Gary Neville has revealed roughly how many points he believes Arsenal will need to secure to win the Premier League title this season.
The Gunners have accumulated 22 points from a possible 27 so far, a return that sees them four points clear at the top of the league, ahead of second-placed Bournemouth.
Manchester City and Liverpool, the two teams expected to compete with Mikel Arteta’s side for the title, are now six and seven points behind the North Londoners, respectively.
While there are still 29 matches left to play, Arsenal are certainly in a commanding position to finally win the piece of silverware that has eluded them for over 20 years.
Gary Neville says Arsenal probably won’t even need 90 points to win the Premier League
Arsenal beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on Sunday evening to secure their tenth clean sheet in 13 matches across all competitions this season.
The Gunners simply don’t look like conceding at the moment, and if this continues then there’s no reason why they can’t run away with the title, given how their rivals are struggling.
In previous years, City and Liverpool have pushed each other to reach ridiculous heights, with both teams exceeding the 90-point mark on multiple occasions.
Last term, the Merseysiders needed just 84 points to win the league, and Gary Neville is convinced that a similar return could suffice for Arsenal this time around.
Speaking on Sky Sports, the pundit claimed that Arteta’s team won’t need to surpass 90 points to become champions.
“They’re not necessarily miles better than last year, but they’re repeating their levels of consistency, and that’s all they’re going to have to do this year to win the league,” Neville said.
“They’re not going to have to go and get 100 points. They’re not going to have to go and get probably even 90, 95 points to win the league.
“I just think they’re going to have to basically get to the levels that they can achieve.”
Arsenal are easily good enough to surpass 90 points
Arsenal’s defensive record so far this season is simply astounding, and it looks sustainable.
The Gunners conceded less than 0.5 expected goals against Palace, who had put up the best attacking underlying metrics in the Premier League prior to this game.
If Arteta’s outfit can keep the Eagles quiet for 90 minutes, then they’re probably capable of doing so with almost any attack on the planet.
Limiting their opponents to fewer than ten shots and fewer than 0.5 expected goals has become normal for the Gunners, and if it continues, they will hardly concede all season.
Arsenal remain lethal from set-pieces, meaning if they can continuously nick a goal from dead-ball situations, then they’ll win most matches, and waltz over the 90-point mark.
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