Latest Arsenal news takes a closer look at how many wins could be required to be crowned this season’s Premier League champions amid Mikel Arteta’s prediction
We’re about halfway through the 2023/24 Premier League season, and Arsenal has emerged as a legitimate threat to dethrone Manchester City.
Despite talk that last season was the Gunners’ best chance to end their long wait to be crowned champions of England again, here they are in early December leading the way at the top of the table – three points clear of the reigning champions, whose draw with Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend was their third in a row.
Of course, this does not guarantee Arsenal success, especially given that Man City are more than capable of putting together a long-winning run at the tail end of a season, and it’s worth noting that they will welcome back Kevin De Bruyne to bolster their chances of winning a fourth league title in a row.
Furthermore, the outcome of the 2022/23 campaign is still fresh in the mind. Following the March international break, Arteta’s team were top and playing well, but taking only 15 points from a potential 30 while City had clicked into gear proved to be the difference in the title battle. Reported by football Addict
But even if Arsenal do end gameweek 15 on 36 points, Arteta has predicted that his side will need to triple that total if they’re to be crowned Premier League champions come May: “Yes. 96-100 I think you win the league,” he revealed to reporters before the Luton game. “That is the cushion.”
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2017-18: 100 points
Arsenal weren’t even genuine top-four contenders let alone involved in the Premier League title race in this particular season as they finished way off the pace as Guardiola’s side were crowned champions by becoming the first side to ever reach 100 points and all of a sudden this was the new benchmark.
2018-19: 98 points
Another poor season by the Gunners’ own standards as they missed out on a top-four finish by a single point and also lost to Chelsea in the Europa League final. But the title race was perhaps the most exciting one of all time as, despite Liverpool amassing 97 points, it still wasn’t enough to wrestle the title away from Man City.
2019-20: 99 points
A season that ended in July 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic that halted the campaign for over three months. The pause didn’t help Arsenal’s cause as they finished on 56 points and in eighth place – their lowest finish since 1995, while Liverpool ended their 30-year wait for a league title but narrowly missed out on matching Man City’s centurions’ feat.
2020-21: 86 points
A significant decrease to the required points total to be crowned Premier League champions as for the first time since the 2015/16 campaign, a figure lower than 90 was enough to get the job done. Even so, Man City still managed to finish 12 points clear of second place.
2021-22: 93 points
Normal service resumed in this particular season as Man City and Liverpool went head-to-head all the way to the final day where Guardiola’s side came from 2-0 down at home to Aston Villa to win and retain the Premier League title by once again breaking the 90-point barrier.
And just like in 2018-19, the Reds had to settle for the runners-up prize despite amassing over 90 points.
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