{"id":210954,"date":"2025-10-19T12:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210954\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:26:08","slug":"arsenal-close-to-smashing-chelsea-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210954\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal close to smashing Chelsea record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Arteta-Mourinho-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mikel Arteta next to a circular inset of Jose Mourinho\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago\/Hasan Karim &#8211; Breaking Media<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10047eb34f7cdee34cb2e9cc996ca0f3\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Alex Oakhill\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sun 19 October 2025 9:25, UK Updated Sun 19 October 2025 10:18, UK <\/p>\n<p>Arsenal have had a superb start to the season and are currently on track to break a Premier League record that Chelsea have held for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/mikel-arteta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikel Arteta\u2019s<\/a> side spent big during the summer window and are already reaping the rewards of their transfer business.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday (18 October) evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/fulham-vs-arsenal-ref-watch-three-decisions-anthony-taylor-got-horribly-wrong\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal beat Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage<\/a> to return to the top of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/leandro-trossard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leandro Trossard\u2019s<\/a> second-half strike was the only goal of the game, with the Gunners keeping their fifth clean sheet of the campaign to secure all three points.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Leandro-Trossard-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Leandro Trossard in action for Arsenal\" class=\"wp-image-594901\" \/>Credit: ImagoArsenal on record-breaking pace in the Premier League<\/p>\n<p>After eight games of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> season, Arsenal have conceded just three goals in total.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a>, Manchester City and Newcastle United have been the only teams to breach the North London side\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n<p>It means that the Gunners are conceding 0.375 goals per game, and across a 38-game season, that is 14.25 goals in total.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>The current record for goals conceded in the Premier League is held by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/chelsea\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a>, who let in just 15 across the course of their 2004-05 title-winning campaign under Jose Mourinho.<\/p>\n<p>StatsChelsea (2004-05)Arsenal (2025-26)Games388Goals Conceded153Goals Conceded per Game0.3950.375Arsenal are on track to break Chelsea\u2019s record<\/p>\n<p>It means that, as it stands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> are on track to break the long-standing record held by their London rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Can Arsenal realistically break Chelsea\u2019s record?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it is one thing to be on track to break a record less than a quarter of the way into a season, and it is quite another to continue at that same rate across the course of a full campaign.<\/p>\n<p>To put it into context, after eight games in the 2004-05 Premier League season, Chelsea had conceded just one goal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Former-Tottenham-manager-Jose-Mourinho-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Jose Mourinho Fenerbahce manager with his arms splayed out\" class=\"wp-image-645533\" \/>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>The Blues managed 25 clean sheets that term, and went on a run of 10 shutouts in a row midway through the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta\u2019s side would have to be near perfect from this point onwards to stand any chance of breaking the record, and as a result, it is extremely unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Chelsea\u2019s longstanding record is safe, but if the Arsenal defence continues to operate at the same level over the next few months, then the impossible could become a realistic aim.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago\/Hasan Karim &#8211; Breaking Media Sun 19 October 2025 9:25, UK Updated Sun 19 October 2025 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