{"id":1816,"date":"2026-04-11T12:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:31:46","slug":"magic-number-is-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1816","title":{"rendered":"Magic number is 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rapidwp-post-thumbnail-single-holder\">\n                                                            <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"302\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yankeegooner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-56.jpg?resize=302%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"rapidwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"Magic number is 16\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yankeegooner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-56.jpg?w=302&amp;ssl=1 302w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/yankeegooner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/images-56.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\"\/>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<p>Let\u2019s do some quick math, shall we?<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal\u2019s magic number to win the Premier League title is now 16. This means a combination of 16 points, either gained by Arsenal or dropped by Manchester City during the clubs\u2019 run-in to the end of the season, will secure the Gunners a major trophy lift on May 24th.<\/p>\n<p>Just food for thought my fellow Gooners!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, a lot can happen, and probably will to make the remaining Premier League matches in April and May very interesting, and nerve-racking, for City fans and Arsenal fans a like.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, City travels to Chelsea, while Arsenal hosts Bournemouth. An Arsenal win, and a City loss, would stretch the Gunners lead to 12 points at the top of the league table. A City win and an Arsenal loss would close the gap to 6 points, and remember City has played one less league game than Arsenal. More food for thought.<\/p>\n<p>With all of the that said, let\u2019s focus on Bournemouth and hope for another three points to be added in the win column.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my predicted starting XI on Saturday\u2026<\/p>\n<p>(4-3-3)<\/p>\n<p>Martinelli, Gyokeres, Saka<\/p>\n<p>Rice, Odegaard, Zubimendi<\/p>\n<p>Calafiori, Gabriel, Saliba, Timber<\/p>\n<p>Raya<\/p>\n<p>Predicted final score: ARSENAL 3 \u2013 Bournemouth 0<\/p>\n<p>COYG!<\/p>\n<p>Gunner1953<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s do some quick math, shall we? Arsenal\u2019s magic number to win the Premier League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}