Arsenal’s favourable fixture run could boost their title race

Arsenal currently sit at the top of the Premier League following game one of the 38-match season as the current “Champions of England”, after defeating Coventry City 3-0 last week.

The Gunners have a tremendous stretch of games in which to collect maximum points, stretching into the first day of November. If played correctly, it could see them stay in the lead of the title race for almost half the season.

In the Gunners’ next seven matches, they could quite easily secure a total of 21 points, which perhaps other teams in their position would struggle to do. Arsenal overcame all of those sides last season, either home or away.

Arsenal have already shown they can beat these teams

On August Bank Holiday, the Gunners face Aston Villa away from home, who admittedly they lost to 2-1 in the same game last season when Emiliano Buendia bagged a last-moment winner up in the Midlands.

However, within three weeks, the return of the Villans at the Emirates saw a 4-1 thrashing of former Arsenal manager Unai Emery’s side, who eventually claimed the Europa League five months down the line.

On Sunday, 6th September, Arsenal host London rivals Chelsea in the north of the nation’s capital, who they squeezed past in the same match last campaign 2-1, all due to a flying Jurrien Timber header midway through the second half.

A week later, the Gunners travel the eight-hour round trip to Sunderland, who admittedly held them to a late 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light last campaign, before Arsenal beat them 3-0 at home courtesy of two crucial Viktor Gyokeres strikes and a solo finish from Martin Zubimendi.

In Arsenal’s final game of September, on the 19th, Brighton will be visiting N5 from the South Coast. They were marginally beaten 2-1 with the help of captain Martin Odegaard and an own goal from the visitors to wrap up victory.