Some big questions as the Premier League returns

Can the "big guys" rise up?

At the start of the season, Manchester City and Arsenal were the two strongest candidates for the title. Opta's computer system gave a 94.4% chance that one of the two teams would win the title. Now, Liverpool have moved up to number 1 with a chance of winning the title one and a half times higher than the combined chances of Man City and Arsenal!

Man City will return to make the race for the Premier League title more exciting

Never in his coaching career has Pep Guardiola lost 4 consecutive matches (in all competitions) like the recent series. Man City lost to teams of average or weak level in the Premier League (Brighton, Bournemouth), lost 1-4 to Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League. Arsenal was even more miserable. If ranked in the last 4 rounds, Arsenal would be the bottom team and the only team without a win.

The big reason why the two leading title contenders lost so badly: the absence of their leading midfielders due to injury. Martin Odegaard is now back in the Arsenal squad while Man City are still without Rodri until the end of the season. Luckily for both Arsenal and Man City, "FIFA Days" came at the right time to prevent the situation from getting worse. Will the scenario change when club football returns after the 2-week truce?

The leaders Liverpool are now five points clear of Man City and nine points clear of Arsenal. Incredibly, the gap between third and 13th is just four points after 11 games. The English Premier League has never been so evenly balanced. The race for a Champions League spot next season has extended to the bottom half of the table.

Who will succeed in the upcoming period? Will MU make a huge splash by moving from 13th place to the top 4? In theory, it is entirely possible. It seems that the race for 2 Champions League spots (after Liverpool and Man City) among 11 teams competing in the Premier League is more exciting than the race for the championship. Not only will Arsenal's hopes of competing for the title be dashed, they may even sink in the race for a Champions League spot.

CA N'T WAIT FOR A MORIM TO RELEASE

This is also the time for observers to wait for the answer to the question of how much theory has an effect compared to reality in top-flight football? In theory, Ruben Amorim is the "dream" coach that MU can find, after the team has declined to the worst milestones in history under Erik ten Hag. After signing an official contract, and before starting work at MU, Amorim helped Sporting Lisbon crush Man City in the Champions League, and completed an absolute 11-match winning streak in the Portuguese Championship. Observers cannot help but be excited to see Amorim's first matches at MU!

The gap between MU and the current top 4 is 9 places. But the gap in terms of points is only 4 points, as mentioned. In theory, just 2 matches with the desired results are enough for MU to reverse the position with the number 3 team. But to climb to the top 4, Amorim's MU will have to overcome 9 different teams - the goal is not the specific number 3 or number 4 team. If MU wins, the other team will win too. It requires an excellent, stable, persistent process... But of course, we have to wait and see Amorim's debut match in the Premier League. Does winning Man City in the Champions League guarantee winning... Ipswich in the Premier League? Let me repeat, we are talking about football - a wonderful sport that has almost no rules, and can even "absolutely" defy science!

Can Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) maintain his "miraculous" form? Will Brentford finally win their first away match? These are all interesting questions waiting to be answered in this weekend's series of matches. There will be no more "FIFA Days" - from now until March 2025 - now is the time for the Premier League, which is already so good, to speed up with a match density of 90 matches in the next 45 days, which is... horrifyingly attractive!

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