Man City's Premier League title chances have dropped by over 50 PER CENT

Manchester City may be the reigning champions of Europe and England alike, but Pep Guardiola's chances of retaining their Premier League crown have taken a major hit, according to Opta statistics.

Pep Guardiola's side have endured an extremely rare tough patch in the last few weeks, winning just once in six Premier League outings, dating back to the middle of November.

A 4-4 thriller at Chelsea sparked a run of four draws, one defeat and one victory as Guardiola's previously irrepressible trophy-winning machine hit a sizeable bump in the road.

Yet while City have struggled in the run in to Christmas, rivals Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa have made hay in the sunshine, and all currently lead the Cityzens in the Premier League table.

At the start of the season, City were given a stupendous 90.2 per cent chance of going all the way once again by Opta's supercomputer, which seemingly didn't see, any of the other bog sides rivalling them in 2023-24.

Now though, while still the most favoured team in the league, City are given just a 39.3 per cent chance of repeating their feat of last term after the stalemate against Crystal Palace.

That 2-2 draw - sealed by a last-minute penalty for the Eagles - in fact inflicted an 8.5 per cent decrease in their titles chances, having been at 47.7 per cent the week before after a win over Luton.

After City, the next most-likely team to win the Premier League is Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, who of course pushed the champions all the way last time out.

Arsenal's hopes had taken a bit of a knock after a defeat to Aston Villa the previous week, with their odds dropping to just 16.6 per cent.

However, a comfortable 2-0 win at home to Brighton on Sunday has almost doubled the likelihood of the Gunners