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How Many Goals Have Arsenal Scored From Set Pieces?
Arsenal have earned a reputation for being Europe’s most dangerous team at set-pieces, with Mikel Arteta’s side scoring an incredible 22 goals from set plays last season.
That figure put the Gunners in an elite group of clubs, with only seven Premier League teams bettering that tally in a single campaign.
In addition, Arsenal scored 16 goals from corners alone last term and that equalled the top flight record that was set by West Bromwich Albion in the 2017/17 Premier League season.
The Gunners have managed to find a way to somehow utilise this strength despite rivals knowing exactly what they’re going to do at set-pieces. Recently, Arsenal scored the winning goal at Old Trafford from a corner and opposing teams still struggle to figure Arteta’s set-piece system out.
Arsenal Goals From Corners This Season:
- Riccardo Calafiori (vs Manchester United, 17th August 2025)
- Jurriën Timber (vs Leeds United, 23rd August 2025)
- Jurriën Timber (vs Leeds United, 23rd August 2025)
- Martin Zubimendi (vs Nottingham Forest, 13th September 2025)
Arsenal Set Piece Goal Statistics
- Arsenal have scored 33 goals from corners since the start of 2023-24, nine more than the next highest in the Premier League, Manchester City.
- Across Europe’s top-five leagues, Arsenal are also top and five clear of Bayer Leverkusen in second (17).
- Mikel Arteta’s side have scored 30 goals from all set-pieces (excluding penalties) in that period, accounting for 25.2% of their 119 league goals.
- Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka have the most assists from set plays since the start of last season (8).
- However, Everton (50%) have the highest ratio of set-piece goals as a proportion of all goals in that same period.
- For the ultimate comparison, Stoke’s Premier League ratio under former manager Tony Pulis was 43.1% – 81 set-piece goals from a total of 188 goals.
How Many Goals Will Arsenal Score From Set Pieces This Season?
While goals have dried up in recent games, you’d have to imagine that Arsenal will continue to thrive from set pieces. Arteta’s side are still in the Premier League title race despite a disappointing run of results and the football betting markets suggest that the Gunners will continue to dominate from set plays.
Arsenal scored from a corner kick in the opening game of the 2025/26 Premier League season and they remain lethal from set-pieces all over the field.
Declan Rice Free-Kicks vs Real Madrid
Arsenal’s reputation for scoring from set-pieces precedes them but nobody could have envisioned that Declan Rice would score not one but two free-kicks in their 3-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League.
The England midfielder stepped up and struck two fantastic efforts into the far corner to lead the Gunners to a 3-0 success and Mikel Arteta’s side are now on the verge of reaching the semi-finals stage.
