Arsenal 1-0 Ipswich Stats: Kai Havertz's First-Half Strike Sends ...

Arsenal cut the gap at the top of the Premier League to six points with a hard-fought win. Find all the best facts and Opta data from the Emirates with our Arsenal vs Ipswich stats page.

Title hopefuls Arsenal beat Ipswich Town to climb up to second in the Premier League table and reduce the gap to leaders Liverpool to six points.

The Gunners came into the game unbeaten in their last 41 Premier League home games against promoted sides (W36 D5), including wins in each of the last 12. They extended those runs to 42 home games undefeated and 13 wins in a row with a victory over Kieran McKenna’s side that was more comfortable than the narrow scoreline might suggest.

Kai Havertz turned Leandro Trossard’s cross into the net to put the hosts ahead in a first half in which Arsenal had 84.3% possession and Ipswich failed to have a single shot.

Arsenal worked hard after the break to add to their lead, but the fact that they weren’t able to meant that there were more than a few nerves among the home supporters. The players, however, never really looked troubled.

The visitors offered little attacking threat, managing just three shots all night, all from outside the box and none of which hit the target.

Defeat leaves Ipswich stuck in the relegation zone, three points adrift of safety, having won only two of their 18 games since promotion.

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Arsenal vs Ipswich stats from their Premier League meeting at the Emirates.

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.

Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well. 

Arsenal vs Ipswich: Post-Match Facts

• No side has kept more clean sheets (7) or conceded fewer goals (16) in the Premier League this season than Arsenal.
• Arsenal have kept a clean sheet in four successive home matches in the competition for the first time since December 2021.
• Ipswich attempted just three shots in this match; of the seven occasions of a side managing three or fewer shots in a Premier League game this season, three have been against Arsenal, all this month (also Fulham and Everton, 2 shots each).
• Kai Havertz has scored in six of his last seven Premier League appearances against newly promoted opposition (6 goals).

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