{"id":71104,"date":"2025-11-30T02:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=71104"},"modified":"2025-11-30T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T07:57:01","slug":"arsenal-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/arsenal-champions-league-final\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stats That Suggest Arsenal Fans Can Start Planning For Champions League Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Arsenal fans can start making plans for this year&#8217;s Champions League final following their win against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week saw Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side make it five wins from five in the UEFA Champions League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goals from Jurrien Timber, Noni Madueke and Gabriel Martinelli were enough for a comfortable win at the Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such was their dominance that former Tottenham man<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/harry-kane-unwanted-personal-record-arsenal\/\"> <b>Harry Kane set an unwanted personal record<\/b><\/a><b> &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">failing to register a shot for the first time in his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arsenal have been superb this season, winning 16, drawing twice and losing just one game in all competitions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are now the only Champions League side with a 100% record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the win against Bayern &#8211; who were unbeaten heading into the match &#8211; only cements their place as serious contenders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arteta labelled the German side the &#8216;best team in Europe&#8217;, but his side dismantled them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Stats Suggest Arsenal Are Heading To Champions League Final<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arsenal have now won their opening five UEFA Champions League games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have not managed that feat since 2005-06, the year they reached their only final to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That night, they were beaten 2-1 at the Stade de France in Paris, by Spanish giants Barcelona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barca boasted the likes of Carlos Puyol, Ronaldinho and man-of-the-match Samuel Eto\u2019o with Xavi and Andres Iniesta on the bench.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Barcelona beat Arsenal in the 2006 final! | UEFA Champions League Classic Match Highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lVW996Lb2Tw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gunners side on that day still included many of their 2003-04 Premier League-winning &#8216;Invincibles&#8217;, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But even with Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires and co, they came up just short.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A red card for Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann after just 18 minutes gave them a mountain to climb, and cost the Gunners their best chance of Champions League glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That might be about to change, though. 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