(Only) 22 years have passed since Arsène Wenger’s Arsenal won the club’s last Premier League back in 2004… of the four it has (98, 02, 04 and 2026). Let us remember that Arteta has been leading the Gunner club since December 2019 (six and a half years), while Wenger spent 22 years (1996-2018) on the Gunners’ bench.
An Arsenal that goes on the way to being the best in its history (Premier champion and Champions finalist), surpassing those ‘Invincibles’ who went down in history in 2003-04 with an immaculate season. That eleven from memory (Lehmann; Lauren, Kolo Touré, Campbell, Cole; Ljungberg, Vieira, Gilberto Silva, Pirès; Bergkamp and Henry) recorded 90 points (26 wins, 12 draws and zero losses)leading by eleven points the sub, Chelsea, with 73 goals for and 26 against.
The Arteta’s Arsenal numbers can be compared to that great team, although they do not have the label of invincible: 37 games (25-7-5), with 69 goals in favor (second after City) and 26 against (the fewest goals scored). Of course, they are missing the last game against Palace on Sunday), with nothing being played.
Arteta: “We have made history together again”
A team, this one, with a dominant mentality that has stood out, however, more for its defensive capacity (which does not mean that it is a defensive team): 19 clean sheets in 37 Premier games with David Raya already winning ‘three golden gloves’ in a row.
And, furthermore, with another historical fact of this (Art)signal: nNever before has a team completed an entire Premier League season without a red card nor concede a penalty, something that this Arsenal does register, with the nuance of the remaining day.
As we already published the other day here, The supposed defensive ‘fame’ (?) of this team is refuted by these data, only considering the Premier: Arsenal is the fifth team with the most possession from England (56% average per game); He is third in actions that progress the game in the final third (61.1); It is the quarter that touches the ball the most in the rival area (32.8); He is the third to score the most goals without counting penalties (1.62); He is the fifth with the most finishes (13.8 per game); It is the second with the most advanced defensive line (64.4 meters); and he is the first to allow the fewest passes to his rival per possession (9.7). All in Premier context.
In short, a ‘SuperArsenal’ that is making history 22 years later and that can break down all barriers with the possible double in Budapest.