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End of Year Special

Brighton will be Arsenal’s final opponents of the year as the Gunners round off 2022.

They’ve got a mixed record when it comes to their last games of the year in recent seasons.

Of the last seven seasons, Arsenal have won four of their end of December games.

They have struggled against bigger sides and fans will need no reminding of Chelsea’s late Emirates comeback at the end of 2019 nor the 5-1 defeat at Anfield a year earlier.

Last game of the calendar year in the past seven seasons

2021-22 – Norwich 0-5 Arsenal – Saka x2, Tierney, Lacazette(p) and Smith-Rowe
2020-21 – Brighton 0-1 Arsenal – Lacazette
2019-20 – Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea – Aubameyang; Jorginho, Abraham 
2018-19 – Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal – Firmino x3, Mane, Salah(p); Maitland-Niles
2017-18 – West Brom 1-1 Arsenal – Rodriguez (p); McClean (o.g.)
2016-17 – Arsenal 1-0 West Brom – Giroud
2015-16 – Arsenal 2-0 Bournemouth – Gabriel Paulista, Ozil