对于我们的枪手来说，这是一个破纪录的赛季，整个赛季我们疯狂进球，攻入 113 粒进球。这是我们自 2016/17 赛季以来单赛季进球最多的赛季，我们打破了历史最佳纪录英超联赛在该分区的进球总数为 91 次 - 比我们之前的最佳成绩多出 3 个。我们仔细研究了这些数字，以挖掘出一些关于我们进球过多的有趣统计数据：得分手

17名不同的球员在所有比赛中为我们进球，其中以布卡约·萨卡为首，他成为自2019/20赛季皮埃尔-埃默里克·奥巴梅扬以来第一位在一个赛季为我们攻入20球的球员，也是自2012年西奥·沃尔科特以来第一位英格兰人/13.莱安德罗·特罗萨德仅落后三球，他平均每上场 133 分钟就有一个进球，而凯·哈弗茨的 13 粒英超进球比他之前在比赛中的最佳进球多了 5 粒。德克兰·赖斯和本·怀特也创下了职业生涯新高。我们在英超联赛中受益于五个乌龙球，上一次我们在一个赛季中获得更多乌龙球是在2009/10赛季。我们在这场比赛中后卫的进球数为 13 个，仅次于托特纳姆热刺队的 14 个。

助攻

除了赢得金靴奖外，布卡约还在所有比赛中以 14 次助攻高居助攻榜榜首。其中 6 个进球是特罗萨德的，这是自梅苏特·厄齐尔在 2015/16 赛季助攻奥利维尔·吉鲁的 7 个进球以来，单赛季从一名阿森纳球员到特定队友的最多进球。厄德高（11 粒）和赖斯（10 粒）也达到了两位数，德克兰在英超联赛中的 9 次助攻仅比他在西汉姆联队 242 场比赛中的助攻总数少一分。有趣的是，我们的边后卫贡献了 13 个进球，其中怀特攻入 5 个进球，追平了他上赛季的进球数。总计 83 次助攻。

比赛

我们在英超联赛中打进了 91 个进球，这是我们在英超联赛中的最高进球总数，超过了 2022/23 赛季的 88 个进球。这是自 1952/53 赛季以来我们在联赛中进球最多的一次，也是我们有记录的顶级联赛中第五高的进球数。其中，萨卡以 16 粒进球再次位居榜首，哈弗茨则为 3 粒进球13 球落后，特罗萨德 12 球也上双。萨卡、特罗萨德和热苏斯都在欧冠联赛中打进了 4 个进球。我们在欧洲赛场的 10 场比赛中总共进了 19 个进球，而联赛中则打进了 2 个进球杯子。 Trossard 在 8 月份最后时刻的进球赢得了社区盾杯，使我们的总进球数达到 113 分。方法

我们看到左右脚进球数相当均匀，其中 44 个进球来自球员的左脚，46 个进球来自右脚。 17 个头球都是头球，而萨卡在我们 6-0 欧冠的胜利中也看到了球从腰部飞入朗斯的比赛。我们的前 7 个头球都是由不同的球员攻入的，但最终领先的加布里埃尔没有进球。统计数据显示，我们在冬季的八场比赛中打进了四粒点球。我们在联赛中打进了 10 个点球，追平了 2006/07 赛季以来的最好成绩。他们由萨卡（6 个）、厄德高（2 个）、哈弗茨和法比奥·维埃拉（各 1 个）转化为进球，他们是自 2008/09 赛季以来我们联赛中点球得分最多的球员。若日尼奥还在对阵朗斯的比赛中打进了他在枪手的首个点球，如果算上点球大战，我们罚进了全部 17 个点球。时间

