park Rangers have failed to score in five of their six Premier League visits to Arsenal, the exception being a 3-1 win in December 1994, famous for John Jensen scoring his only goal in an Arsenal shirt. QPR are 14.5.

Harry Redknapp has only lost five of the last 18 Premier League games as an opposition coach against Arsenal (W3 D10 L5). You can lay Arsenal at 1.330/100.

QPR have lost five successive Premier League London derbies and are winless in their last seven (L5 D2). Arsenal are 2.1211/10 to win to nil.

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League London derbies at the Emirates Stadium (W8 D3 L0). They are 2.427/5 to win both halves.

Santi Cazorla has had a hand in five goals (three goals, two assists) in his last five Premier League appearances for Arsenal. In his previous nine PL apps, he didn't have a hand in a single goal for the Gunners. Cazorla is 3.412/5 to score.

Charlie Austin is the top scoring English player in the Premier League this season (11). Only five English players scored 11+ PL goals in 2013-14. Austin is 4.03/1 to add to his tally.