MATCH FACTS

■■Arsenal netted their 600th (and 601st) Premier League goals at the Emirates, hitting that milestone in their 297th such game, with only Manchester United at Old Trafford (283) and Manchester City at the Etihad (290) doing so at a single stadium in fewer games in the competition.

■■Brentford are winless in their last seven league games, last having a longer run between September and October 2018 (8 games). The Bees have also lost their last five away league games, their longest such run since February 2011 (5). ■■Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 29 Premier League home games kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday (W24 D5), last losing such a game on the opening day of the 2013-14 season against Aston Villa.

■■Emile Smith Rowe netted his ninth Premier League goal this season; the only player to score more in a single campaign in the competition for Arsenal when aged 21 or younger was Nicolas Anelka in 1998-99 (17). ■■Raheem Sterling (10) is the only English player with more Premier League goals this season than Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe (9). ■■Since his maiden season for Arsenal in 2017-18, Alexandre Lacazette has registered 23 Premier Leaguea assists seven more than any other player for the Gunners in that time. ■■Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka registered his 11th goal involvement in the Premier League this season (7 goals, 4 assists), the most of any U21 player and a haul bettered only by Jarrod Bowen (16), Mason Mount (13) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (12) among English players.