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Arsenal’s 100 red cards during Arsène Wenger’s reign

Wojciech Szczęsny became the recipient of Arsenal’s 100th red card during Arsène Wenger’s reign as Arsenal manager on Wednesday night when he was dismissed during the Gunners’ 2-0 home defeat to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie.

Here is a full list of those red cards:

Arsenal 100 red cards under Arsene Wenger

Some interesting stats from the table above:

1 – Francis Jeffers is the only player to be sent off in a Community Shield game for Arsène Wenger’s side.

2 – Wojciech Szczęsny is only the second goalkeeper to receive a red card during the Wenger era.  Both have been in the Champions League – the other being Jens Lehmann’s in the 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona.

3 – Barcelona and PSV Eindhoven have benefited the most from Arsenal’s indiscipline in Europe with the Gunners receiving 3 red cards against each of these sides.

3 – 19 February and 7 November are the dates Arsenal have received 3 red cards cumulatively over the years.

9 – Arsenal have had nine players sent off in matches against Manchester United in all competitions.

10 – Patrick Vieira has been sent off on the most occasions.

12 – Arsenal received a season-high 12 red cards under Wenger during their double-winning season of 2001-02.

42 – There have been 42 different teams to benefit from an Arsenal red card.

50 – Exactly 50 different players have received a red card.

66 – Arsène Wenger’s side have received 66 of these red cards in the Premier League.

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