Can Arsenal maintain their lead and become the 15th team to win the Premier League title after topping the table after 10 games?
With over a quarter of the Premier League season now complete, each team has contested 10 matches.
What insights can be gleaned from the current standings?
Historical data suggests that the league table at this juncture holds significant predictive value.
Notably, last season, only two teams deviated by more than five positions from their standing at this point in the campaign.
Intriguingly, at least one title contender and one team battling relegation face the prospect of achieving something unprecedented in Premier League history.
BBC Sport examines the implications of the current league table.
Premier League Table After 10 Games: A Snapshot
Arsenal currently lead the Premier League with 25 points, closely aligning with the average points tally (24.7) amassed by eventual champions after 10 games.
In 14 of the 33 Premier League seasons to date, the team leading the table at this stage has gone on to secure the title.
However, only seven times has a team with 19 points (Manchester City’s current tally) or 18 points (the current total for Liverpool, Sunderland and Bournemouth) after 10 games ultimately clinched the title.
No team has ever won the league from a lower points total at this stage, potentially ‘ruling out’ other contenders.
Arsenal’s six-point lead over Manchester City mirrors the largest deficit a team has overcome at this stage to win the title.
Manchester United achieved this feat in 2002-03, as did Manchester City in 2013-14.
However, for Arsenal supporters, a cautionary tale may lie in those very statistics…
In the 2013-14 season, Manchester City had 19 points, while Arsenal had 25, mirroring this season’s totals.
The Gunners ultimately finished fourth.
Wolverhampton Wanderers’ current tally of two points after 10 games has historically resulted in relegation in every instance in the Premier League.
Four teams have previously found themselves in a position of three points at this stage, including Wolves last season.
Under Gary O’Neil, Wolves avoided relegation, but O’Neil subsequently departed following the appointment of Vitor Pereira, who was then sacked, with O’Neil withdrawing from advanced talks to return to Molineux.
Nottingham Forest (six points) and West Ham (seven points) also currently occupy relegation places, but numerous teams have survived from such positions.
In each of the past two seasons, all three promoted teams have been immediately relegated.
This season, however, the promoted teams are performing strongly, with none currently in the bottom three after 10 games.
Sunderland currently sit fourth in the table, and no promoted team with 18 points after 10 games has ever been relegated.
Leeds (11 points) and Burnley (10 points) are already in double figures and occupy the two positions directly above the relegation zone.
The last promoted team with 11 or more points after 10 games to be relegated was Cardiff in 2013-14.
Several teams, including Leicester last season, have been relegated after earning 10 points at this stage.
Last season, only two teams finished more than five positions away from their standing after 10 games.
Tottenham experienced the most significant change, dropping from seventh to 17th, seemingly due to Ange Postecoglou prioritizing the Europa League.
Newcastle rose six places to fifth, Crystal Palace moved up five places, and Wolves climbed four spots to secure survival, while Nottingham Forest dropped by the same margin.
Champions Liverpool, Chelsea (fourth), Aston Villa (sixth), Brighton (eighth), and West Ham (14th) all maintained their positions.
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