Arsenal’s Premier League title in numbers | OneFootball

Arsenal are champions of England once again. After 22 years of waiting, the trophy is back in north London, sealing their 14th top-flight title - a tally only bettered by Liverpool and Manchester United, who both sit on 20.

It is their fourth Premier League crown and the first since the Invincibles of 2003/04. This one, though, was built on control, structure and consistency rather than chaos or late drama.

Set-piece specialists

If there was one defining theme of Arsenal’s season, it was dead-ball dominance.

They scored 28 league goals from set pieces, the most in the division, with a remarkable 18 coming directly from corners - a new Premier League record.

What began as a tactical strength quickly turned into a season-long weapon, with well-worked routines consistently punishing opponents. Across Europe’s top five leagues, no side matched their overall set-piece output.

Defensive steel and control

At the other end, Arsenal’s title push was built on control and reliability.

David Raya finished with 19 clean sheets, equalling the club’s best-ever Premier League total for a goalkeeper. He also secured a third consecutive Golden Glove, placing him among an elite group of just four keepers to achieve that feat.

Arsenal also won eight games 1-0, their highest total in that scoreline since the late 1990s, and 13 of their 25 wins came by a single goal - a sign of a team comfortable managing tight margins.

Squad trust and emerging talent

Mikel Arteta kept faith in a tightly managed squad, using just 24 players across the entire Premier League season - the second-lowest in the division.

Martín Zubimendi and Raya were the only ever-present figures, with the goalkeeper playing every minute of the campaign.

Meanwhile, teenage sensation Max Dowman wrote his own headlines. From becoming the Premier League’s youngest debutant to its youngest scorer, he also becomes the youngest player ever to win the competition.

Arteta and the bigger picture

At the centre of it all is Mikel Arteta.

At 44 years old, he becomes the second-youngest manager ever to win the Premier League, behind only José Mourinho. He is also the youngest Arsenal boss to lift the title, edging past George Graham.

Arteta now joins a rare group of managers who have both played in and won the Premier League as a coach, underlining the scale of his achievement in rebuilding Arsenal into champions again.