Gunners by Numbers: Season 2012/13

As the season concluded at the St. James’ Park, Arsenal’s roller-coaster ride finally came to an end. There were ups and downs, highs and lows and some new records were set. With the help of OPTA, we review some interesting stats of Arsenal’s 2012/13 campaign.

Arsenal scored 105 goals throughout the 2012/13 campaign which further can be classified as 72 goals in the Premier League, 13 goals in the UEFA Champions League, 6 goals in FA Cup, while 14 goals came in Capital One Cup.

Arsenal also conceded 60 goals throughout, categorized as 37 in the Premier League, 11 goals in the UEFA Champions League, 5 in FA Cup and 7 in Capital One Cup.

Arsenal’s Overall Home Record: P26, W15, D5, L6, GF60, GA31.

Arsenal’s Overall Away Record: P27, W14, D7, L6, GF45, GA29.

Most appearances:

1. Santi Cazorla (47+2)

2. Mikel Arteta (43)

3. Per Mertesacker (43+1)

Top Goalscorers:

1. Theo Walcott (21)

2. Olivier Giroud (17)

3. Lukas Podolski (16)

Season by Numbers:

0 – Premier League matches lost by Arsenal in the months of August (P2, D2), April (P5, W3, D2) & May (P3, W3).

5 – Penalties scored by Mikel Arteta in the Premier League. No other player scored more from the spot.

5 – Most red Cards conceded by Arsenal in the Premier League.

8 – Times Arsenal produced their most common scoreline (1-0).

9 – Clean sheets kept away from home, 14 throughout the Premier League campaign.

9 – Players made their debut for Arsenal during the 2012/13 season.

10 – Arsenal finished the League campaign with 10 games unbeaten streak, which meant first time they had not lost any of the final 10 matches of a league season since 2003/04 campaign.

14 – Away goals conceded; Best in the League & Arsenal’s best away defensive record since 2003/04.

15 – Arsenal were unbeaten in the 15 league games in which Laurent Koscielny & Per Mertesacker started in central defence together; W9 D6.

17 – 17^th year in a row, Arsenal finished in the Top 4.

18 – Different goal scorers Arsenal had in all competitions; Same number as the season before.

20 – Theo Walcott set a new club record during the season, scoring Arsenal’s fastest ever Premier League goal; 20 seconds at the Loftus Road at the beginning of May.

21 – Goals scored by Theo Walcott in all competitions; 20% of team’s total.

35 – Players Arsenal used in 2012/13 season; three fewer than last campaign.

38 – Appearances made by Santi Cazorla in the Premier League; Started 37, Came on from the bench against Stoke City.

40 – 40^th time Arsenal have finished in the Top Four in 96 top flight seasons.

47 – Highest number of goals scored by Arsenal at home in Premier League 2012/13.

49 – The most overall appearances; Santi Cazorla

73 – The team gathered more points than the previous season (70).

96 – Opportunities set up by Santi Cazorla, behind Leighton Baines & David Silva.

105 – Goals scored by Arsenal throughout the campaign from 53 matches.

954 – The away game against Newcastle United was Arsene Wenger’s 954^th game as an Arsenal manager.

2,517 – Successful passes completed by Arteta to top the Premier League charts in 2012/13.

3,308 – Minutes of the Premier League campaign Santi Cazorla was on the field.