Overview

• A 1-0 win over Fulham moved Arsenal three points clear at the top of the Premier League.
• Arsenal have conceded only three league goals so far, with just one from open play after eight matches.
• They have gone two consecutive Premier League games without allowing a shot on target, their first such run since the 2003/04 season.
• Per Football Insider data cited in reports, Arsenal’s 0.375 goals conceded per match betters the 0.395 rate set by Chelsea’s 2004/05 record-setting side that allowed 15 goals in 38 games.
• Alan Shearer and Micah Richards endorsed comparisons to Mourinho’s Chelsea, while analysis highlights a key difference as Arsenal’s defend-with-the-ball, high-press model versus Chelsea’s deeper, possession-conceding block.