Arsenal are topping the premier league table after matchday 18 meaning they are likely to finish the first leg of the season as the champions. They have just lost twice, losses that came from Aston villa and Newcastle United at st james park. This means that arsenal are the table leaders with 40 points just one point ahead of liverpool which is in second position. This week arsenal will have a busy fixture where it will play 2 matches in 3 days.
On 28th this month arsenal will host westham United at Emirates stadium. Being a London derby maybe it is not an easy match but arsenal look as the favorites to win the trophy. On 31st this month arsenal will travel to Fulham it’s also a derby but its likely that arsenal will revange against Fulham because Fulham is one of the few teams that collected a point from arsenal. Saturday 20th January 2024 arsenal will battle it with cristal palace at Emirates stadium. On 30th January 2024 Nottingham forest will host arsenal while on 4th February 2024 arsenal will host their rivals liverpool at Emirates stadium.
Liverpool on the other hand will also have a busy fixture where today 26th December this year they will travel as host and visit burnley. From that match on 1st January 2024 they will host Newcastle United at anifield. It will be a Monday night football. On 21st January 2024 they will visit Bournemouth, 31st January 2024 they will host chelsea at anifield while on 4th February they will visit their rivals at Emirates stadium. Liverpool is currently in the 2nd position of the English premier league table just one point behind the table leaders arsenal.
In their 5 fixtures liverpool will play chelsea, Newcastle, arsenal, Bournemouth, and Burnley. While arsenal will play liverpool, Fulham, Nottingham, westham and crystal palace. According to the fixture above arsenal still look the favorites to remain topping the table in the next five fixture.
