Arsenal kings of London: the Gunners are unbeaten in the English capital since 2024

The Gunners' last defeat against a team from the English capital dates back to 31 December 2023.

di MATTEO MEREU
2 January 2025
Kai Havertz

Kai Havertz

London, 2 January 2025 – The Arsenal has regained second place in the standings. In the postponed match of the nineteenth day of Prime minister League, at the Community Stadium the men of Arts they won with a resounding 3-1 against Brentford. At the initial disadvantage at the hands of Mbeumo in the 13th minute, they responded Gabriel Jesus, Merino e Martinelli, who in the space of 53 minutes brought the match to 3-1 for the Gunners and the three points home. With this result, Arteta and his men have overcome the Nottingham Forest in the standings and have moved into second place alone, six points behind Liverpool which, however, has one game less. The Gunners, therefore, have started 2025 in the best possible way, gaining a fundamental victory for their ranking.

Yesterday's success against Brentford, however, is also important because it continues Arsenal's unbeaten streak in London. The Gunners' last defeat against a team from the English capital, in fact, dates back to December 31, 2023, when Arteta and his men were overtaken by Fulham. After the initial advantage of Saka in the 5th minute, the hosts turned the game around with Raul Jimenez e From Cordova Reid. Since then, the Gunners have become the kings of London. 2024 opened with a 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace, dated January 20, 2024: in this match the goals were Gabriel Magalhaes (double), Trossard e Martinelli (double). On February 11th another goleada arrived, this time against the West HamAt the London Stadium, the Gunners won 6-0 thanks to goals from Saliba, Saka (double), Gabriel Magalhaes, Trossard e Rice. On March 9, against the Brentford, Arsenal struggled significantly more than in the previous two games: at the Emirates Stadium, it was havertz to give Arteta the 3 points, with the 2-1 goal scored in the 86th minute. In the big match against Chelsea, on 23 April 2024, Arsenal triumphed 5-0, thanks to goals from Trossard, White (double) e havertz (brace), while at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, on 28 April, Arteta and his team won 3-2.

Spurs were also the first opponents in the new championship, with the match taking place on September 15th again at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but this time it was enough Gabriel Magalhaes to give Arteta the three points. The only draws came on November 10 and December 8, both 1-1 against Chelsea e Fulham, and between these two results there was the resounding 5-2 victory at the London Stadium against West Ham. Even against the Crystal Palace, on December 21st, 5 goals arrived, but, unlike the match against the Hammers, Stingray has been beaten only once. This leads to yesterday's success against Brentford, the first in 2025 and the eleventh match without defeat against a team from the English capital for Arsenal who, in light of the facts, are indisputably the dominators of London.

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