Five defeats from their last six and just five points above the relegation zone - it's fair to say Arsenal are on the ropes.
Sunday's shock home defeat to Burnley - their fourth on the trot at the Emirates in the Premier League - means the Gunners have endured their worst start to a league season in 46 years.
Mikel Arteta's side are languishing in 15th place and a team short of confidence is currently letting themselves down in the discipline department too.
It has been nothing short of a nightmare start to the season for Gunners manager Mikel Arteta
Granit Xhaka's sending off cost them dear on Sunday, as his petulant grab of Ashley Westwood's throat meant he saw red - this came just three weeks after Nicolas Pepe's headbutt against Leeds United.