Since the beginning of the season, Arsenal has played 48 matches in all competitions and only suffered 3 defeats. They are the team with the most goals in the Premier League (61), the fewest conceded (22) and the most clean sheets (15).
Currently, Mikel Arteta's team is still leading the Premier League after round 30 with a 9-point gap over Man City. In the Champions League, they are facing a chance to reach the quarter-finals after drawing with Leverkusen in the first leg of the 1/8 round. In the FA Cup quarter-finals, the "Gunners" will face Southampton, but before that will be the League Cup final with Man City.
One of the proofs of Arsenal's hardship this season to win is the number of wins with a 1-goal difference (14, accounting for 29.2%).
Some typical matches for that drama such as the away victory against Manchester United in August 2025, against Everton in December 2025, against Bournemouth and Chelsea in January (in the League Cup).
In the match in September 2025, Arsenal fans witnessed Gabriel Martinelli's goal in the 90+3 minute to help Arsenal win a valuable point against Man City. Then Gabriel's header in the 90+6 minute brought an important victory against Newcastle right in the next match in the Premier League framework.
In December 2025, Arsenal had an extremely hard-fought victory over Wolves in a match where the opponent scored all 3 goals, but the "Gunners" still won 2-1. Yerson Mosquera's own goal in the 90+4 minute brought 3 points for Arsenal in a match that seemed to have dropped points at the Emirates. After that, the North London team entered the League Cup semi-finals when defeating Crystal Palace on penalties. In that match, Arsenal let Palace equalize 1-1 in the 90+5 minute.
All those victories caused the heart rate of Gooners to be irregular, not just an exaggerated comparison, it is evidenced by medical indicators. According to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), normal resting heart rate ranges from 60 to 100 beats per minute (bpm). BHF also defines arrhythmia (or heart rate problems) as when the heart beats too slowly, too fast or irregularly. BHF concludes that resting heart rate reaching over 100 bpm is too fast for most people.
Journalist Nnamdi Onyeagwara of The Athletic measured his heart rate while watching the match between Arsenal and Everton at home in the 30th round of the Premier League last weekend. His Apple Watch reported a bpm of 65 when he started watching. Jordan Pickford's excellent save from Bukayo Saka's header in the 13th minute increased his heart rate to 75. Then, Riccardo Calafiori's "scorpion"-style ball block in the penalty area increased it to 80.
Nnamdi's heart rate increased to 82 again after Raya's excellent save when blocking Beto's shot into the goal at the beginning of the second half. While Arsenal tried to find a goal, Nnamdi's bpm ranged from 80 - 90. Viktor Gyokeres' opening goal in the 89th minute made this journalist's heart rate recorded as 107. By the time Max Dowman scored to seal the score 2-0, bpm had reached 137.
Arsenal still has at least 10 more matches this season if they advance in the Champions League and FA Cup. It is possible that the heart rate of Gooners like Nnamdi will exceed 137 bpm if Arsenal wins a major arena.
No one wants to win in such a scary way, but this season's opponents are often not easy to surrender even though they are rated lower than Arsenal. Therefore, "Gunners" fans like Nnamdi should prepare heart medication in some necessary cases if Arsenal has more breathtaking matches from now until the end of the season.
