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Arsenal finished the weekend atop the table with another win on Sunday, but Manchester City’s accompanying victory means the title race is still very much in the latter’s hands with a game in hand.
Both Arsenal and City kept things tight in their Sunday wins — the Gunners nearly relinquished a 3-0 lead before winning 3-2 over Tottenham Hotspur, while City beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 despite the relegation-threatened team outshotting them. The title race is effectively a two-horse contest now after Liverpool’s draw with West Ham on Saturday, as the Reds now have just a 0.1% chance to win the title, per Opta. City remain in charge of things with a 67.4% chance, while Arsenal sit at 32.5%.
With not long to go, here’s a ranking of each team’s remaining schedule by easiest to hardest.
Arsenal
85
28
+57
80
Manchester City
82
32
+50
79
Liverpool
77
36
+41
75
Remaining schedule
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All but one of City’s matches are against teams ranked eighth or lower, most of them solidly midtable and poised to offer little trouble to the defending champions as they make easy work of such games in this final stretch of the season. They survived one of their hardest remaining games with a win over Forest, and Tottenham may still pose a challenge after making things difficult for Arsenal as they fight for a top four spot. The North Londoners could still be in the midst of their battle for a Champions League berth and have a surprising ability to keep City at bay, even if it feels unwise to bet against City at this time of year.
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Remaining schedule
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Arsenal may have escaped with three points against rivals Tottenham, but the fact of the matter for them is that their hardest remaining game is officially out of the way. They now seem poised to pick up big wins over a Bournemouth team that’s competitive but has little to play for, a Manchester United side that cannot get out of their own way, and an Everton team that is safe from relegation barring a points deduction.
Remaining schedule
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They have the two hardest teams not in the title race — Aston Villa and Tottenham — left on the calendar, but no one currently ranked lower than 12th left. Considering the string of poor results behind them, there’s a big question about how much gas Liverpool have left in the tank against anyone, not just the teams most in need of points.
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