Wednesday’s meeting with Manchester United will be a landmark game for the club, as we play our 500th competitive men’s first-team match at Emirates Stadium.
The very first was more than 18 years ago back in August 2006 when we drew 1-1 with Aston Villa in the Premier League which Gilberto Silva scored our equaliser. Our playing record for the first 499 games is 335 wins with 93 draws and 71 defeats, meaning our win percentage at the stadium is 67%. we have scored 1,064 goals or 2.13 per game, and conceded just 427.
But those numbers barely scratch the surface of nearly 20 years of history at Emirates Stadium – here’s a deeper look behind the stats:
PLAYING RECORD
Gilberto scores our first goal at Emirates Stadium
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of our 499 matches so far have been in the Premier League.