Gunners continue to drift on the Top Four betting market after a goalless draw at Elland Road.
Gunners continue to drift on the Top Four betting market after a goalless draw at Elland Road.
It was supposed to be a bright new dawn for Arsenal FC for the 2020/21 season, with the Gunners having won the 2020 FA Cup by beating Manchester City and Chelsea. It certainly looked encouraging after Mikel Arteta’s side claimed a 3-0 victory at Craven Cottage.
However, Arsenal have amassed just ten further points from their ensuing eight matches and the north London side now sit eleventh in the table after a goalless draw at Elland Road where the visitors huffed and puffed against a team who had previously sustained a couple of heavy defeats.
Arsenal are well off the pace to claim a top four place right now and it will have been all the more galling to see Chelsea and Tottenham faring so well and being talked about as potential Premier League title contenders.
William Hill are among those bookies who are prepared to quote 5/1 about the Gunners landing a top four finish and Arteta still has plenty of time to improve things, although Leeds were the better side in their most recent clash, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang failing to find the net once again.
Nicolas Pepe appears to be an issue considering that he cost the club over £70 million and he was sent off for a headbutt, with Arsenal no longer looking like potential title challengers and now have a low percentage chance of making the top four.
While it’s still November and there’s a huge amount of the season remaining, the bookies think it’s looking increasingly likely that we’ll see Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham and Chelsea secure the top four spots.
MansionBet are among those bookies who have this quartet at odds-on to qualify for next season’s Champions League, with Liverpool looking absolutely nailed-on at 1/16 to finish in the top four and there was everything to like about the way in which they recently beat Leicester 3-0.
Perhaps Manchester City have some convincing to do considering they sit mid-table after a 2-0 reverse at White Hart Lane and William Hill offer a best price 1/6 about Pep Guardiola’s side landing their usual berth, although the Spaniard might need to start revising things.
Tottenham are now 13/25 with Unibet to claim a top four spot under Jose Mourinho and it’s crazy to think that they have produced so much improvement considering the way that they looked last term, with that 2-0 win over City really illustrating that they contain the fiercest attacks in the division.
Chelsea secured a top four spot last season and they’re a 1/2 chance to land a Champions League spot this term and there’s been everything to like about the way that they are performing right now.