Our 3-0 success against Slavia Prague saw us clinch a 10th win in a row across all competitions and keep yet another clean sheet, sending the statisticians scrambling for their record books.
So how does our brilliant run of form and impenetrable defence rank across our 138-year history? Here are the landmarks we’ve hit and what else can still be claimed:
Clean sheet kings
Tuesday’s win in Prague means that we have won eight matches in a row without conceding for the first time, surpassing the feats of George Graham’s 1987 team with our fine result in the Czech capital. In English top-flight history, only Liverpool in 1920 have ever achieved the same record of wins to nil:
Most consecutive wins without conceding
Last Game
Team
Wins
04/11/2025
Arsenal
8
21/02/1920
Liverpool
8
14/09/1889
Preston North End
8
10/10/1987
Arsenal
7
17/09/2005
Chelsea
7
19/01/2020
Liverpool
7
After maintaining our 100% start to the Champions League without conceding, we are one of only two English teams in European Cup history to win their first four matches of a season without letting in a goal, the other being Leeds United in 1969/70.
It has been 12 hours and 56 minutes in all competitions since someone found a way past our defence, when Nick Woltemade netted for Newcastle United during our win at St James’ Park in September.
And that run of eight clean sheets means that our class of 2025 have now drawn level with the previous club record, which was set across two Second Division seasons between April and October 1903. During this run, we have allowed only 12 shots on target:
Our run of eight clean sheets
Date
Opponent
Score
Shots on target faced
01/10/2025
Olympiacos
W 2-0
3
04/10/2025
West Ham
W 2-0
0
18/10/2025
Fulham
W 1-0
0
21/10/2025
Atletico Madrid
W 4-0
1
26/10/2025
Crystal Palace
W 1-0
1
29/10/2025
Brighton
W 2-0
6
01/11/2025
Burnley
W 2-0
0
04/11/2025
Sparta Prague
W 3-0
1
We now head to Sunderland on Saturday looking to reach nine in a row for the first time, and chase down Liverpool’s English record of 11 straight shutouts, set in 2005/06.
Raya’s record
In goal during those eight matches in 1903 was Jimmy Ashcroft, who played 303 times for us between 1900 and 1908. As all of those games were in the Second Division, Ashcroft holds the record for most successive league clean sheets with eight. When it comes to the top-flight, six is the best tally, achieved by George Swindin (October 1947), Jack Kelsey (April 1956), David Seaman (November 1990) and Alex Manninger (March 1998).
Former England shot-stopper Ashcroft also held the record for being the fastest keeper to 50 Gunners clean sheets, but David Raya’s latest shutout against Prague has seen him climb to the top of that list:
Fastest goalkeepers to 50 Arsenal clean sheets
Date 50th Clean Sheet
Player
Start Number
04/11/2025
David Raya
110
03/10/1903
Jimmy Ashcroft
114
04/04/2009
Manuel Almunia
120
21/02/2006
Jens Lehmann
124
30/11/2013
Wojciech Szczesny
126
Winning run
The Champions League victory means we have now hit 10 wins in a row for the first time under Mikel Arteta, representing our longest winning run since Unai Emery achieved 11 between August and October 2018.
Only five times in our history have we strung together more success in a row, and we are four short of the best-ever run of 14, again achieved by Graham’s 1987 vintage.
Most successive wins (all comps)
Period
Wins
Sep – Nov 1987
14
Mar – Aug 2002
13
Mar – May 2000
12
Aug – Oct 2007
12
Aug – Oct 2018
11
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