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Michael Owen thinks Arsenal should still win the Premier League title because of Man City’s tougher remaining fixtures.
This weekend’s results have closed the gap between the two teams to six points, but while he agrees the momentum is with Pep Guardiola’s team, Owen still feels the Gunners will come out on top:
“I think Manchester City have got the slightly more difficult games. They’ve got Bournemouth away, they’ve got Everton away. They are two tough games. However, when you look at this weekend, we thought Arsenal at home to Bournemouth and City away at Chelsea.”
“Everything is pointing to City, the momentum, the record of Pep Guardiola, the experience of the players, the current form, City at home against Arsenal. It’s the toss of the coin, but I think Arsenal might just nick it.”
The Bournemouth performance was alarming
Despite Owen’s belief that Mikel Arteta’s men are still slight favourites to secure their first title in 22 years, the loss at home to Bournemouth at the weekend was very concerning.
The players simply didn’t turn upand there is no escaping the fact that many are seeing a repeating pattern with a team that has come up short on several occasions in past title races.
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What are the odds of Arsenal winning the title?
Statisticians Opta still have the Gunners as heavy favourites for the title, having given Arteta’s team a 86.98% chance of finishing in 1st place, with City on 13.02%.
However, Arsenal’s percentage has gone down by over 10% over the last week. It was 97.63% prior to the Bournemouth defeat.
A great deal now rides on the result this weekend at the Etihad. A victory or even a draw there should steady the ship heading into the final 5 games of the season.
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