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Arsenal's open-play struggles

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Viktor Gyokeres and Gabriel Martinelli talk in warm-up before match
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Arsenal have been excellent this season but it is fair to say that, despite their strong position in the Premier League and the Champions League, their attack has not really fired this term.

Forwards Gabriel Martinelli and Viktor Gyokeres are the joint-top goalscorers in all competitions with nine each.

Sweden international Gyokeres was signed in a £64m deal from Sporting in the summer as a win-now signing, but has only managed five goals in the Premier League.

The Gunners have been excellent from set-pieces, scoring 15 goals via that route this season in the league – the most of any team excluding penalties.

They have scored 42 goals in the top flight, which is the second-most in the division, but they rank 17th for their percentage of goals from open play which is 57.1%.

On the other side, they have the fourth-highest percentage of goals from set-pieces in the Premier League (35.7%).

This may only be a wobble from Arsenal as they look to win the title for the first time since 2004, but Mikel Arteta will be hoping he can get one of his forwards firing to make it more comfortable.

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