After sweeping away and taking one point from Liverpool at Anfield in a 1-1 draw on Saturday 23 December, it looked as if Arsenal had managed to maintain their position at the top above any other team, snatching this title from them on Christmas. day.
Earlier this season, Mikel Arteta's side topped the Premier League on Christmas Day as well. But in the end, they fell short of reaching the stars as they showed signs of slowing down, being eliminated by Manchester City and winning the championship again, with the Gunners having to cry out as runners-up.
We're meant to point out that it's not necessarily the Premier League leaders on Christmas Day who will eventually cross the finish line.
Sure enough, after 18 games, Liverpool are just one point behind Arsenal, including third-placed Aston Villa.
In addition, the betting shop believes that Manchester City, as the former champion, is suitable to be the favorite to win the championship again, although the Blues currently occupy fifth place, six points behind Arsenal, but the new. The Club World Champions have faced one match less.
The Premier League was founded 30 years ago, and statistics show that the top teams on Christmas Day have won the title 16 times.
Therefore, it is 51.6% likely that the first team will have the last laugh, with Manchester United having the most success a total of seven times as they were top of the table on Christmas Day.
In all, there are 11 Championship-winning teams to be honored as the best team on 25 December, with the sad teams consisting of Liverpool, Arsenal, Norwich, Leeds, Aston Villa, Newcastle or even Manchester United themselves, with the exception of Chelsea, Leicester City and Manchester City who never miss.
More importantly, the Blues showed their strong form in the second half of the season as they were often able to reach the mark despite not being at the top on Christmas Day as Manchester United were able to do in the glorious era.
For Singa Rong, they were the only team to hold the leader's position on Christmas Day. But he finally fell out of the top four in the 1998/99 season.
Newcastle United were bitterly disappointed in the 1995/96 season as the long-awaited Premier League title finally went to Manchester United, who raced past them by four points.
As for Arsenal, many people will probably remember that they were leading the Premier League last season by two points on Christmas Day. But in the end, they had to lose five points to Manchester City.
For this reason, it will be very interesting to see whether or not the Gunners will be beaten twice again. But before today, we'd like to take a look back at 20 years of Premier League statistics and reveal where the top teams finished on Christmas Day on the closing day of the season.
1992: Norwich – third place (Champion Manchester United)
1993: Manchester United – first place
1994: Blackburn – first place
1995: Newcastle – second place (Champion Manchester United)
1996: Liverpool – 4th place (Manchester United, champion)
1997: Manchester United – second place (Arsenal champion)
1998: Aston Villa – sixth place (Champion Manchester United)
1999: Leeds – third place (Manchester United, champion)
2000: Manchester United – first place
2001: Newcastle – fourth place (Arsenal champion)
2002: Arsenal – second place (Champion Manchester United)
2003: Manchester United – third place (Arsenal)
2004: Chelsea – first place
2005: Chelsea – first place
2006: Manchester United – first place
2007: Arsenal – 3rd place (Manchester United, champions)
2008: Liverpool – 2nd place (Champion Manchester United)
2009: Chelsea – first place
2010: Manchester United – first place
2011: Manchester City – first place
2012: Manchester United – first place
2013: Liverpool – 2nd place (Champion Manchester City)
2014: Chelsea – first place
2015: Leicester City – first place
2016: Chelsea – first place
2017: Manchester City – first place
2018: Liverpool – 2nd place (Champion Manchester City)
2019: Liverpool – first place
2020: Liverpool – third place (champion Manchester City)
2021: Manchester City – first place
2022: Arsenal – 2nd place (Champion Manchester City)