​​我们在 29 场不同的顶级联赛比赛中首开纪录，上一次如此频繁地进球是在 2004/04 赛季（30 场）。上下半场之间的比分也是平分秋色，上半场进了 57 个进球，中场休息后进了 56 个进球。加布里埃尔在对阵利物浦的比赛中仅用了 03 分 28 秒就进球了，这是我们最快的进球，而我们最新的进球是我们上半场的第一个进球。赛季 - 特罗萨德对阵曼城的进球时间为 100:19，帮助锁定了社区盾杯。这比四个星期后热苏斯对阵曼联的进球快了 4 秒，这是我们最新的英超进球，也是 12 个英超进球之一90 分钟后我们进球了。地点

上个赛季，我们在酋长球场有 61 次通过进球让球迷欢呼雀跃，其中 48 次是在英超联赛。在所有比赛的 25 场主场比赛中，我们有 22 场进球。客场进球总数增加了 51 球，其中另一场是在中立场地——社区盾杯中特罗萨德在温布利的进球。除了酋长球场之外，我们在其他场馆取得的最多进球是在伦敦体育场攻入的七个进球，马丁·厄德高在对阵西汉姆联队的联赛杯比赛中攻入了安慰球，紧随其后的是我们打入了最好的六个进球，我们疯狂地记录了我们有史以来最大的英超客场进球二月获胜。对手

令人难以置信的是，我们对阵铁锤队的七次进球甚至比不上那些在我们手下受苦最深的对手。这项可疑的荣誉属于谢菲尔德联队，他们在两场比赛中攻入 11 球，这要归功于我们主场 5-0 的胜利，然后在布拉莫尔巷 6-0 的惨败。对阵降级球队伯恩利队攻入 8 个进球，而对阵朗斯队则攻入 7 个进球、切尔西和伯恩茅斯，以及六场对阵水晶宫和卢顿镇的比赛。上赛季我们对阵的 24 个对手中，我们至少攻入 23 个球，只有阿斯顿维拉将我们排除在外。场均进球数

上赛季我们踢了52场比赛，这意味着我们场均进球2.17个。这是我们自 2016/17 赛季 2.20 以来的最佳回报，也是我们历史上第 12 个最佳比率。这是我们提出百年罢工的第 22 个赛季（总共 120 个赛季）。这也是自 2019 年以来我们第一次在一个赛季中连续记录几个世纪。了解我们在赛季中打破的所有记录和达到的里程碑

