After finishing as runners-up to Manchester City for a second successive season, expectations are high that Arsenal can end a 21-year drought for a Premier League title. Only once in Premier League history have a team finished as runners-up in three consecutive seasons - Arsenal doing so themselves between 1999 and 2001, with Manchester Utd winning the title on all three occasions. Mikel Arteta's men have run City close in the last two campaigns; their 89-point tally in 2023/24 would have been enough to secure the title in 18 of the previous 32 Premier League seasons.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Bettering last season's club record 29 league wins will be no easy feat, however they have made a noticeable improvement season-on-season under Arteta. Arsenal have been overtaken in the final stages by Manchester City in each of the last two seasons - they relinquished an eight-point lead over the champions in 2022/23, and were top heading into the final week last season before City won their game in hand at Tottenham. Trending Aston Villa Arsenal A lack of depth has been cited as the key element as Arsenal stuttered on the home stretch; no team used fewer players than Arsenal's 25 last season - but that was the same as both Fulham and Manchester City.
The stark difference between the top two was City's ability to rotate and remain fresh; they made the third most changes to their starting XI in the Premier League in 2023/24, and only Crystal Palace ma.