Premier League player stats: Leicester star has most take-ons after completing 12(!) v Man Utd
The 2024/25 Premier League season is bubbling along nicely and we have some lovely statistics for you to enjoy. We have leaders across 29 metrics.
Bukayo Saka
Arsenal ‘like’ PL star as Arteta eyes Saka support amid potential managerial merry-go-round
Arsenal have long needed strength in depth in the wide areas with Mikel Arteta’s options of Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli thin in that department.
Slot reserves special praise for one Arsenal star but slams ‘f***ing joke’ tactic vs Liverpool
Liverpool boss Arne Slot has heaped praise on “outstanding” Bukayo Saka as the Reds drew 2-2 against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
16 Conclusions from Arsenal 2-2 Liverpool: Saka dazzles, Salah delivers, City have the last laugh
Arsenal and Liverpool played out a tremendously entertaining 2-2 draw at the Emirates, but there’s no escaping the identity of the big winners from that result.
Liverpool and Arsenal leave promise of more intrigue to come in fascinating draw
Neither Arsenal nor Liverpool could find a winner to leave Manchester City laughing loudest after a heavyweight clash at the Emirates.
Arsenal – Liverpool combined XI: No Saliba, Alisson, Odegaard as six Gunners included
Arsenal v Liverpool is the match of the weekend so we have decided to boil some p*ss by making a combined XI of the two sides.
Ranking the Emirates showdown injuries by significance: all-Arsenal top three makes Liverpool favourites
Arsenal have been decimated by injury ahead of their crucial match against Liverpool, who have their own problems but nothing close to as damaging.
Arsenal: Definitive Saka injury update surfaces pre-Liverpool with Arteta sent ‘big trouble’ warning
A new report has revealed whether England international Bukayo Saka will be fit enough to feature for Arsenal against Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.
Arteta reveals Saka injury severity as Odegaard ruled out of Arsenal’s trip to Bournemouth
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed the injury Bukayo Saka suffered on England duty is ‘not serious’, meaning he can play against Bournemouth.
Big Weekend: Liverpool v Chelsea, Tottenham, Gary O’Neil, Bukayo Saka and more
Liverpool and Chelsea have both made fine starts under new managers, but this weekend signals for both the start of a tricky and potentially revealing run.
Five reasons why Arsenal are finally ready to overthrow Man City in Premier League title race
Arsenal sorting out depth in left-back and right-wing are two reasons why they can finally topple Premier League champions Man City this season.
Arsenal star Bukayo Saka ruled out of England’s match against Finland
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has been ruled out of England’s Nations League game against Finland on Sunday after sustaining an injury against Greece.
Arsenal injury fears grow as Carsley confirms winger ‘felt something’, while forward omitted from squad
Arsenal’s injury list may have just got longer during the international break while Mikel Arteta is already missing his captain Martin Odegaard.
Martinelli claims Arsenal team-mate is ‘one of the best players in the world’
Arsenal star Gabriel Martinelli insists fellow Gunners forward Bukayo Saka is “one of the best players in the world right now” after they beat Southampton.
Premier League winners and losers: Ten Hag joins superb Saka in winners but Newcastle, Postecoglou blasted
Bukayo Saka, Brighton, Michail Antonio and even Erik ten Hag had positive enough weekends. But Ange Postecoglou and Wolves particularly disappointed.
Van Dijk assault and Saka harrassment feature in ten terrible unpunished fouls
There is a dash of old-school British midfielder in there but some of the worst unpunished fouls ever were inflicted on Liverpool and Arsenal only recently.
Arsenal will win the Premier League this season, says ‘hungry’ Bukayo Saka
In-form Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka believes the Gunners will beat Manchester City and Liverpool to the Premier League title this season.
Arteta singles out Arsenal ‘gamechanger’ for special praise after late Leicester win
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta piled praise on “gamechanger” Bukayo Saka as the Gunners beat Leicester City 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Arsenal warned they are ‘at risk of devaluing’ key star; expert insists Arteta’s Odegaard claim is ‘highly unlikely’
Arsenal are “at risk of devaluing one of their best products” in Bukayo Saka if they carry on playing him too much, according to an injury expert.
Man City – Arsenal combined XI dominated by Guardiola’s men as Saliba partners Dias
Man City host Arsenal in the Premier League with the Gunners chasing their first win at the Etihad since Arsene Wenger. Here is our combined XI of the two sides.
Saka reveals he ‘misses’ three ex-Arsenal stars as he gives Sterling verdict: ‘I’m not going to lie’
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka admits that he has “missed” Emile Smith Rowe, Eddie Nketiah and Reiss Nelson this season as they were “like big brothers”.
Arsenal legend Pires rates Man City winger ‘a bit better’ than Saka
Arsenal legend Robert Pires claims Man City winger Jeremy Doku is ‘better’ than Bukayo Saka, and looks forward to seeing Raheem Sterling at the Emirates.
Dyche sacked, Wolves relegated and more kneejerk reactions from the opening Premier League weekend
Sean Dyche will be sacked by Everton but Enzo Maresca might last at Chelsea. The knees jerk in favour of Manchester United, Mo Salah and Bukayo Saka.
Premier League winners and losers kicks off with Lewis, Saka, Ten Hag, Dyche, Southampton and more
Arne Slot and Fabian Hurzeler made light work of their Premier League bows as ‘experience’ backfired for Everton. Erik ten Hag could save this marriage.
Arsenal soap bar Saka, controversial England call-up among Premier League players who needed summer off
We look at eight players who Premier League clubs will have wanted to have the summer off, with five Euro 2024 stars included.
Mbappe joins Haaland, Real Madrid teammates in first: 20 most valuable players in the world
Real Madrid dominate this list of the 20 most valuable footballers in the world, while Arsenal and Man City have the only Premier League representatives.
One England player like a ‘latter era’ Raheem Sterling under middle-manager Gareth
Is anybody immune from England criticism? Did Saka really do much more than Foden? And Gareth Southgate gets more pelters.
Southgate says Saka, England stars ‘made so many good decisions on the field’, hails ‘phenomenal’ Trippier
Gareth Southgate praised one “soldier” and said Arsenal star Bukayo Saka summed up how his England heroes had to make “so many good decisions on the field”.
Richards reveals why Saka gets picked for England over Palmer as he hits back at ‘too positive’ criticism
Micah Richards thinks Bukayo Saka gets picked over Cole Palmer for England because Gareth Southgate likes the Arsenal winger’s “defensive ability”.
Southgate heaps special praise on one England star after the Three Lions beat Switzerland on penalties
Gareth Southgate lauded England’s streetwise spot-kick heroes after reaching the Euro 2024 semi-finals and heaped special praise on Bukayo Saka.