Arsenal 7th youngest line-ups in Premier League

Chelsea top the list for minutes given to young players, while Everton field the league’s oldest team.

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According to data from theCIES Football Observatory, Arsenal have fielded the 7th youngest side in the Premier League so far this season, with an average age of 25.94 across all league appearances up to 29 September.

Only Chelsea (24.36), Sunderland (25.10), Brentford (25.14), Tottenham (25.51), Manchester City (25.55), and AFC Bournemouth (25.87) have younger teams based on minutes played.

Chelsea’s figure is heavily influenced by their complete absence of players aged 30 or above, the only side in the division yet to use anyone in that bracket. Arsenal, by comparison, have given 6.8% of their minutes to players aged 30 or older, well below Liverpool’s 29.1% or Everton’s league-high 39.7%.

The balance of Mikel Arteta’s squad is centred on players entering or at their peak.

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Over half of Arsenal’s league minutes (52.6%) have gone to players aged between 26 and 29, a profile shared bettered by Fulham and Leeds.

Despite regular involvement for teenagers such as Max Dowman, Myles Lewis-Skelly, and Ethan Nwaneri, players aged 21 or younger have accounted for just 7.9% of the total, ranking 10th in the league.

Arsenal sit 6th when it comes to players aged 22-25 (32.7%), reflecting a squad structured for both the present and the future.

Across the division, Everton have the oldest average lineup at 28.40, narrowly ahead of Aston Villa (28.35) and Fulham (27.88).

The numbers underline how far Arsenal have evolved from the squad Arteta inherited, now striking one of the most effective balances between youth and maturity in English football.

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