As the battle for the Premier League becomes more and more tight, leader Arsenal unexpectedly lost points in two consecutive matches with a two-goal lead, putting the top spot in jeopardy. Currently, they are only one point ahead of Manchester City, who have only one game left to play. However, considering the recent form of the two teams and their schedules, the analysis of Opta, an authoritative data organization, shows that Arsenal's chances of winning the title are only 34.4%, while the general opinion is in favor of Manchester City's success in defending the title.
Arsenal's next seven league matches will be a tough test, following Saturday's (22) home match against Southampton, they will also face four other tough opponents, including Manchester City (away), Chelsea (home), Newcastle (away), and Brighton (home).Opta's sophisticated data prediction system shows that the probability of Arsenal's winning the title before this round of the English Premier League is 46.9%, which is slightly lower than that of Manchester City (53.1%), but After Westham's unexpected loss, Arsenal's chances of winning the title plummeted to 34.4%, while Manchester City's chances of winning the title rose to 65.6%.
Arsenal striker Gabriel said in an interview after the match, "Once again we dropped points in an excellent situation, we played well in the first 20 minutes but lost our rhythm after taking a two-goal lead, which shouldn't happen in a title contender. We don't have time to point fingers at each other, we must raise our level of play and only if we keep winning can we continue to fight for the title next month."
