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Mikel Merino holds a unique Premier League achievement

The player is showing top-class form.

Football news 03 dec 2025, 15:20

Mikel Merino holds a unique Premier League achievement

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Arsenal are hosting Brentford in their 14th Premier League match, and one of the Gunners’ players is holding a distinctive record.

Details: The Spaniard scored with a header in the 11th minute. According to Opta, since the start of last season, Merino leads the Premier League in headed goals. Eight of his 14 goals have come from headers.

8 - Since the start of last season, no Premier League player has scored more headed goals in all competitions than Arsenal’s Mikel Merino, heading in eight of his 14 goals in that time. Aplomb. pic.twitter.com/XHQIGNK1fl
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 3, 2025

Reminder: London’s Arsenal are closely monitoring Eintracht’s 20-year-old French winger Jean-Matteo Bahoya. It is reported that the Gunners are not planning to enter negotiations for Bahoya this winter, but Jean-Matteo will be one of the club’s main transfer targets in the summer window.

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