Liverpool’s probabilities of profitable the 2025/26 Premier League title at the moment sit at 0.6%, in keeping with Opta Analyst.
That’s regardless of the Merseysiders discovering themselves on a three-game win streak within the English top-flight following a 2-1 win over Wolves on the weekend.
Assuming Arne Slot’s males beat Leeds on Thursday, 10 factors would separate the reigning Premier League champions from Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal.
Arsenal and Man Metropolis favourites for Premier League title
It ought to come as no shock to anybody that Arsenal (73.2%) and Pep Guardiola’s resurgent Manchester Metropolis (22.4%) have been handed essentially the most beneficial odds within the title race.
Opta Analyst on X (previously Twitter) shared the newest spherical of odds following the latest spherical of English top-flight fixtures.
Arsenal now have a 73.2% probability of profitable the 2025-26 Premier League title in keeping with the Opta supercomputer: https://t.co/7aqZAb0bnS pic.twitter.com/TeIolATMve
— Opta Analyst (@OptaAnalyst) December 31, 2025
With 13 factors between prime spot and fourth, we’ve some critical catching as much as do earlier than we could be fairly thought-about real challengers.
Liverpool should repair their set piece weak spot pronto
To offer credit score the place credit score is due, Slot’s adjustments have greater than steadied the ship at L4.
Liverpool ended a streak of three consecutive defeats (and three wins in 9 from the beginning of October to the 2-0 win over West Ham), with 4 wins from their final six video games.
Nonetheless, an obvious incapacity to pose a menace from set items and, most critically, defend from dead-ball alternatives is proving to be a significant Achilles heel for the membership nowadays.
With Santiago Bueno placing away Alisson Becker’s parried ball following a nook state of affairs, the Reds now have a complete rating of -9 from set items this season.
All the nice defending and all the nice work in breaking down low blocks received’t matter a lot over the course of a league marketing campaign if we’re constantly gettable when defending set items.
Maybe parting methods with Aaron Briggs might show a step in the proper route in that regard.
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