On Boxing Day, Arsenal face Queens Park Rangers. Arsenal have only lost once on Boxing Day under Arsene Wenger - the 3-2 defeat at Coventry City in 1999.
QPR have failed to win in their last 13 Premier League away matches, including losing in each of their last nine matches away from home in the division.
KICK-OFF: Boxing Day, 5.30pm
Arsenal's provisional squad: Szczesny, Ospina, Gibbs, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Monreal, Bellerin, Flamini, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sanchez, Welbeck, Giroud, Martinez, Podolski, Sanogo, Campbell, Coquelin, Walcott, Rosicky, O'Connor, Maitland-Niles, Ajayi, Akpom.
QPR's provisional squad: Green, McCarthy, Murphy, Traore, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Dunne, Caulker, Hill, Henry, Barton, Fer, Mutch, Phillips, Kranjcar, Hoilett, Austin, Zamora.
- QPR have won only one of their last seven matches against Arsenal in all competitions.
- The Gunners have won the last seven Boxing Day matches where they have been at home and the first of those seven wins was a 3-0 victory over QPR in 1995.
- Queens Park Rangers have failed to score in five of their six Premier League visits to Arsenal, the exception being a 3-1 win in December 1994, famous for John Jensen scoring his only goal in an Arsenal shirt.
- Harry Redknapp has only lost five of the last 18 Premier League games as an opposition coach against Arsenal (W3 D10 L5).
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League London derbies at the Emirates Stadium (W8 D3).
- Santi Cazorla has had a hand in five goals (three goals, two assists) in his last five Premier League appearances for Arsenal. In his previous nine PL apps, he didn’t have a hand in a single goal for the Gunners.
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