- Founded 1886
- Stadium Emirates Stadium
- Manager Mikel Arteta
- Competition Premier League 2026-27
- Goals 10
- Goals Conceded 5
- Yellow Cards 8
- Total Red Cards
Arsenal Squawka Score Ratings 2026/27
The international break arrives with Arsenal second, four wins from five and a first defeat of the title defence still fresh. Mikel Arteta’s side saw off Coventry City 3-0, won 1-0 at Aston Villa, edged Chelsea 2-1 and won 2-0 at Sunderland before being taken apart 3-0 at Brighton. Below, we take a look at the Gunners’ most-used XI so far and how each player has performed, based on the Squawka Score rating system.
The Squawka Score is a metric developed to assess a player’s performance relative to other players in the same position. It is shown as a percentage, and it is worth knowing that 66% is average rather than 50% – a 70% is a good afternoon and 85% or above marks out one of the best players on the pitch. Each score is calculated from a range of per-90-minute statistics, taking in the obvious numbers such as goals and assists alongside some more obscure ones that are far more position-specific. A player’s season figure is simply the average of his match ratings.
GK: David Raya – 70% – Every minute played, nine saves, four goals conceded and a penalty kept out. Raya has also been busy off his line, completing six sweeper actions outside his area, and his 85% against Chelsea was the best display by an Arsenal goalkeeper this season. Two errors leading to shots are the only smudge on it.
RB: Ben White – 68% – Four starts and a quietly excellent return, headlined by 57 passes into the final third and 17 duels won from 25. White has added four tackles won, three interceptions and nine clearances, plus an assist. His 82% against Coventry was the best of his five outings.
RCB: Ezri Konsa – 62% – Three starts since arriving and the duel numbers travel well: 18 won from 27, eight of them aerial, alongside 13 clearances and four interceptions. It is a solid rather than spectacular start, and the 62% reflects a defender still bedding into a back line that had been settled for years.
LCB: Gabriel – 66% – The volume is enormous. Gabriel leads Arsenal for clearances with 25, duels won with 22 and interceptions with six, and he has blocked four shots across his five full games. Two yellow cards and a couple of scrappy afternoons keep him at the positional average, but he remains the defensive reference point.
LB: Riccardo Calafiori – 63% – Two assists and 0.84 xA from left-back is a serious attacking return, and he has had seven shots of his own for 0.68 xG. The defending is where the score is lost: 16 duels won but 12 lost, and he was among those overrun at Brighton. Ten clearances show he is not shirking the other side of it.
RCM: Declan Rice – 76% – Arsenal’s highest-rated player, and the numbers explain why. Nobody in the squad comes close to his 96 passes into the final third or 34 progressive passes, and he has added two assists, seven chances created, five interceptions and four tackles won. He has been between 79% and 83% in three of his five games.
LCM: Myles Lewis-Skelly – 64% – Four starts alongside Rice and a tidy 43 passes into the final third, but the discipline is costing him: eight fouls conceded in 273 minutes, plus an error leading to a shot. The raw ability is obvious; the rating is the gap between promise and control.
RW: Bukayo Saka – 75% – Three goals, 15 shots and a club-leading 3.14 xG, with 30 touches in the opposition box and seven completed take-ons. Saka also tops Arsenal for duels won with 30 and has chipped in six tackles. Three big chances missed is the one number he will want to tidy up.
AM: Martin Ødegaard – 74% – The captain leads the club for chances created with 12, big chances created with three and passes into the penalty area with 26, on top of two goals and 1.06 xA. His 89% against Chelsea is the highest single score any Arsenal player has posted this season.
LW: Christos Tzolis – 64% – The summer signing has settled quickly as a supply line, with 1.11 xA, eight chances created and 17 passes into the box from the left. The end product is still light – one assist, no goals from four shots – and two yellow cards in five games is careless.
ST: Kai Havertz – 66% – Two goals from 10 shots, six on target, and 26 touches in the opposition box. Havertz has also won 14 aerial duels, doing the physical work the role demands. The 30 duels lost is the highest figure in the side and the reason he sits on the positional average rather than above it.
One more worth noting: Bruno Guimarães has rated at 72% from his two appearances since joining, the best figure of anyone at the club outside the established starters.
Arsenal’s set-piece specialists:
- Penalties: Bukayo Saka
- Free-kicks: Martin Ødegaard, Eberechi Eze
- Corners: Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice
Saka has taken 14 of Arsenal’s corners to Rice’s 10, and he also converted the only penalty they have been awarded. The direct free-kicks have been shared between Ødegaard and Eze.
Arsenal FAQs
How have Arsenal started the 2026/27 season?
Arsenal go into the international break second on 12 points, having won four of their first five. The 3-0 loss at Brighton was their first defeat of the campaign and cost them top spot to Manchester City.
Who is Arsenal’s best player this season?
By Squawka Score, Declan Rice on 76%, just ahead of Bukayo Saka on 75% and Martin Ødegaard on 74%. Ødegaard has posted the single best display, a 89% against Chelsea.
Where did Arsenal finish in the 2025/26 Premier League season?
Arsenal finished first in the Premier League in 2025/26 on 85 points, lifting the title for the first time in 22 years.
Who is the Arsenal manager?
Mikel Arteta is the current Arsenal manager, taking the job in December 2019. The Spaniard has won the Premier League, an FA Cup and two Community Shield titles with the club so far.
Who is the current Arsenal captain?
Martin Ødegaard is the current Arsenal captain, taking the armband at the start of the 2022/23 season.
Are Arsenal playing in Europe in 2026/27?
They are. Arsenal are in the Champions League as English champions, having reached the final last season before losing to Paris Saint-Germain.
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