We rounded off a memorable 2025 with a 4-1 victory over Aston Villa, ending the year with 37 wins from a whopping 59 matches.
From huge victories to clean sheet wins, our overall record finished at P59 W37 D14 L8 F114 A45 - meaning we won more games than in 2024, although we played nine more matches. We also scored the same number of goals in 2025 as we did in 2024.
We competed across four fronts during the calendar year, reaching the semi-finals of both the Champions League and Carabao Cup. We end 2025 sitting top of both the Premier League and the Champions League group stage, and return to the Carabao Cup final four for a third time under Mikel Arteta.
Wins to nil, goals from set pieces and much more were achieved during the year, so as we start getting excited for 2026, let's look back at the year that was 2025!
2024 record
Competition
P
W
D
L
F
A
League
39
24
11
4
67
29
UCL
14
11
1
2
37
9
FA Cup
1
0
0
1
1
1
League Cup
5
2
1
2
5
5
Total
59
37
14
8
114
45
Yearly records since 2010
Year
P
W
D
L
F
A
GPG
Win %
2010
53
30
8
15
111
62
2.09
56.60
2011
60
31
15
14
102
70
1.70
51.67
2012
52
27
11
14
109
67
2.10
51.92
2013
54
35
8
11
93
50
1.72
64.81
2014
56
32
13
11
102
64
1.82
57.14
2015
55
37
6
12
103
52
1.87
67.27
2016
53
28
15
10
106
54
2.00
52.83
2017
59
37
8
14
115
70
1.95
62.71
2018
58
31
10
17
115
77
1.98
53.45
2019
57
26
13
18
103
77
1.81
45.61
2020
52
31
7
14
83
52
1.60
59.62
2021
55
31
10
14
102
53
1.85
56.36
2022
45
30
3
12
78
48
1.73
66.67
2023
55
31
12
12
110
61
2.00
56.36
2024
50
34
9
7
114
36
2.28
68.00
2025
59
37
14
8
114
45
1.89
62.10
set piece again
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We couldn't help but see out 2025 with another set-piece goal. Gabriel Magalhaes beat Emiliano Martinez to open the scoring against Aston Villa from Bukayo Saka's corner - it was a theme that we saw through the past 12 months.
In doing so, we became just the second team to score 20+ set-piece goals (excluding penalties) in consecutive years in the Premier League (21 in 2024, 20 in 2025), after Wimbledon between 1993 and 1996.
It wasn't just corners where we showed our potency. We netted 17 goals from outside the box, with two coming in our final game against Aston Villa. On top of that, we scored two direct free-kicks, which came in the same match as Declan Rice produced two moments of brilliance against Real Madrid to help clinch a 3-0 victory.
Our most common scoreline was 2-0, 2-1 and 1-1, all achieved on eight occasions - the most recent a 2-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on December 27.
How goals were scored
**2025 Goal Analysis**
**Total**
Total Goals
114
Home
64
Away
50
Inside
97
Outside box
17
Open play
81
Corner
20
Penalty
5
Free kick
6
Own Goals
5
Direct free kick
2
Most common scorelines
Scoreline
Matches
2-0
8
2-1
8
1-1
8
1-0
7
2-2
5
3-0
5
wins to nil
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Clean sheets have been a key part of our success in 2025. We conceded the fewest goals in 2024/25 and have started the 2025/26 season by doing the same thing.
Only once in our history have we won more games to nil, which came in 1971 when we produced 28 wins with a shutout. The last of our 23 wins to nil in 2025 came on our first trip to the Hill Dickinson Stadium where we defeated Everton 1-0 thanks to a Viktor Gyokeres penalty.
Our win percentage of 63% in 2025 also goes into the top 10 of highest win percentages in a calendar year. 1932 still remains the highest at 70%, with 2024 running close behind at 68%. The total of 37 victories also means 2025 secures features in the top 10 of most wins in a calendar year.
We have only won more games in two other years - in 2002, when we picked up 40 victories from 60 games, and 1971, when we won 39 in 61. We've won 37 games across a 12-month period on three other occasions: 2015, 2009 and 2004.
