Anderlecht vs Arsenal: Arsene Wenger, 65 today, hoping to improve his birthday record

The Arsenal manager has won three of the five matches played on 22 Oct

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The records and anniversaries keep coming for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

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The French boss is celebrating his 65th birthday today, just three weeks after marking 18 years in charge in north London.

Wenger, who also surpassed 1,000 games in charge of the club earlier this year (though he would like to forget that day), has a decent record in matches played on his birthday and will be keen to add to that tonight.

In five matches Arsenal have played on 22 October, Arsenal have won three times.

Curiously, the Gunners played Borussia Dortmund at the Emirates exactly one year ago, though they lost that match 2-1, Robert Lewandowski scoring the winner with just eight minutes to go.

Arsenal beat Reading 4-0 at the Madjeski Stadium in 2006, Thierry Henry scoring inside a minute, and again from the penalty spot, with Aleksandar Hleb and Robin van Persie also on Target.

A year earlier the Gunners beat Manchester City 1-0 at Highbury, a game memorable for Robert Pires and Henry's botched penalty routine.

In 2002 Auxerre beat Arsenal 2-1 at Highbury, Kanu's goal not enough to bring Arsenal back into the game after they had gone two goals behind.

The only other game Arsenal have played under Wenger was at Wembley in 1999. Arsenal were heading for a 1-1 draw with Swedish team AIK on the Frenchman's 50th birthday before Thierry Henry and then Davor Suker both scored in injury time to give the Gunners a win in the Champions League group stages.