Arsenal misplaced fewer Premier League matches than some other aspect throughout the 2025 calendar yr, however missed out on prime spot on aim distinction.
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The Gunners completed stage on 77 factors with Manchester Metropolis, however ended the yr in second place as soon as once more, this time on aim distinction with Pep Guardiola‘s males recording +47 and Arsenal +37.
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Nevertheless, Metropolis recorded seven league defeats throughout the yr (the identical quantity as Aston Villa), in contrast with Arsenal’s 4, the bottom complete within the division.
What in the end separated the 2 sides was Arsenal’s variety of attracts, with solely Bournemouth recording extra.
Mikel Arteta’s workforce drew 11 of their 37 league matches in 2025, six greater than Metropolis, who transformed a higher proportion of tight video games into wins.
Turning even a type of attracts right into a victory would have been sufficient for Arsenal to complete the yr outright leaders, not that you simply win any prizes for that.
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Throughout the calendar yr, Arsenal received 22 matches and conceded simply 28 targets, the most effective defensive report forward of Metropolis, who conceded 34.
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The information factors to a aspect that was extraordinarily tough to beat, however, as we all know, not all the time ruthless sufficient in entrance of aim to completely capitalise on their management.
Metropolis, in contrast, received 24 of their 36 matches. Pep Guardiola’s aspect had been overwhelmed extra typically, however carried higher attacking punch over the course of the yr, thanks, in no small half, to Erling Haaland, who discovered the web within the Premier League 27 instances. Arsenal scored 65 to Metropolis’s 81.
Behind the highest two, Aston Villa completed third on 73 factors, whereas Liverpool ended the yr fourth on 68. Chelsea completed fifth with 63 factors, with Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion finishing the highest seven.
Decrease down the desk, Tottenham Hotspur endured a tough yr, shedding 20 of their 36 matches, whereas Manchester United completed thirteenth after 14 defeats.
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Promoted and relegated sides Sunderland, Leeds United, Burnley, Leicester Metropolis, Ipswich City and Southampton occupied the decrease reaches based mostly on their partial-season information.
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For Arsenal, the numbers are spectacular. Dropping solely 4 league matches throughout a full calendar yr displays a aspect working at a constantly excessive stage.
The problem shifting ahead is evident, changing extra of these slender margins into wins to make sure that such consistency is rewarded with first place moderately than second in the case of the one desk that really issues – the Premier League desk on the finish of Could.
In 2024, Arsenal completed prime with 85 factors, forward of Liverpool on aim distinction, from 36 video games to their 37.