Premier League Title Omens After Arsenal Secure Christmas No.1 By Five Points

Arsenal will be top of the Premier League table on Christmas Day. In nine of the past 12 seasons, the team that have been top at Christmas have won the title.

Arsenal will be top of the Premier League table on Christmas Day.

The Gunners won their final game before the World Cup break by beating Wolves 2-0 at Molineux.

Wolves will spend at least the next seven weeks bottom of the EPL.

Leaders Arsenal sit five points ahead of title rivals Manchester City, after Pep Guardiola's side suffered a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Brentford in their last EPL game until December 26.

The Gunners were seen as rank outsiders to win the EPL when the season started but the omens now look encouraging for Mikel Arteta's team.

Good Omens For Arsenal

In nine of the past 12 seasons, the team that have been top on Christmas Day have gone on to win the title.

Arsenal have won 12 of their first 14 EPL matches this season. The last seven teams to do that have all gone on to win the league.

8 - Arsenal are the eighth side to win as many as 12 of their opening 14 games in a Premier League season, with each of the previous seven teams to do so going on to win the title. Contenders? pic.twitter.com/liWqeFBO1L

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 12, 2022

On The Other Hand...

The team top at Christmas have only won the title in one of the last three seasons.

In two of those seasons, Man City stormed back in the second half of the campaign to knock Liverpool off top spot.

The bookmakers still make City favorites to win the title this season.

Team	Games Played	Points	Goal Difference
1. Arsenal	14	37	22
2. Man City	14	32	26
3. Newcastle	15	30	18
4. Tottenham	15	29	10

Arsenal's players pictured having a team talk during their 2-0 win at Wolves :: IMAGO/NurPhoto