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Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal's traditionally fine form in March could be linked to squad rebuilding.

The Gunners have picked up an average of 2.27 points per Premier League match in March since Wenger took charge in 1996, while their least productive month is November with 1.6 points per game.

Arsenal have found their form in spring once again with six wins in their last seven league games - and the manager thinks he has an explanation.

"We don't target the month of March," he insisted. "Sometimes it's a coincidence of results and sometimes a coincidence of fixtures.

"But I believe our team has always developed a way to play that makes them stronger throughout the season. That's maybe one of the consequences of it - that we go from strength to strength.

"We should not forget that, in recent seasons, we have started with young squads who have learnt first during the season, or with squads who have been disturbed because we sold players and we had to rebuild a team.

"Of course it takes a while to get into a good momentum [after that]."

With thanks to Opta

Month-by-month Premier League record

Month	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Points	Points per game
March	60	42	10	8	106	39	67	136	2.27
October	60	37	15	8	122	55	67	126	2.10
April	72	43	21	8	152	62	90	150	2.08
September	57	34	16	7	118	51	67	118	2.07
February	59	34	15	10	106	55	51	117	1.98
December	92	52	25	15	161	86	75	181	1.97
August	53	30	13	10	106	52	54	103	1.94
January	63	33	20	10	117	53	64	119	1.89
May	48	27	9	12	96	57	39	90	1.88
November	67	31	14	22	111	86	25	107	1.60