Analysis

Injuries have slowed Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard again this season, as the Norwegian superstar has only started a total of 13 games this season. In those starts, though, Odegaard has still been effective despite not quite being at his superstar best. Odegaard has five assists on the 2025/26 Premier League season for the title favorites thus far, and when he returns from his latest injury issue, he will be a boost in both the creative department and in the control department. Although Arsenal defeated a solid Brighton side 1-0 behind another stalwart defensive performance from the likes of Gabriel Magalhaes and now Piero Hincapie, there was something missing about the team's overall performance on the ball. The quality of passing, the comfort on the ball was lacking, and while ...

Arsenal are a much stronger team when Kai Havertz is involved in the side, and as the Gunners wait for a healthy Martin Odegaard, the German international made another nifty cameo appearance off the bench for top striker Viktor Gyokeres against Brighton. While you will find some Arsenal fans who actually would prefer Havertz to be the starting striker over Gyokeres, everyone knows that the Gunners have been there, done that with Havertz as a traditional 9. It doesn't work. But what does work is having Havertz playing off a traditional No. 9. Gyokeres has been a positive addition to the Arsenal team since joining from Sporting CP, scoring goals, especially in important games, and being a real focal point up top with his size and shooting range. Havertz is what Gyokeres is not. He i...

Arsenal slogged out another quality win in the Premier League, outlasting Brighton with a rugged defensive display, 1-0, and with Manchester City drawing relegation candidates Nottingham Forest, the Gunners are in an even better position to win the league. The best player on the pitch for Arsenal was none other than Piero Hincapie. Like against rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Hincapie was tremendous defensively on that left flank, showing exactly why Arsenal signed him for who he is: an elite defensive player who brings the quality of a center back with the athleticism of a fullback to either the left back or center back positions (and surely right back, if asked). Hincapie looks like an absolute warrior out there, even better than he did at Bayer Leverkusen now that he is on an Arsenal te...

Arsenal star defensive midfielder Martin Zubimendi has been one of the keys to the Gunners controlling Premier League midfields with ease and thus the title race to this point, but the Spanish international has begun to look a little long in the legs. And it is no surprise either. Out of all the players in the Premier League thus far in the 2025/26 campaign, Zubimendi is the leader in total kilometers traveled with nearly 300. Not even Everton workhorse midfielder James Garner or Nottingham Forest dynamo Elliot Anderson have covered more ground. Every single Arsenal fan can tell that Zubi is gassed, and they greatly appreciate all the dirty work he does so that the other players on Arsenal, including Ballon d'Or candidate Declan Rice, can shine with their statistics. Not only that...