Drawing 1-1. With Liverpool in the league, losing to West Ham United 0-2 in the league, losing to Fulham 1-2 in the league. And losing 0-2 to Liverpool in the FA Cup are the results in the last 4 matches. Finally before the winter break of the 2023-24 season of Arsenal. Which of course is consider a disappointing performance by a team. That many consider to be one of the favorites to win the Premier League championship.
Martin Odegaard, Arsenal ‘s attacking midfielder, praises his team-mates after they rallied together to produce a great performance.
Arsenal have performed excellently after returning from the winter break to camp in Dubai. Scoring 21 goals in the last 5 games and conceding only 2 goals. Along with being the only team to win every match in the league after starting the new year.
However, after the winter break they went to practice in Dubai. In the United Arab Emirates. Arsenal show their extremely hot form by scoring a total of 21 goals from playing in 5 league matches. Which when delving deeper, it will be found that In many areas they excell after the winter break. Until now they are only 2 points behind Liverpool, who are the leaders. Report by ยูฟ่าเบท
- Saka and Martinelli return to form
Still, playing together in the last 5 matches, the two have scored a combined total of 9 goals. Part of this is because they dared to shoot more, because in the last 5 games, both had an average of 6 shots per game, while in the previous 20 games, playing in every competition, they only did so. 4.2 times per match
Saka and Martinelli’s shooting is also much better than before. Because before the winter break, Saka had the average “probability of a goal” or a beautiful shot. Until there was only a 0.36 chance of a goal, but when he returned from Dubai, the number increased to 0.86, while Martinelli’s increased from 0.14 to 0.35.
- Odegaard’s Golden Body
Last season, Odegaard’s performance was so amazing that many people even compared him to Kevin De Bruyne. But in the first half of this season, the Norwegian’s performance dropped. It has decrease enough that it has been criticize at a certain level. One of the evidences that confirms that is that before the winter break he created only 2.6 chances to score per match, but in the last 5 games he has raised his level so well that his performance in this area has increased to . 4 times per game.
He has also increased his average of 22 passes per game to 27.4 per game, and his average of 41.2 passes per game from 32.2 per game. All of which has helped in the last 5 matches, he has scored 3 assists, the same number as he did in the 17 matches played before the winter break.
- Various weapons
Believe it or not, out of the 21 goals that Arsenal scored in the last 5 matches, It came from 9 players, plus the people who scored goals ranged from defenders to forwards. The back line was Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba who scored 4 goals together, while the midfield had Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz (playing as a midfielder Up to 4 games from the last 5 matches) and Declan Rice who scored a total of 3 goals while the offensive line was both Martinelli, Saka, Gabriel Jesus and Leandro Trossar all scored 14 goals.
That kind of performance makes Arsenal the team with the most goals scored if only the last 5 Premier League games are count. In second place is Liverpool, who have 8 players who have found the back of the net during the period. The same is follow by Manchester City with 7 goal scorers.