{"id":355493,"date":"2011-04-01T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/arsenal-blackburn-preview-gunners-looking-to-extend-nine-game-unbeaten-home-run-over-steve-keans-side\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T06:18:00","slug":"arsenal-blackburn-preview-gunners-looking-to-extend-nine-game-unbeaten-home-run-over-steve-keans-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/arsenal-blackburn-preview-gunners-looking-to-extend-nine-game-unbeaten-home-run-over-steve-keans-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal &#8211; Blackburn Preview: Gunners looking to extend nine-game unbeaten home run over Steve Kean&#8217;s side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Oliver Yew<\/h3>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"56.431446540881\">\n<div readability=\"17.398058252427\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ede281c1126546_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"6.906795224977\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag\/football.aspx?portal=OGQCV6S9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/96f76d66kitbagsmall.png.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>Shop for the latest footy kit<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 105 league matches between the two sides <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> have won 51 times. <strong>Blackburn<\/strong> have been victorious on 29 occasions, while the teams have finished level 21 times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Gunners are unbeaten in their last nine home matches against Rovers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Since the start of the Premier League in 1992\/93 Arsenal and Blackburn have met 19 times in north London. The Gunners have won 11 matches and Rovers have come out on top three times. Five matches have ended in a draw.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Arsenal have only won one of their last six matches in all competitions. In that time they have gone out of the League Cup, the FA Cup and the Champions League.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Jens Lehmann appeared for the Arsenal reserves in their 2-1 defeat to  Wigan in midweek. It was his first appearance in a Gunners jersey since  rejoining the club on an emergency deal and he had some shaky moments  during the match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Arsene Wenger&#8217;s side have conceded 52 per cent of their goals from set-pieces, the highest percentage of any team in the Premier League according to Opta stats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Arsenal will be hoping Robin van Persie is fit to start as the Dutch striker enjoys playing against Rovers. He has notched 10 goals in 10 starts against the side from Ewood Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackburn have not kept an away clean sheet this season and have conceded 38 goals on the road.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Rovers have not won in their last seven matches. They have lost an FA Cup tie and four league matches. In that period they have picked up two draws against Newcastle and Blackpool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackburn midfielder David Dunn has scored five goals in seven Premier League games for the club against the north London side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/a701b213107786hp2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><span readability=\"1.5\"><strong readability=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p>August 28, 2010: Blackburn 1-2 Arsenal<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Theo Walcott gave the Gunners the lead but Blackburn hit back with an equaliser from Mame Biram Diouf. Arsene Wenger\u2019s side showed resilience though and got the winner thanks to Andrey Arshavin\u2019s second-half strike, and held on for all three points.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ede281c1126546_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/01\/2419501\/arsenal-blackburn-preview-gunners-looking-to-extend-nine\" title=\"Arsenal - Blackburn Preview: Gunners looking to extend nine-game unbeaten home run over Steve Kean's side\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal &#8211; Blackburn Preview: Gunners looking to extend nine-game unbeaten home run over Steve Kean&#8217;s side<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Oliver Yew Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit In 105 league matches between the two sides Arsenal have won 51 times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal - Blackburn Preview: Gunners looking to extend nine-game unbeaten home run over Steve Kean&#039;s side - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/arsenal-blackburn-preview-gunners-looking-to-extend-nine-game-unbeaten-home-run-over-steve-keans-side\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal - Blackburn Preview: Gunners looking to extend nine-game unbeaten home run over Steve Kean&#039;s side - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Oliver Yew Jens Lehmann returns to Arsenal as a substitute against West Brom (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Shop for the latest footy kit In 105 league matches between the two sides Arsenal have won 51 times.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ede281c1126546_news.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/arsenal-blackburn-preview-gunners-looking-to-extend-nine-game-unbeaten-home-run-over-steve-keans-side\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/arsenal-blackburn-preview-gunners-looking-to-extend-nine-game-unbeaten-home-run-over-steve-keans-side\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Arsenal &#8211; 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