ManCity, Liverpool and Arsenal battle it out for the Premier League 2023-2024 title. For the moment Liverpool have two points advantage. However, Arsenal and City, each two points behind, seem paradoxically better placed in the race.
It’s a fascinating season in the Premier League, Europe’s most spectacular league! In England, a 12th-placed team (currently 12th is Fulham – in London) can always upset the big boys. In fact, so can the last-placed team (Sheffield, 13 points, level on points with Burnley).
A team dependent on morale
Liverpool is living the end of a beautiful dream. Klopp has already announced that he is leaving after almost a decade of success in the Liverpool hot seat. The team is, by tradition, one of morale. At Anfield, they are the strongest in the world. Away from home – it depends. In short, Liverpool is the most humane team of the Premier League’s great forces, a team that depends on the wave of enthusiasm coming off the bench. At the same time, a team that can collapse when you least expect it.
Arsenal’s form and Guardiola’s exact steps
Arsenal, however, who have just swept aside West Ham, also Londoners, are playing their most attractive football to date.
Arsenal is a kind of ManCity devoid of the glory routine, with an unquenchable appetite for big and very big wins. Arteta seems a younger and, in truth, even fitter Guardiola, the man he assisted not so long ago.
At the same time, the specialists credit Manchester City with the first chance. Why? It’s clear why. Its big stars are back. De Bruyne is back in the starting line-up, and he’s the timekeeper on every pitch. Injuries have subsided, the squad looks ready for the end-of-season sprint. ManCity have strung together ten wins in a row in all competitions. Haaland is just as prolific.
From now on every misstep will weigh double, and Guardiola, as we know, is not in the habit of making missteps.
Tottenham, Villa and Manchester United look certain of their European places, and relegation-threatened Everton (penalised 10p) will be battling Nottingham Forest and Luton to avoid the drop.
But, as I said, it’s all still to play for in England. Every match has the potential to end either way. That’s why here, more than anywhere else, the precise and complex calculations made by artificial intelligence are needed. Here, more than in any other major league, AI remains an indispensable tool!
