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Man City also capitalised on Liverpool’s misfortune with a 1-0 victory over Brentford thanks to Erling Haaland’s first-half goal. (Credit Imago)Arsenal predicted to win Premier League title by supercomputer At the end of September, Football Insider pundit Matt Le Tissier felt Liverpool would win the Premier League after winning each of their opening five games.
MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES After running 10,000 simulations of the season, Arsenal win the league 44% of the time, with Liverpool’s probability dropping to 31.3% and Man City’s standing at 14.3%. Alan Shearer explains why Arsenal can win the Premier LeagueStrength in depth is the main issue that has held Mikel Arteta’s side back from winning the title, but that problem was addressed during the summer.
Speaking on the Rest Is Football podcast after the win over West Ham before the break, Alan Shearer said quality depth is why Arsenal can win the league. “I don’t know whether you saw the graphic that we had on Match of the Day, that when West Ham beat Arsenal last February at the Emirates, when you looked at Arsenal’s bench, there’s only two players from the nine that are left from that bench.“And then you look at the bench they had yesterday, when they’re bringing the likes of Zubimendi on, who cost, I don’t know, 40 or 50 million quid.“That’s the difference for Arsenal.