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Premier League | Gameweek 10
Oct 28, 2023 at 3pm UK
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Bukayo Saka out to equal Sanchez, Wright records against Sheffield United

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Arsenal attacker Bukayo Saka could match feats achieved by Alexis Sanchez and Ian Wright when the Gunners take on Sheffield United in Saturday's Premier League clash.
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Arsenal attacker Bukayo Saka could join Alexis Sanchez and Ian Wright in an exclusive club when the Gunners host Sheffield United in Saturday's Premier League clash.

The 22-year-old has been in the wars once again this season, as a hamstring injury prevented him from turning out against Manchester City earlier this month and broke his 87-game streak of successive Premier League appearances.

When fit, however, Saka has remained as influential as ever to Arsenal, coming up with five goals and six assists in 12 matches across the Premier League, Champions League and Community Shield.

The England international was the first player in Europe's top five leagues to amass five goals and five assists in the current campaign, and seven of his 11 contributions have come in the Premier League.

From his eight games in the top flight so far this term, Saka has registered four goals and three assists, and only against Crystal Palace has the Hale End graduate failed to post a direct involvement.

Since that 1-0 win at Selhurst Park, Saka has either scored or set up his teammates in six successive Premier League outings, making the net ripple against Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Bournemouth while laying on assists against Chelsea, Manchester United and Everton.

Should the winger continue his hot streak in the final third against Sheffield United, he will become the first Arsenal player since Sanchez to either score or assist in seven straight Premier League matches.

The Chile international - who is now on the books at Inter Milan - achieved that feat between March and April 2016, coming up with six goals and three assists in a seven-game streak.

During that sequence, Sanchez scored in four successive games against Watford, West Ham United, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion (2), as Arsenal finished as runners-up to surprise champions Leicester City.

However, it has been 29 years since an English player last managed to register direct goal involvements in seven consecutive Premier League games for Arsenal, with Wright doing so in 1994.

The former Three Lions striker did not register a single assist during that run, but he came up with a remarkable nine goals in seven games from September 1994 to November 1994 under George Graham.

Alongside braces against Chelsea and Coventry City, Wright also made the net ripple against Newcastle United, West Ham, Leicester Wimbledon and Crystal Palace, but Arsenal still slumped to a 12th-placed finish, their worst in the Premier League to date.

Despite his recent Champions League exertions in Seville, Saka will be expected to start on Saturday as he bids to match Sanchez and Wright's records, while Arsenal will also be out to make it 10 games unbeaten at the start of the new term.

Mikel Arteta's side have collected 21 points from their opening nine fixtures to sit third in the table, five points behind Tottenham Hotspur with a game in hand owing to their bitter rivals' 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Monday.

Not since 1971 have Arsenal lost a league home match to the Blades - who sit rock bottom of the division - and they have gone 36 Premier League home games without losing to a newly-promoted team since being stunned by Newcastle in 2010.

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1Arsenal35255585285780
2Manchester CityMan City34247382325079
3Liverpool35229477364175
4Aston Villa35207873522167
5Tottenham HotspurSpurs33186967521560
6Manchester UnitedMan Utd34166125251154
7Newcastle UnitedNewcastle341651374551953
8West Ham UnitedWest Ham351310125665-949
9Chelsea33139116359448
10Bournemouth35139135260-848
11Wolverhampton WanderersWolves35137154855-746
12Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton341111125257-544
13Fulham35127165155-443
14Crystal Palace351010154557-1240
15Everton35128153748-1136
16Brentford3598185260-835
17Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest3579194262-2026
18Luton TownLuton3567224877-2925
19Burnley3559213870-3224
RSheffield UnitedSheff Utd3537253497-6316
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