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S2E101 Arsenal 2 (OG) - 1 Brighton (Aston Villa Preview)
When it rains own goals, it pours own goals.In the open, we reveal some fun facts about OGs this season and how historic this run of 4 in 4 games is for Arsenal. Can they win the league while claiming the record for most own goals benefitted? That would be an interesting discussion in June of 2026.For now, in Episode One Hundred and One (Whaaa?!?) Matt and Eric recap the details that matter in the victory over Brighton, another team that couldn't be mistake-free. Long may this OG run continue. However, there's a lot of chatter between us (*and everyone else*) about why we aren't scoring goals for ourselves.The Villans visit The Emirates on Tuesday, December 30th. In a weird scheduling twist, we play them in both league games within a month. We're playing them twice in the first half of the season (the first 19 games) and not in the second half at all. Instead, we get Bournemouth twice in 2026 during this season. Aston Villa haven't lost in 11 games in all comps, but they've conceded 9 times in the last 6, so there's something to be said for that. Let's hope we can score two or three this time out. Arsenal need a clean sheet. Now that we've got our centerback pairing together again in Willy and Gabby, it might become more normalized again. It's likely we don't have either starting FB available, and Matt and I pick an interesting pair for the Villa game.Ødegaard looks to be back to his best, Saka was highly influential in this game after looking off his best recently, and Raya continues to save us points with ridiculous 'worldie' saves. If we can convert a higher percentage of our shots on goal and convert more of our shots into shots on goal, we'll also score more. That's what we need. Captain Martin had his shooting boots on against Brighton, and he said it's been something he's focused on during training sessions. (Are you listening, Viktor, Jesus, Eze, Martinelli, and Trossard?)It's the 28th of December as I write this. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or weekends, we hope you all had wonderful holiday time with family and friends. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.
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By Eric Weilminster, Matthew DaveyWhen it rains own goals, it pours own goals.In the open, we reveal some fun facts about OGs this season and how historic this run of 4 in 4 games is for Arsenal. Can they win the league while claiming the record for most own goals benefitted? That would be an interesting discussion in June of 2026.For now, in Episode One Hundred and One (Whaaa?!?) Matt and Eric recap the details that matter in the victory over Brighton, another team that couldn't be mistake-free. Long may this OG run continue. However, there's a lot of chatter between us (*and everyone else*) about why we aren't scoring goals for ourselves.The Villans visit The Emirates on Tuesday, December 30th. In a weird scheduling twist, we play them in both league games within a month. We're playing them twice in the first half of the season (the first 19 games) and not in the second half at all. Instead, we get Bournemouth twice in 2026 during this season. Aston Villa haven't lost in 11 games in all comps, but they've conceded 9 times in the last 6, so there's something to be said for that. Let's hope we can score two or three this time out. Arsenal need a clean sheet. Now that we've got our centerback pairing together again in Willy and Gabby, it might become more normalized again. It's likely we don't have either starting FB available, and Matt and I pick an interesting pair for the Villa game.Ødegaard looks to be back to his best, Saka was highly influential in this game after looking off his best recently, and Raya continues to save us points with ridiculous 'worldie' saves. If we can convert a higher percentage of our shots on goal and convert more of our shots into shots on goal, we'll also score more. That's what we need. Captain Martin had his shooting boots on against Brighton, and he said it's been something he's focused on during training sessions. (Are you listening, Viktor, Jesus, Eze, Martinelli, and Trossard?)It's the 28th of December as I write this. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or weekends, we hope you all had wonderful holiday time with family and friends. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.