Arsenal saw off Fulham in a Premier League tie on Sunday afternoon.
Arsenal kicked off at Craven Cottage sat two points clear atop of the Premier League due to Manchester City beating Crystal Palace the day prior.
However, as Fulham was Arsenal’s game in hand and Manchester City are playing in the FA Cup next weekend, the Gunners have the chance to go eight points clear heading into the international break.
And after Sunday’s result, Mikel Arteta’s side are halfway there.
Gabriel opened the scoring for the away side, heading in from a Leandro Trossard corner with 21 minutes on the clock.
Arsenal added their second of the match five minutes later, with Gabriel Martinelli this time the man getting on the end of a Trossard cross.
Trossard found Martin Odegaard in the box before the midfielder smashed an effort past Bernd Leno after having all the time in the world to control the ball and pick his spot.
Now, 101GreatGoals have found all of the most impressive stats to come out of Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Fulham:
Gabriel has scored more Premier League goals (8) than any other defender since the start of last season.
Arsenal have their own Monstro. 💪🇧🇷
— William Hill (@WilliamHill) March 12, 2023
After 27 games in 2022/23, Arsenal (66) have already bettered their points total from three of the previous five Premier League seasons:
◎ 2021/22: 69
◉ 2020/21: 61
◉ 2019/20: 56
◎ 2018/19: 70
◉ 2017/18: 63Trust. The. Process. ™️ pic.twitter.com/rV3MmXKdTx
— Squawka (@Squawka) March 12, 2023
Gabriel Martinelli’s game by numbers vs. Fulham:
38 touches
6 touches in opp. box
5x possession won
4 duels won
4 shots
2 shots on target
2 fouls won
1 chance created
1 goalHis 12th league goal of the season. ⚽ pic.twitter.com/sYXO3DETYI
— Squawka (@Squawka) March 12, 2023
Leandro Trossard is the first Arsenal player to provide three assists in a Premier League game since Henrikh Mkhitaryan against Everton in February 2018:
🅰️ 21′
🅰️ 26′
🅰️ 45+2′Some signing. 😍 pic.twitter.com/EzZz1dvAuQ
— Squawka (@Squawka) March 12, 2023
Only two teams in Europe’s top five divisions have three players with 10+ league goals this season:
𝗣𝗦𝗚
✅ Mbappé
✅ Messi
✅ Neymar𝗔𝗥𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗟
✅ Martinelli
✅ Saka
🆕 ØdegaardThe elite trios.
— William Hill (@WilliamHill) March 12, 2023
3 – Leandro Trossard is the first player in Premier League history to make a hat-trick of assists in the first half of an away game. Trio. pic.twitter.com/kQKI0zRtA3
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 12, 2023
23 – Gabriel Martinelli has scored 23 goals for Arsenal in the Premier League, levelling Nicolas Anelka’s total for league goals scored for the club while 21 or under, and trailing only teammate Bukayo Saka (27) in this age category overall. Fearless. pic.twitter.com/fxhfaigMIX
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 12, 2023
Who has kept the most clean sheets in a single Premier League season?
