Incredible figure, Arsenal have spent 117 minutes this season taking corners

2026-02-20 23:24:25 / SPORT ALFA PRESS

Incredible figure, Arsenal have spent 117 minutes this season taking corners

Arsenal is leading the English championship this season and is the main favorite for the title, but has also shown in the Champions League that it is a team with ambitions after dominating the group stage of the tournament as the first.

Everything is based on the extraordinary work that Mikel Arteta and his staff have done, studying everything in detail. And one of the details of this season is the corner kick, which has become the strongest weapon of Arsenal, which has scored many goals from such executions. The work of Frenchman Nicolas Jove, a specialist in standard kicks, has transformed corner kicks into a real tactical weapon. This is confirmed by the data published by OPTA, which describes a unique situation in English football.

This season, Arsenal have taken a total of 117 minutes to take corners in the Premier League across 27 matches, also setting the record for the longest average time before play restarts: 44 seconds.

These figures show how much attention is paid to every detail, from the positioning of the players to the carefully studied movements to surprise the opposing defenses. A weapon that has so far proven very effective, although practically more than one match of this championship has gone with Arsenal players preparing a corner kick.

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