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Leeds United v Arsenal
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Premier League
31/01/2026
Elland Road
Arsenal
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All-time record vs Arsenal
129
Played
41
Won
33
Drawn
55
Lost
-52
GD
32%
Win %
Home record at Elland Road
60
Played
24
Won
18
Drawn
18
Lost
+7
GD
40%
Win %
DateGroundScoreCompetition
23/08/2025 Emirates Stadium 5–0 L Premier League
01/04/2023 Emirates Stadium 4–1 L Premier League
16/10/2022 Elland Road 0–1 L Premier League
08/05/2022 Emirates Stadium 2–1 L Premier League
18/12/2021 Elland Road 1–4 L Premier League
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1 Peter Lorimer 9
2 Tom Jennings 8
3 Lee Chapman 7
4 Allan Clarke 6
5 Joe Jordan 5
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Turned out nice again.
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YorkshireSquare wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:52 pm No point over analysing today, but Friday is massive now!
It was anyway, this was a free hit really.
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JoeDenver wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:53 pm If only we could have Perri’s size, Meslier’s distribution, and Darlow’s acumen in a single GK…
Boy you had to dig deep for a Darlow descriptor...Acumen?
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Going to get worse before it getts better with Chelsea, Villa and City in the enxt four. But after that there are plenty of opportunities for points. Important not to lose our heads!
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Well that was abysmal. And Okafor? I said he was a panic buy and he is proving to be just that. We did not need another winger. No doubt he hhas class but probably only in a winning team. He's shown us nothing...
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Bah, at least there’s alcohol to numb the pain. 🍻🍻
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Whata with the likes of burnley/ nottingham forest/ arsenal being pants against everybody except for us!
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Finnatic wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:55 pm It was anyway, this was a free hit really.
Thought a draw was possible against an Arsenal team that can look vunerable, expected a close defeat though. 4-0 at ER is poor, probably poorer than 5-0 at theirs...

Bad day at the office, we got a lot wrong and we move on.
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Cjay wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:54 pm He's a bit of a flat-track bully DCL we've seen it before.

Defenders his physical equal tend to pocket him quite easily.

That being said was hardly a helpful setup today
Oh give it a rest. He is allowed to have a bad game.
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Not much to say really.

Didn't turn up, too defensive at the start then Arsenal just took the game away.

Many poor performances.

Blah.
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That's 6 points from our last 6 matches.

Friday night at home to Forest is a must win.

West Ham are away to Chelsea today and away to Burnley next Saturday.
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CUSSIE01 wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:58 pm Bah, at least there’s alcohol to numb the pain. 🍻🍻
My dry January has to carry on til Feb 5th as I started Jan 5th...
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Cjay wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 5:00 pm Not much to say really.

Didn't turn up, too defensive at the start then Arsenal just took the game away.

Many poor performances.

Blah.
Pretty much the same as when we were at their place.

Comfortable stroll for them.
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Victor_Notts-17 wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:57 pm Well that was abysmal. And Okafor? I said he was a panic buy and he is proving to be just that. We did not need another winger. No doubt he hhas class but probably only in a winning team. He's shown us nothing...
You thought he was great not that long ago. I disagreed you got all frilly knickers.

No need for another fanny fit.
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Well, the loss is not surprising to me. Arsenal are the Number One ranked team in the world right now. It was always going to be difficult. And we helped them out with a first half own goal. But they are SO patient. The Gyokeres goal made it 0-3 on only 6 shots. They finished with just 14 shots total. But this was a comfortable win for the Gunners. We need to forget this one ASAP and just move on. There are plenty of points still available for us to stay up.
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I know most hate Gruev on here but what does Longstaff offer that he doesn’t?
Longstaff disjoints Ampadu that’s for sure imo.
Also, they played through us second half which they didn’t first half…
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YorkshireSquare wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:52 pm No point over analysing today, but Friday is massive now!
Friday was always massive. No difference. We always need the win on Friday.
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BlackHillsPaul wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 5:02 pm Well, the loss is not surprising to me. Arsenal are the Number One ranked team in the world right now. It was always going to be difficult. And we helped them out with a first half own goal. But they are SO patient. The Gyokeres goal made it 0-3 on only 6 shots. They finished with just 14 shots total. But this was a comfortable win for the Gunners. We need to forget this one ASAP and just move on. There are plenty of points still available for us to stay up.
No clue how they rate that with no premiership title and failing in the champions league last year. They've won nothing yet this year and it was Chelsea who won the world club cup ..

Surely you have to win stuff to be best in the world
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Before people start the usual stuff about Arsenal have a great squad, blah, blah.

Forest played them a few weeks ago and managed to get a draw.
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Finnatic wrote: Sat Jan 31, 2026 5:03 pm I know most hate Gruev on here but what does Longstaff offer that he doesn’t?
Longstaff disjoints Ampadu that’s for sure imo.
Also, they played through us second half which they didn’t first half…
Said before we bought him that Longstaff is shite.
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