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<\/p>\nAnother clean sheet, another set-piece goal and another Gabriel Magalhaes (\u00a36.5m) haul: Arsenal\u2019s latest victory, their ninth straight win in all competitions, was predictably routine.<\/p>\n
Here are our Scout Notes from the Gunners\u2019 2-0 win at Burnley.<\/p>\n
GYOKERES INJURY UPDATE AFTER \u201cEXCEPTIONAL\u201d DISPLAY<\/p>\n
What hasn\u2019t become standard practise is a Viktor Gyokeres (\u00a39.0m) goal; he hadn\u2019t scored in five league games before Saturday\u2019s trip to Turf Moor.<\/p>\n
But the Swede was in the right place at the right time to nod in Gabriel\u2019s knock-back for yet another Arsenal set-piece goal. That\u2019s their 10th in as many Gameweeks.<\/p>\n
Some will cry \u2018flat-track bully\u2019 and that\u2019s possibly fair comment. His four goals in 2025\/26 have all come against sides in the bottom five.<\/p>\n
But this was probably Gyokeres\u2019 best all-round game of the season, with his link-up play as impressive as his poaching. Twice he set Bukayo Saka (\u00a310.1m) away for big chances, while his cross-field pass resulted in Arsenal\u2019s breakaway second goal.<\/p>\n
Sod\u2019s law, then, that he had to come off at half-time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to take him off because he was feeling a little niggle, muscular, so we\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore that, I think it was one of the best games that he\u2019s played. I think overall his performance was exceptional, a part of the [first] goal. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything [about it]. His high press, his position, his touches, his threading behind, the way he linked play, the way he got us from this situation to transition moments. A lot. I think he was in a really good moment. It\u2019s a shame that he felt something.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n
Arteta added that Martin Zubimendi (\u00a35.5m) \u201casked to be subbed\u201d with a muscular problem, too.<\/p>\n
AND SAKA MUST SCORE!<\/p>\n
Saka\u2019s two openings may have not been Gordon Smith-level chances but they were certainly Opta-classified \u2018big\u2019 ones.<\/a><\/p>\n Twice the winger was clean through, and twice Martin Dubravka (\u00a34.0m) repelled him. While the first effort was tame, Dubravka\u2019s save for the second attempt was excellent.<\/p>\n You get no points for missed big chances in this game, of course. But the consolation is that he was at least getting in these goalscoring positions; his last open-play \u2018big chance\u2019 came in Gameweek 2.<\/p>\n RICE RISES<\/p>\n Declan Rice (\u00a36.7m) is now second in the FPL midfielders\u2019 points table, having nodded in his sixth attacking return of the season. Leandro Trossard (\u00a36.9m), starting his sixth straight league match and earlier seeing a shot cleared off the line, provided the assist.<\/p>\n That was only Rice\u2019s fourth shot in the box of 2025\/26, so we\u2019re not expecting the goals to flow.<\/p>\n He is, however, a superb corner-taker, and it was from his whipped delivery that Gabriel nodded on for Gyokeres to score. Rice is Arsenal\u2019s leading chance creator this season, with 17.<\/p>\n The England midfielder bagged defensive contribution (DefCon) points for the third time in this campaign (all away from home), too.<\/p>\n Above: Rice smashed the 12-contribution threshold on Saturday, recording not far off double that<\/p>\n ANOTHER CLEAN SHEET AS DEFENDERS THREATEN AGAIN<\/p>\n David Raya (\u00a35.8m) didn\u2019t muddy his gloves as Arsenal secured their seventh clean sheet of the season. In fact, he\u2019s only had one save to make in the last four Gameweeks.<\/p>\n The Gunners conceded just three shots all game, with the final one being the last kick of the match: a Marcus Edwards (\u00a34.7m) free-kick that hit the post. Luis Florentino (\u00a35.0m) was deemed to have had a \u2018big chance\u2019 with a header but in truth, he was reaching for the ball behind him. It would have required Haaland-level neck-craning to get that one on target.<\/p>\n Clean sheets clearly mean a lot to Arteta\u2019s side. The Arsenal boss pointed out a passage of play in stoppage time, when the entire Gunners side pelted back from a corner to stop a Burnley breakaway.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, I think, again, the spirit is an action at the end, after a corner from Declan that Ethan doesn\u2019t win the duel there and you see 10 players sprinting 80 metres. I mean, we play with that desire, with that focus, with that discipline. We\u2019ll win a lot of games.\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta<\/p>\n While Raya\u2019s ceiling is often six points, the defenders in front of him offer extras. Gabriel claimed another attacking return, while he collected DefCon points for the fourth time in 2025\/26. Few defenders have managed that against Burnley.<\/p>\n Above: Gabriel averages 9.5 defensive contributions per match this season<\/p>\n Jurrien Timber (\u00a36.1m) and Riccardo Calafiori (\u00a35.8m) popped up in excellent goalscoring positions in the Burnley box, too.<\/p>\n It was another early withdrawal for Calafiori, his seventh of 2025\/26 (no defender has been subbed off more). As Captain Mal points out<\/a>, it\u2019s good for banking clean sheet points but not so much for the add-ons.<\/p>\n CREDIT FOR BURNLEY AS FOSTER ABSENCE EXPLAINED<\/p>\n While Arsenal dominated in the first half on Saturday, credit to Burnley for fighting back.<\/p>\n They may not have landed many punches against their visitors but they limited the league leaders to four low-xG efforts in the second half.<\/p>\n They\u2019ve been particularly effective on home soil, conceding just four goals in five fixtures at Turf Moor.<\/p>\n Axel Tuanzebe (\u00a33.9m), FPL\u2019s joint-cheapest starting defender, registered DefCon points for the second time in four appearances.<\/p>\n There was no Lyle Foster (\u00a35.0m), with the striker missing out through illness.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-40-1024x275.png\")
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