Arsenal had a 2025 to remember, but there’s a belief that 2026 will be even better for the Gunners.
Arsenal put on a show in 2025, but marked the year as another without any silverware for Mikel Arteta.
Entering 2026 top of the Premier League and Champions League tables, as well as being in the Carabao Cup semi-finals, there’s hope that things will soon change.
Though the need to win trophies is greater than ever, it’s important to reflect on the strength Arsenal showed over the calendar year, with no quality as significant as set-pieces.
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Arsenal edged closer to breaking Premier League goals from corners record
2025: the year that Tony Pulis had to respond to being compared to Arteta.
Rivals can’t stop Arsenal from set-pieces, so much so that the Arsenal manager has taken on some dark arts branding, but he won’t care.
The Gunners came closer than ever to breaking a Premier League record in 2025 thanks to their set-piece superiority, specifically corners.
Arsenal scored 17 goals from corners in the Premier League throughout 2025, a tally that has only been bettered once in history.
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Manchester United hold the record for the most Premier League goals from corners in a calendar year with 18, just one more than Arteta’s side achieved in 2025.
It was a case of so close, yet so far for Arsenal, whose record will reset now that 2026 is here.
Arsenal’s set-piece success isn’t showing any sign of slowing
The clocks might’ve reset, but there’s no sign that things will change for Arsenal in the set-piece department.
There was more history on the cards from Arsenal’s set-pieces in 2025, as the Gunners became only the second team in Premier League history to score 20 or more set-piece goals in consecutive years.
Wimbledon are the only other team to do so, telling of how transformative Arsenal have been from dead-ball scenarios in the top-flight.
Teams will want Arsenal’s success from set-play to be left in 2025, but judging by the numbers, there’s little chance of that happening.
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