For the second year in a row, Arsenal celebrated Christmas at number 1 in the English Premier League. The team has 40 points, one more than Liverpool and Aston Villa, 4 more than Tottenham and 6 more than Manchester City. However, it turns out that this is not a good sign for the Gunners.
The statistics show that in the previous 5 times when the team was the leader at this time of year, they never managed to triumph as champions. This happened in 1986/1987, 1989/1990, 2002/2003, 2007/2008 and 2022/2023. In the first two cases, the team took 4th place, in 2008 it was third, and in 2003 and 2023 it was second.
Last season, the Gunners were 5 points ahead of Manchester City in the standings, but in May they were exactly that far behind the Citizens.