Last week, statistics surfaced that show Arsenal had the most goalscorers of any other Premier League club. That figure now stands at 19, with Hector Bellerín being the latest addition after his goal against Aston Villa last weekend. The Gunners,who have been branded a one-man team on many occasions, have had 19 players contributing to the 69 goals haul they've amassed in all competitions, so who are Arsenal's nifty nineteen?
Arsenal's top goalscorer so far this season is Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez, who has scored 18 goals so far in his debut season at Arsenal. He has scored 10 goals more than the second highest goalscorer and his 18 goals has amounted to around 26% of Arsenal's 69 goal tally so far this season. 26% of a team's goal scoring being done by one player is quite low in comparison to other clubs, for example 29% of Tottenham's goals this season have come through Harry Kane, 30% of Manchester City's goals have come from Sergio Aguero and a huge 56% of QPR's goals have come from Charlie Austin. This dispels the myth that Arsenal are a one-man team, but it must be stressed that Alexis has got some very important goals so far this season.
Olivier Giroud, who was one of the goalscorers against Villa on Sunday, has 8 goals so far this season despite being injured for 3 months in the 2014-15 campaign. He is quite far off reaching Sanchez's tally of 18, but he has made some important contributions nonetheless. Cazorla and Welbeck are both catching up with Giroud and have scored seven goals each in all competitions this season. Cazorla has hit form over the past month or so, while Welbeck got his goals earlier in the season, including a memorable hat trick against Turkish giants Galatasaray in the UEFA Champions League. Last year's Player of the Season isn't far behind them, Aaron Ramsey has 6 goals. He doesn't look like he'll hit the dizzy heights he hit last year, but if he kicks on during the rest of this season then it might be a productive season for him. Below Ramsey comes two Germans, two World Cup winners, who are both on 3 goals this season so far. The first is Podolski, who is now on loan at Inter Milan. All 3 of his goals this season came in the Champions League, where he was quite a talisman for Arsenal. His compatriot, Arsenal record signing, Mesut Özil is also on 3 goals this season. Özil, who is more a creative force than a finisher, has scored two in his last two games for Arsenal, since returning from a long-term injury problem, suffered in their 2-0 defeat against Chelsea in mid-October.
Four players have scored 3 goals for Arsenal so far this season. Oxlade-Chamberlain, Koscielny and Rosicky are three. The fourth is Walcott who has scored two in Arsenal's last two games, and he's back up and running since returning from his injury that left him out for the best part of a year. His goal scoring return is good news for both Arsenal and England.
That's 12 out of 19 done, the final seven goalscorers have all scored one goal so far this season. Captain Mikel Arteta has one, as well as Gibbs, Mertesacker and Wilshere. Summer signings Chambers and Debuchy also have one goal this season. Sanogo, now on loan to Crystal Palace, scored his first, and so far only, competitive goal for Arsenal this season against 2013 Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund in Arsenal's win over them in November. The newest addition to the list is Spanish defender Hector Bellerin, who scored his first Arsenal goal with a sublime finish in Sunday's 5-0 win over Aston Villa.
