1. Double Trouble: In 2009, eight of Arsenal's nine losses came in back to back matches. On four separate occasions, Arsenal lost back to back matches. Since 2006, Arsenal had only done that four other times before (3 in 2006, 1 in 2008). Two of the four occasions that contained back to back losses started with losses to Manchester United. Arsenal must be more aware of this hangover effect for 2010.
2. Slow Starts Sink Arsenal: While Arsene Wenger loves to talk about November being the toughest month for his squad, it seems that August and September might be the most important. Over the last four seasons, the only Arsenal squad to reach 80 points came in 2007 when the Gunners finished with 83. In 2007 Arsenal took 19 points in seven games, their best mark by far. While Arsenal only played six games in their first two months in the other seasons, the 2.7 point average is still far and away tops.
3. Oh, November: November truly is an awful month for Arsenal and the stats back up Arsene's belief. Arsenal teams over the past four years have won just 38% of their matches in November while averaging just 1.3 points per game. Most troubling for Arsenal is that their points per game seem to peak in January before falling off over the final four months of the season.
| Month | W | D | L | Win % | Pts/Gm |
| Aug | 6 | 2 | 3 | 54.5% | 1.8 |
| Sep | 11 | 1 | 2 | 78.6% | 2.4 |
| Oct | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.3% | 2.3 |
| Nov | 6 | 2 | 8 | 37.5% | 1.3 |
| Dec | 15 | 8 | 2 | 60.0% | 2.1 |
| Jan | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.5% | 2.2 |
| Feb | 6 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | 1.9 |
| Mar | 9 | 4 | 3 | 56.3% | 1.9 |
| Apr | 9 | 5 | 4 | 50.0% | 1.8 |
| May | 5 | 3 | 2 | 50.0% | 1.8 |
4. Any Day Will Do: Arsenal don't show any significant tendencies for a specific day of the week, but over the past four years they have tended to play better on Saturdays and worse on Sundays.
| Day | W | D | L | Pts/Gm |
| Sat | 50 | 22 | 13 | 2.02 |
| Sun | 22 | 9 | 10 | 1.83 |
| Mid-Week | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1.96 |
5. A bad trend: Arsenal have struggled to win matches decided by one goal. Since 2007, their win percentage has gone downhill from 77% in 2007 to just 50% last year. 2007 coincidentally was their highest season point total.
One goal Games
Since 2006
| Year | W | L | Win % | Pts/Gm | Matches |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 | 60.0% | 1.8 | 15 |
| 2007 | 10 | 3 | 76.9% | 2.3 | 13 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 2.0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 50.0% | 1.5 | 10 |
As Arsenal get going with the 2010 season, we will check back on these five observations to see where the team is headed. Most important for Arsenal will be to get off to a good start through the first two months of 2010, in which they play three at home and three on the road.
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