Having witnessed the goals going in, clean sheets kept, wins racking up and us battling for the biggest prizes, it is easy to conclude the 2023/24 campaign was enjoyable to be a Gooner.However, having been running the rule over Mikel Arteta's team all season long, Adrian Clarke is well-placed to give his verdict on why we were so impressive, which might not be so obvious to the untrained eye.Here are the nine factors he felt were instrumental in our excellent form last term:Best defence in EuropeOur off-the-ball work in 2023/24 was by far the most robust it has been under Mikel Arteta, and it helped us earn the division’s best defensive record. Conceding just 29 goals (and only 13 away from home) we reduced our goals against tally by around a third from the previous campaign.Protecting our goalkeeper superbly, David Raya was comfortably the Premier League’s least busy number one. Conceding chances worth just 28.3 expected goals, we actually delivered the lowest mark across Europe’s top five leagues.Since the start of 2024, we also kept 11 clean sheets in 18 games, averaging an astonishingly low 0.65 expected goals against per match.Why were we so good in this department? We defended from the front with enthusiasm, Declan Rice’s arrival certainly added a fresh layer of protection inside the engine room, and it was useful to start with a consistent back four too.William Saliba featured for all 3,420 minutes of the campaign, and for around 80% of 2023/24 he had Gabriel to his left, and Ben White to his right. Having such a settled back line, with three of the four virtual ever-presents, provided valuable stability. In open play, our record was simply remarkable, letting in one goal every two matches.Stealing the ball highUsually led by our captain Martin Odegaard, the Gunners’ pressing was superbly coordinated right across the whole season. Displaying a real appetite to hunt down opposition defenders, the team worked exceptionally hard to create turnovers in advanced areas of the pitch, presenting us with so many bonus opportunities to score goals. Playing out from the back against Arteta’s side was fraught with danger: Saka steps up a gearThe excellence of Odegaard, Rice, Gabriel and Saliba should not overshadow what has been another season of improvement from Bukayo Saka. Our two-time Player of the Season produced his best campaign yet, delivering a string of top displays and important contributions.In almost every match our style of play was set up to feed the ball consistently to the right-hand side, isolating Saka in 1v1s against full-backs. On average 41% of our attacks were funnelled down the right wing, and this made him such a key player.Saka often found himself double-marked by two opponents, but it never fazed him, as the 23-year-old matched his record of 25 direct goal contributions in the Premier League (16 goals, 9 assists). As you can see below, Saka – who enjoyed more touches inside the box than any other player in the division - took his attacking output up a level:A young, settled XIDespite experiencing the rigours of Champions League football, Arteta resisted the temptation to heavily rotate his side. In fact, Crystal Palace were the only side to make fewer changes to their starting XI, with the manager showing great trust and faith in his talented young players.It should also be noted that our starting XI was the third youngest in the Premier League; a sign of real promise as we look to improve again next term.Dead ball delightLed by innovative set-piece coach Nicolas Jover, we matched a Premier League record for the most goals scored from corners (16). The quality of deliveries from Odegaard, Saka and Rice were superb, with inswinging near post corner routines by far our most successful ploy. As a side containing many six-foot-plus players, we now have an aura at corner kicks that strikes fear into the opposition’s minds.Overall, we led the way in the Premier League with 20 set-piece goals. These made a tremendous difference and helped us reach 89 points from 38 games.Starting and finishing stronglyNo one scored more Premier League goals than us inside the opening 20 minutes, as we habitually raced into early leads. Our 17-4 goal difference during that key tone-setting period set us on our way to several important victories.We also finished matches exceptionally strong. Liverpool were the only team to plunder more injury-time strikes than us, with two of our goals beyond the 90th minute turning out to be winners.Arteta’s second-half replacements played their part from the bench on numerous occasions. Leandro Trossard scored against Chelsea, Liverpool, and Brighton as a sub, with many other bench players contributing too. Overall, our subs scored 12 goals and made eight assists.Our late winner at home to Manchester City involved three substitutes combining, with Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kai Havertz setting up Gabriel Martinelli for a famous strike.Running machinesAllied to our impressive starts and finishes to games is the work ethic of this side. In 36 of our 38 Premier League matches, we outran the opposition, which is a statistic that outlines how fit Arteta and his staff have got the players.Working hard for each other, in and out of possession, only two sides covered more ground across the entire campaign:Pleasingly, two of our star players also featured in the top five for individuals and distance ran. Rice and Odegaard are not just super talented, but they also both work relentlessly for the team:A constantly evolving sideThe record books will show that Arteta used his favoured 4-3-3 formation in all 38 matches, but the fluidity of his side’s shape is its hallmark. Throughout the season we saw players interchanging positions, in and out of possession, and it made us extremely difficult to play against.Key personnel also found themselves changing roles too. Rice began the campaign as our defensive midfield lynchpin, but for much of the season he revelled in a box-to-box left midfield position instead, driving the team forward in inspirational fashion. Scoring seven goals and making eight assists, Rice proved he is tailor-made for that type of role.Another new signing, Havertz, evolved during the campaign. He began as a left-sided midfielder but across the second half of 2023/24 the German was truly outstanding as a mobile, target man centre-forward. Pressing brilliantly, displaying clever movement, and holding the ball up extremely well for others, Havertz’s positional switch had a transformational effect on the team and his own game, and a record of nine goals and six assists in his last 14 matches shows it was a switch that paid off.Captain fantasticThere are a lot of players who should feel proud of their performances and individual development, and skipper Odegaard is certainly among those.On and off the ball he took great responsibility, leading by example with his skilful and wholehearted displays. The Norwegian also walks away from 2023/24 knowing he was the Premier League’s most creative player, laying on 88 chances in open play.This was a magnificent campaign from the Norwegian, who just about shaded it for my Player of the Season.