SATURDAY STATS: Swans v Arsenal

31st October

Saturday means it's time for some statistics as we look ahead to this afternoon's Barclays Premier League fixture against Arsenal.
The Swans welcome the high-flying Gunners to the Liberty Stadium aiming to build on their 2-1 victory over Aston Villa last weekend.
And ahead of kick-off today, we've taken a look at the game from a statistical perspective.

Swans
30: Gylfi Sigurdsson has scored or assisted 30 goals in 60 Premier League appearances for Swansea (16 goals, 14 assists). Only Wilfried Bony (31) has been involved more for the club in the competition.
2: Bafe Gomis scored the winning goal in both of Swansea's meetings with Arsenal last season in the Premier League.
3: Garry Monk's side are without a win in three home league games (D2 L1). The Swans have never gone four without a victory at home under Monk.
16: Swans skipper Ashley Williams has blocked more shots than any other player in the Premier League this season (16).



Arsenal
1999: The Gunners have scored 1999 goals in all competitions under Arsenal. Hopefully today doesn't mark their 2000th!
1: Arsenal have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League away games, winning nine and drawing none.
88.8: Olivier Giroud has the best minutes per goal rate of any player in the Premier League this season, scoring every 88.8 minutes on average.
2.71: Mesut Ozil has the best games per assist rate in Premier League history - averaging an assist ever 2.71 matches (min. 20 assists).

2015-16 Players with the most... Goals
Swans: Bafe Gomis - 4 
Arsenal: Alexis Sanchez - 6  



Head-to-head
3: Swansea are unbeaten in their last three Premier League meetings with the Gunners (W2 D1). Victory today would be their third successive win over Arsenal following last season's double.
4: Arsenal have scored on each of their four Premier League visits to the Liberty Stadium (W2 L2).
2.5: Three of the last four games between Arsenal and Swansea at the Liberty have seen over 2.5 goals scored.