Premier League fixtures: Liverpool and Arsenal have easier pre-Christmas run than Tottenham and Man City

Liverpool and Arsenal have easier Premier league fixture lists than Tottenham and Man City through to Christmas Day; Spurs have enjoyed second-easiest fixtures until now; Everton, Spurs and Chelsea have toughest upcoming league schedule; predicted final league table revealed

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Thursday 19 October 2023 07:54, UK

Could Tottenham hold their No 1 spot through to Christmas? Can Arsenal and Liverpool take charge? Will Manchester City find their groove after a recent wobble? We rank the difficulty of each club's upcoming fixture list for clues...

As it stands, north London rivals Spurs and Arsenal are locked on 20 points, with Ange Postecoglou's side holding the summit on goals scored — but Manchester City and Liverpool are only one result away from matching the leading pair.

So, have some teams had it easier or tougher with their fixture lists until now and what could, or should, the Premier League table look like on Christmas Day?

To tackle that problem, we used Opta's predicted league table for this season — which factors in current form, historic form and betting odds — to calculate how difficult each club's fixtures have been, and will be.

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Opta's supercomputer predicts Manchester City have a 74 per cent chance of winning their fourth-successive league title come May — ahead of Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.

At the other end of the table, Sheffield United are predicted to finish rock-bottom, with Luton and Bournemouth also suffering the drop.

Opta predicts Manchester United will finish the season in ninth spot, ahead of Chelsea in 10th.

Based on those table predictions above, the chart below ranks the difficulty of every club's