Wins to nil
year
Matches
1971
28
2025
23
2005
23
2002
23
2017
22
2008
22
1993
21
Fewest goals conceded per game
**Year**
**Games**
**Conceded**
**CPG**
1903
36
25
_**0.69**_
1993
66
46
_**0.70**_
2005
56
40
_**0.71**_
**2024**
**50**
**36**
**0.72**
2006
61
45
_**0.74**_
2025
59
45
_0.76_
1998
59
45
_**0.76**_
1990
45
35
_**0.78**_
1971
61
50
_**0.82**_
1969
59
49
_**0.83**_
The Players: History makers
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We used 35 players across the entirety of 2025, one shy of last year's tally of 36. There were debuts for 13 players, including Max Dowman, who made history by becoming our youngest ever starter when, at 15 years and 302 days old, he was named in the starting XI against Brighton in the Carabao Cup fourth round.
Max had already made history against Leeds in August, becoming the second youngest player in Premier League history, with only teammate Ethan Nwaneri appearing in the competition at a younger age.
Declan Rice led the way in terms of matches played, turning out 56 times, starting 48 of those. Four other players also reached a half-century of appearances in 2025, including David Raya, who played the most minutes, Mikel Merino, Leandro Trossard and Jurrien Timber.
Leo was top of the charts for goal involvements, picking up 25 goals and assists. He finished level in the standings in top goals alongside Mikel Merino, who flourished in his new role as a striker.
No player made more successful passes than William Saliba, Jurrien Timber led the way on most tackles and Myles Lewis-Skelly drew the most fouls.
Player analysis
**Players**
**Games Played**
**Games Started**
**Minutes Played**
**Goals+Assists**
**Goals**
**Assists**
**Games Won**
**Win %**
Rice, Declan
56
48
4303
19
9
10
35
63%
Raya, David
55
55
4980
0
0
0
34
62%
Merino, Mikel
53
38
3378
21
13
8
33
62%
Trossard, Leandro
53
36
3339
25
13
12
33
62%
Timber, Jurriën
50
42
3847
9
4
5
31
62%
Lewis-Skelly, Myles
49
29
2783
6
1
5
32
65%
Gabriel Martinelli
48
31
2793
15
11
4
29
60%
Saliba, William
47
46
4036
1
0
1
29
62%
Ødegaard, Martin
47
36
3241
16
6
10
27
57%
Gabriel Magalhães
38
35
3118
7
4
3
26
68%
Saka, Bukayo
38
27
2505
13
10
3
26
68%
Calafiori, Riccardo
35
24
2120
7
3
4
21
60%
Nwaneri, Ethan
32
16
1471
8
6
2
21
66%
Partey, Thomas
27
24
2059
2
2
0
14
52%
White, Ben
26
15
1216
2
0
2
17
65%
Zubimendi, Martín
24
23
2026
6
3
3
19
79%
Gyökeres, Viktor
22
18
1485
7
7
0
18
82%
Eze, Eberechi
22
17
1414
8
5
3
16
73%
Tierney, Kieran
19
3
378
1
1
0
11
58%
Sterling, Raheem
17
8
716
3
0
3
8
47%
Kiwior, Jakub
16
15
1424
1
1
0
8
50%
Mosquera, Cristhian
16
8
823
0
0
0
12
75%
Hincapié, Piero
14
11
951
0
0
0
12
86%
Madueke, Noni
14
8
709
3
3
0
9
64%
Zinchenko, Oleksandr
14
5
471
2
1
1
7
50%
Jorginho
13
8
727
1
1
0
5
38%
Havertz, Kai
12
8
816
5
3
2
8
67%
Nørgaard, Christian
10
5
499
0
0
0
9
90%
Gabriel Jesus
10
4
430
2
2
0
6
60%
Dowman, Max
5
1
143
0
0
0
4
80%
Arrizabalaga, Kepa
3
3
270
0
0
0
2
67%
Harriman-Annous, Andre
2
1
86
0
0
0
2
100%
Butler-Oyedeji, Nathan
2
0
7
0
0
0
2
100%
Neto
1
1
90
0
0
0
1
100%
Salmon, Marli
1
0
7
0
0
0
1
100%
monthly breakdown
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Since the start of the 2025/26 season, we've lost just two matches, seeing us end the calendar year in a strong position. We remained unbeaten in four of the 10 months we played - including a 100 per cent record in October 2025, winning all six matches without conceding a single goal.
That record extended into November with shutouts against Burnley and Slavia Prague, meaning we matched our best streak of clean sheets in our history, with eight in a row recorded back in 1903 across two Second Division campaigns.
The run in October also saw us become the first English top-flight team in history to play six games in a month and win them all without conceding a single goal, surpassing the feats of five other teams who achieved five wins to nil, including George Allison’s title-winning team of 1934/35.
