Stats: How successful are we on the opening day?

Arsenal celebrate against Crystal Palace in 2022The first day of the league season is one that gets every Gooner’s blood pumping, as the anticipation and excitement ahead of a new campaign build to a crescendo, ending on the sounds of the referee’s whistle to get the opening game, and the 2024/25 season underway.

But how have we traditionally fared in our first fixture? We’ve leafed through the record books to uncover some facts and stats:

This will be our 121st league season, and in the previous 120 opening games, we have a record of 56 wins, 23 draws and 41 losses. We have never won the league after losing the opening game of the season.

We have won our opening Premier League match in each…