Record leveled at Arsenal – Burnley » The Gunners never won the title when this happened

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Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 09:32 / Updated Tuesday, 19 May 2026 09:32

Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya has equaled the record for most clean sheets for the Gunners in a single Premier League season. In the match against Burnley in matchday #37, the goalkeeper managed to keep a clean sheet for the 19th time. Mikel Arteta's side, who can celebrate the title tonight if City falter, won 1-0

Only David Seaman has managed to go 19 Premier League games without conceding a goal for Arsenal, achieving the feat twice. In both cases, however, the Gunners failed to win the Premier League title.

David Raya equaled David Seaman's record: Arsenal have lost the Championship every time this has happened

The first time, in the 1993-94 season, the Londoners finished in fourth place, 21 points behind champions Manchester United. Five years later, in the 1998-99 season, the outcome was again not a happy one for the “gunner. Arsenal then finished in second position, just one point behind champions Manchester United, a defeat to Leeds in the penultimate leg dethroning them from the top spot, according to sportal.bg. In the current 2025-2026 season, a defeat or a draw in the last leg against Crystal Palace could repeat the same scenario.

The irony is that David Raya could even better David Seaman's record and Arsenal come up empty-handed again. For that, Manchester City would need to win all the way to the end, and next weekend, Raya and Arsenal would have to end with a white draw in the last leg. In this situation, the goalkeeper would become the first in the history of the club with 20 matches without conceding a goal, but the team would fall from the first position.

David Seaman, however, has three league titles with Arsenal: the first in the 1990-1991 season, the second in the 1997-1998 season and the last in the 2001-2002 season. He also has 4 English Cups, a League Cup and 3 domestic Supercups in his record with the “gunners”. David Seaman has 75 appearances for England.
David Raya has 50 appearances in all competitions this season for the Gunners. He conceded just 30 goals and kept 28 clean sheets in all competitions (19 in the league + 9 in the Champions League). The 30-year-old goalkeeper is quoted at 35 million euros by specialized websites.