Monthly record
Month
P
W
D
L
F
A
Win%
January
9
5
3
1
15
9
56
February
5
2
1
2
7
4
40
March
4
2
2
0
11
4
50
April
8
4
3
1
15
7
50
May
5
2
1
2
7
7
40
August
3
2
0
1
6
1
67
September
5
4
1
0
10
2
80
October
6
6
0
0
12
0
100
November
6
4
2
0
15
5
67
December
8
6
1
1
16
6
75
Home and Away
Venue
P
W
D
L
F
A
Win%
Home
31
20
7
4
64
24
65
Away
28
17
7
4
50
21
61
Total
59
37
14
8
114
45
63
leading the way
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We played 39 Premier League games in 2025, and ended on top of the yearly league table for a second year in a row, three clear of Manchester City, having played two more matches.
We took 83 points, with a goal difference of +41. We conceded 14 fewer goals than any other side, and were joint-second top scorers with 71.
Premier League table of 2024
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
Arsenal
39
24
11
4
71
30
83
Manchester City
37
25
5
7
83
48
80
Aston Villa
38
23
7
8
60
43
76
Liverpool
38
21
8
9
71
50
71
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
58
41
64
Newcastle
38
18
6
14
62
50
60
Crystal Palace
37
16
11
10
52
44
59
Brighton
38
16
11
11
63
56
59
Everton
39
16
11
12
47
40
59
Brentford
38
17
7
14
62
51
58
Most Premier League points per year
Year
Team
Points
2025
Arsenal
83
2024
Arsenal
85
2023
Manchester City
93
2022
Manchester City
79
2021
Manchester City
110
2020
Liverpool
77
2019
Liverpool
98
2018
Manchester City
88
2017
Manchester City
98
2016
Chelsea
79
2015
Arsenal
81
2014
Manchester City
88
2013
Arsenal
82
2012
Manchester United
93
2011
Manchester United
87
2010
Manchester United
80
2009
Manchester United
95
2008
Chelsea
86
2007
Manchester United
81
2006
Manchester United
92
2005
Chelsea
101
2004
Arsenal
89
2003
Manchester United
91
2002
Arsenal
91
2001
Leeds United
81
2000
Manchester United
95
Stats and Facts
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* When Neto made his debut against Girona, we’d used four different keepers in a single season (Raya, Neto, Setford & Porter) for the first time since 2020/21 (Leno, Martinez, Runarsson & Ryan).
* The Brazilian, at 35 years and 194 days, also became our oldest debutant since April 1915 when Ned Liddell came on at 36 years and 310 days old.
* David Raya registered the fastest speed of any goalkeeper in the Premier League in 2024/25, reaching a speed of 32.65km/ph against West Ham United.
* Rice became just the fifth player in Champions League history to score two direct free-kicks in a single game, joining an esteemed list of players including Rivaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and Hakim Ziyech. Rice is however the only one of those to achieve this feat in a knockout game.
* Gabriel Martinelli became the first Arsenal player to score in five successive games across the European Cup/UEFA Champions League.
* Noni Madueke was the first Arsenal player to see his first three goals for the club all come in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League.
* We came from behind to beat Newcastle 2-1 on MD6 despite still trailing at 83:55. It was the second latest we have ever trailed in a Premier League game we’ve come back to win after 3-1 victory against Norwich in April 2013, having trailed at 84:15, with Mikel Arteta netting our equaliser that day.
* Bukayo Saka’s penalty vs West Ham United saw him become the eighth player to reach 100 Premier League goal involvements for Arsenal, while he was the 7th youngest player to reach this milestone in the competition overall.
* We eclipsed Manchester United's English football record for the longest run without conceding three goals in a single match, with the run now standing at 115 matches.
* Gabriel's headed goal vs Aston Villa in December was our 600th goal under Mikel Arteta
* Our win over Crystal Palace was also our 700th Premier League victory, becoming just the second side to hit that milestone, along with Manchester United.
* Our 3-0 win at Slavia Prague saw us become just the third English top-flight side in history to win eight consecutive games to nil in all competitions along with Preston North End (Jan-Sep 1889) and Liverpool (Jan-Feb 1920).
* David Raya became the quickest goalkeeper in our history to 50 clean sheets, making the number in just 110 starts.
* Max Dowman became the first player to ever play in the UEFA Champions League before turning 16 (15y 308d), when he came on against Slavia Prague.
_With thanks to Opta_
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